FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas Razorbacks are the outright SEC champions.
Charlie Welch’s walk-off RBI double in the come-from-behind 4-3 win against No. 9 Florida on Friday night at Baum Walker Stadium will live in the memory of Hog fans for the rest of time. The Razorback pinch hitter drove home Casey Opitz from third to clinch Arkansas’ first regular-season SEC championship since 2004 and the Razorbacks’ first outright overall title since 1999.
Arkansas, the nation’s unanimous top-ranked team, also clinched its 10th SEC series win of the year. The Hogs (41-10, 21-8 SEC) and the 2013 Vanderbilt Commodores are now the only two SEC teams in history to win all their conference series in a season.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. There was no post-win hangover at Baum-Walker Stadium.
Less than 24 hours after taking home the regular-season SEC title, No. 1 Arkansas exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning and cruised to a 9-3 series-sweeping win against No. 9 Florida on Saturday afternoon in front of 11,084 fans at the best college ballpark in America.
The Razorbacks conclude the 2021 regular season with a 42-10 overall record and a 22-8 mark in SEC play. Arkansas, locked in as the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming SEC Baseball Tournament, tied a program record for most SEC victories in a single season with Saturday’s win, matching the 1999 squad which also won the regular-season SEC championship and finished with a 22-8 conference record.