Lockhart, Opitz stand out in Game 5 of Hogs' fall series

Arkansas pitcher Lael Lockhart delivers to the plate Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, during practice at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville.FAYETTEVILLE — With spring sports players gaining an extra year of eligibility due the shortened 2020 season, Arkansas' roster is filled with underclassmen.

Forty-two of Arkansas' 51 roster spots are filled with freshmen or sophomores — including redshirts — but it was the upperclassmen who led the Red team to a 4-2 victory Thursday in seven innings in Game 5 of the Razorbacks' Fall Series.

With the scored tied 1-1, junior Casey Opitz stepped into the left-handed batters box and knocked a pitch against the Razorback bullpen down the left field line. Brady…