No.4 Ole Miss baseball was back in action Tuesday night in a midweek rivalry game against No.12 Southern Miss at Trustmark Park in Pearl.
After coming off a SEC series loss to Miss State No.4 Ole Miss baseball would get no rest in the midweek game. No.12 Southern Miss would be waiting in Pearl for the Rebels Tuesday night coming off a series win over Western Kentucky. Of course, Ole Miss needed to bounce back after the past weekend and would make a statement Tuesday night.
After a scoreless first frame, the Rebels exploded in the top of the 2nd with 6 runs. The Rebels didn’t look back and added another run in the top of the 4th to take a 7-0 lead into the 5th. USM made a rally in the bottom of the 5th with 3 runs to cut the Rebels lead to 7-3. In the top of the 8th the Rebels added an insurance run to extend the lead to 8-3. Ole Miss added 3 more runs in the top of the 9th to get the 11-3 win.
FINAL | It was all Rebels at Trustmark Park! The No. 4 Ole Miss offense stays hot, smashing 14 hits en route to an 11-3 blowout win over No. 12 Southern Miss. #RebsBSB improves to 10-0 in midweek games and 28-6 overall. pic.twitter.com/FxqTWAPJAa
— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) April 11, 2018
The Rebels bounced back in a huge midweek performance against another ranked team in USM. Southern Miss has proven to be a very formidable opponent for in-state teams and swept once ranked Miss State earlier this season. After a stumble and fall this past weekend this was a well received response for Ole Miss baseball. Of course, there is a lot more baseball to be played so for now we’ll look at this huge win by the numbers.
By The Numbers
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Sophomore right-hander Houston Roth (5-0, 4.00) drew the midweek start against Southern Miss for the Rebels. Roth went 5.0 innings and allowed 3 earned runs on 5 hits. Roth had 7 Ks and 4 BB. Junior right-hander Connor Green entered in the 6th and went 1.0 innings allowing no hits. Green had 2 Ks and 1 BB.
Freshman left-hander Jordan Fowler (3-0, 4.11) entered in the 7th and went 0.2 innings allowing 1 hit. Fowler had 2 Ks and 1 BB. Mike Bianco went to the bullpen and sophomore right-hander Austin Miller (1.35) took over the mound. Miller went 2.1 innings and allowed no hits. Miller had 1 K and 1 BB. Houston Roth picked up the win for his fifth of the season.
At The Plate
Tuesday night 8 Rebels combined for 14 hits while 5 Rebels had multiple hit games against USM. Freshman Tyler Keenan (.342, 4 HR) led all Rebels at the plate going 3 for 5 with 1 RBI. Junior Chase Cockrell (.375, 4 HR) went 2 for 3 (HR) with 3 RBI. Sophomore Cole Zabowski (.333, 7 HR) went 2 for 4. Sophomore Thomas Dillard (.325, 7 HR) and senior Will Golsan (.244) both went 2 for 5 at the plate. Dillard had 3 RBI.
Junior Jacob Adams (.286, 2 HR) went 1 for 4 at the plate with 1 RBI. Junior Ryan Olenek (.376, 1 HR) and freshman Anthony Servideo (.171) both went 1 for 5 on the evening. Servideo had 1 RBI. Junior Nick Fortes (.283, 7 HR) and freshman Michael Spears (.222) each had 1 RBI. The Rebels batting order was very productive in the midweek rivalry win and seem to have shaken off the series loss to Miss State.
Up Next
No.4 Ole Miss baseball (28-6, 7-5) will be back in SEC action this weekend as they travel to meet the No.15 Vanderbilt Commodores (20-13, 7-5). First pitch in game-one of the three-game series from Nashville is set for this Friday at 6:30pm CT and will be televised via SEC Network+. Good luck to coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels! BEAT THE DORES! Hotty Toddy!