Mcentire leads Hogs past Auburn, sets up rematch with Rebs

OMAHA, Neb. – It was simply Will Mcentire’s night on Tuesday at Charles Schwab Field as he led Arkansas to an 11-1 win over Auburn in an elimination game at the College World Series.

In his eighth start of the season, Mcentire was spectacular in shutting down the Tigers’ lineup. The redshirt sophomore pitched with the lead all night after the Hogs quickly scored a run in the top of the first thanks to a leadoff double from Braydon Webb and Rbi-single from Peyton Stovall, who also had a historic night.

Mcentire used his defense in the bottom of the first to work a 1-2-3 inning when a double play from Jalen Battles erased a one-out walk. Mcentire took it from there, striking out the next six Tigers. Those six punch outs were part of nine straight retired by the Bryant, Ark. native before Sonny Dichiara singled in the fourth. Mcentire responded with his seventh strikeout of the night. The big righty hung zeroes in the fifth and sixth allowing only a single before Auburn finally got on the scoreboard with a solo homer from Bobby Pierce to lead off the seventh. Mcentire allowed just one run on three hits with a career-best nine strikeouts – the second-most by a Razorback in CWS history – over a career-best seven innings to earn the win.

Stovall was impressive with the first five-hit game of his collegiate career. Stovall led a group of five Hogs to record multi-hit games in the win. Webb, Turner, Lanzilli and Moore all contributed multiple hits to the Hogs’ 16 total hits.

The offense was clutch all night, going 8-for18 (.444) with 10 2-out RBIS.

The Arkansas victory sets up a rematch with Ole

Miss tonight at 6 p.m. on ESPN.