UA-Little Rock head coach Chris Curry walks to the dugout after speaking to umpires, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, during the first inning against Arkansas at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)
CONWAY -- For University of Central Arkansas baseball Coach Nick Harlan, it was simple.
His team fell 8-4 to the University of Arkansas-Little Rock on Wednesday night at Bear Stadium in the first meeting of the Governor's I-40 Showdown behind 7 hits, 9 walks and 1 hit batter.
"The storyline tonight is free bases," Harlan said.
UCA starter Perry Titlow allowed one run on a solo home run by Tyler Williams in the second inning.
His teammates scored two runs on an RBI single to right field by Tanner Leonard in the bottom of the second to give the Bears (13-22) a 2-1 lead.
But the free bases went from an annoyance to a certified problem in the fourth inning when, after a flyout to left field, the next three UALR batters reached on walks and forced Harlan to pull reliever Coleman MacRae and bring in Gavin Alveti.
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