TEAMMATES PLAY ALONG with Fletcher from the dugout.

OMAHA, Neb. — Arkansas Razorbacks Eric Cole and Jared Gates were watching Dominic Fletcher’s fourth inning at-bat together, trying to predict pitches from Texas Tech starter Davis Martin and thinking along the lines of Fletcher.

“We were kind of calling pitches, what we thought he was going to throw, based off of what he was doing earlier in the game and how he attacked us,” Cole said. “We probably got about 80 percent of the pitches in that at-bat right, and Fletcher kind of knew it, too.”

Cole said he and Gates both called high fastball after Fletcher fouled off six consecutive pitches, mostly on breaking balls, and Martin delivered a heater up in the zone that Fletcher crushed over the right-field wall for a home run that was estimated at 415 feet in the Razorbacks’ 7-4 victory over the Red Raiders.

“So Gates and I actually called high fastball on that pitch and Fletcher, he told me he had it in the back of his head, too, because he had about six straight offspeed pitches there,” Cole said. “I think he kind of just left one over the plate that he wasn’t expecting to leave over the plate. Luckily Fletcher put a good swing on it and destroyed it, and it worked out well for us.”

Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn said he’s seen Fletcher exhibit that kind of power before.

“You asked him if he’s ever hit the ball that far. I’ve seen him hit many balls that far, but maybe not fair,” Van Horn said.

Fletcher went 4 for

4 with 4 RBI to become the first Razorback to have 4 hits in a College World Series game at TD Ameritrade Park.

“He’ll have a game where he doesn’t look good, and then he’ll have a game like today and he’ll hit three balls on the screws, or four,” Van Horn said.