Alabama's bats were completely quiet through the first three innings of Thursday's SEC quarterfinals game against Arkansas. Robyn Herron had the Crimson Tide offense all off balance. Audrey Vandagriff changed that with a two-out home run in the fourth inning that opened the floodgates for the offense as 2-seed Alabama beat 7-seed Arkansas 7-1 to advance to the SEC tournament semifinals. Vandagriff's home run tied the game after Arkansas took the 1-0 lead in the top half of the frame. The Crimson Tide really busted things open in the fifth inning. For the second time in the game, Jena Young reached on an error by the Arkansas defense. The second time around, Brooke Wells made Arkansas pay. She blasted her 22nd home run of the season to make it 3-1 Alabama. Alexis Pupillo followed it up with another deep shot to center field to push the lead to 4-1. The Crimson Tide kept adding on with two more insurance runs in the sixth inning.…