University of Arkansas junior shortstop Jalen Battles came to the plate in the top of the 10th inning Friday with his Razorbacks tied with Louisiana Tech, 7-7, at J.C. Love Field. It was a great time for a go-ahead homer.

Battles delivered that, but it was more than just your run-of-the-mill go-ahead homer -- he demolished a 3-1 fastball from left-hander Cade Gibson for a drive that hit a dorm building well beyond the left-field wall. Bewildered inhabitants must have looked out their windows as they wondered what had just hit the place. Surely it couldn't have been a baseball from the game out there -- that's like, what, 450 feet away or more?

Well, it was a baseball from that game out there. And it kept the No. 1 Razorbacks undefeated as they improved to 11-0 with a 9-7 victory in 10 innings thanks to a Battles blast they'll be talking about at Louisiana Tech for a long time.