OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn had seen this before.

The Razorbacks' 4-3 College World Series victory over Virginia in 12 innings Wednesday night - after they were down to their last strike in the ninth - was another in a line of comebacks the Hogs have pulled off this season.

None was bigger than this, though.

The Hogs stayed alive and now play LSU on Friday needing to win that game and another Saturday to reach next week's best-of-three finals.

"We're fighting for our lives, like we have been all season,'' Van Horn said.

Arkansas got a tying home run from Brett Eibner in the ninth inning, the go-ahead double from Andrew Darr in the top of the 12th and clutch pitching from Dallas Keuchel for the final four innings.

As the game unfolded, Van Horn said he couldn't help but reminisce about other late-game rallies this season.

There was a March game against California when the Hogs scored twice in the ninth to tie and won 5-4 in the 10th. In April, the Hogs went to the bottom of the 10th down by a run against Louisiana-Monroe but scored twice to win 10-9. A couple weeks later they tied Oklahoma with two runs in the ninth before Eibner hit a game-winning homer in the 10th.

"What you saw today from our team, we've been doing it all year,'' Van Horn said.

Eibner's two-out, two-run homer off Virginia closer Kevin Arico in the top of the ninth tied it at 3, and Keuchel put a runner on third base in each of the last four innings but escaped each time. Keuchel, the usual No. 1 starter, made his first relief appearance of the season for Arkansas (41-23).

Virginia (49-15-1) was eliminated after going 1-2 in its first Omaha appearance.

Play resumes in Bracket 2 to night with Arizona State (50-13) and North Carolina (48-17) playing an elimination game.