Red powers past Black

An RBI double from Casey Opitz and a two-run home run by Zac White in the sixth inning allowed the Red team to beat the Black 4-2 in the University of Arkansas’ intrasquad World Series on Thursday at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville.

The Red team now leads the seven-game series 3-2.

White reached on an error in the fourth inning to score the game’s first run and his tworun home run proved to be the winning margin.

The Black team tied the game 1- 1 in the top of the sixth on single to right field by Cayden Wallace that scored

Christian Franklin. The Red team’s three runs in the sixth inning all came with two outs, starting when Brady Slavens reached on a wild pitch. He scored on Opitz’s double off the left-field fence, which was followed by White’s home run two pitches later.

Jalen Battles led off the seventh inning for the Black team with a single, stole second and scored on an Ethan Bates single to cut the deficit to 4-2. Red reliever Peyton Pallette induced a pop out and a foul out to end the threat and get the win. Pallette pitched the final 11/ innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits

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with 1 strikeout. Red starter Lael Lockhard pitched 4 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits with 1 walk and 2 strikeouts.

Patrick Wicklander started for the Black team, allowing 1 hit and 1 unearned run in 31/ innings with 5 strikeouts and 3

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walks. Evan Taylor took the loss after allowing 1 run on 1 hit with 4 strikeouts in 12/ innings.

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Game 6 of the series will be at 1 p.m. Saturday and will be streamed on SEC Network-Plus.