Helfrick’s heroics lift Arkansas
AUBURN, Ala. – Ryder Helfrick’s ninth-inning go-ahead home run in his first career SEC at-bat lifted No. 1 Arkansas (19-2, 5-0 SEC) to a thrilling 6-5 series-clinching win over No. 23 Auburn (14-8, 0-5 SEC) Friday night at Plainsman Park.
Playing without their head coach Dave Van Horn, who returned to Fayetteville earlier in the day for the birth of his triplet grandchildren, the Razorbacks rallied from deficits in the first, third and sixth innings and overcame a 30-minute, mid-game delay when home plate umpire Jeff Wright took a foul ball off his mask and had to depart the ballgame.
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