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 Slavens, who had reached on a strikeout, scored from first and gave the Red team a 2-1 advantage.