Ole Miss Baseball: No.4 Rebels Drop Double-header, Series At Vandy

After a huge game-one win on Friday night No.4 Ole Miss baseball would find itself in a double-header showdown against No.15 Vandy on Sunday.

Because of inclement weather in the Nashville area Saturday No.4 Ole Miss baseball (29-7, 8-6) was back in action Sunday in a doubleheader with No.15 Vanderbilt (21-14, 8-6). The Rebels soundly beat the Commodores 11-3 in game-one Friday night and had momentum heading into Sunday. However, they would have their hands full with the Dores in both 7-inning games.

After a scoreless first three frames the Dores got on the board first with 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th. The Rebels responded with 1 run in the top of the 5th to cut the lead to 2-1 Dores. The Rebels then added 1 run in the top of the 6th to tie the game at 2-2. However, the doors extended the lead to 5-2 with 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th.

Ole Miss added 4 runs in the top of the 7th to retake the lead at 6-5 but Vandy answered in the bottom of the frame to tie the game at 6-6. With the 7-inning game stretched to extras the Rebels scored 1 run in the top of the 8th to take a 7-6 lead. However, the Dores took advantage in the bottom of the frame with 2 runs and secured the 8-7 win over the Rebels.

FINAL | No. 4 Ole Miss drops a wild Game 2 at No. 14 Vanderbilt. The Rebels and Commodores will pick back up for Game 3 in 45 minutes. pic.twitter.com/ub6IhOrst1
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7 inning games have a tendency to be either shootouts or blowouts. This was the case of game-two of the 3-game series with the Dores. There was an offensive shootout which fell in favor of Vanderbilt. Of course, we look at this crazy game by the numbers.

By The Numbers

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Junior right-hander Brady Feigl (6-2, 3.29) took his regular game-two start on the mound for the Rebels. Feigl went 5.1 innings and allowed 3 earned runs on 4 hits. Feigl had 4 Ks and 2 BB. Coach Mike Bianco made the call in the 6th and sophomore Parker Caracci (2-0. 1.76, 6) entered. Caracci went for 1.2 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 3 hits. Caracci had 2 Ks and 1 BB.

Junior right-hander Dallas Woolfolk (1-1, 2.77, 6) entered and allowed 2 earned runs on 2 hits. Coach Bianco once again made the call and sophomore hight-hander Greer Holston entered the game. Holston allowed no runs on 1 hit. Holston had 1 K and 1 BB.

At The Plate

At the plate 5 Rebels combined for 7 hits in the game. Leading all Rebels was junior Ryan Olenek (.394, 2 HR) who went 2 for 3 at the plate. Olenek had 2 RBI. Senior Will Golsan also went 2 for 3 and had 1 RBI. Also taking part at the plate were freshman Tyler Keenan (.353, 5 HR) and sophomores Thomas Dillard (.324, 7 HR) and Cole Zabowski (.321, 7 HR). Kennan went 1 for 2 while Dillard and Zabowski both went 1 for 4. Keenan had 1 RBI. Sophomore Grae Kessinger (.301, 1 HR) and juniors Chase Cockrell (.363, 4 HR) and Jacob Adams (.277, 2 HR) each had 1 RBI.

Game-Two

The Rebels and the Dores met in game-two of the doubleheader shortly after the completion of game-one. The Rebels wasted no time and got on the board first in the bottom of the 1st with 1 run. With the score 1-0 heading into the bottom of the 3rd the Dores responded with 2 runs and took the 2-1 lead into the top of the 4th.

Vandy then added 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th extend the lead to 5-1. Ole Miss added 4 runs in the top of the 5th to tie the game at 5-5. The Rebels then added 2 runs in the top of the 6th to retake the 7-5 lead. However the Dores scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th and retook the 8-7 lead. The Rebels couldn’t rally and Vandy picked up the win and the series.

This was another rough weather weekend for No.4 Ole Miss baseball. Of course, the weather produced another doubleheader situation on a visiting field. While the weather effected both teams Vandy had a significant home-field advantage. For now we’ll look at the second game of the doubleheader and the final game of the series by the numbers.

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Junior right-hander James McArthur (4-0, 3.40) drew his normal game-three start on the hill for the Rebels. McArthur went for 3.1 innings and allowed 5 earned runs on 4 hits. McArthur had 8 Ks and 1 BB. Coach Mike Bianco made the call in the 4th and sophomore right-hander Will Ethridge (1-1, 4.10, 2) took the mound. Ethridge went for 2.0 innings and allowed 3 earned runs on 2 hits. Ethridge had 4 Ks and 1 BB. Bianco once again made a call to the pen in the 6th and sophomore right-hander Austin Miller (0-0, 0.93) took the hill to finish out the game. Miller went for 0.2 innings and allowed 1 hit.

At The Plate

In game-three of the Vandy series there were 8 Rebels who combined for 11 hits. The top three hitters of the Rebels batting order all had multiple hit games. Leading all Rebels at the plate was sophomore Grae Kessinger (.301, 1 HR) who went 2 for 3 with 1 RBI. Juniors Ryan Olenek (.394, 2 HR) and Nick Fortes (.287, 7 HR) both went 2 for 4. Olenek had 1 RBI while Fortes had 2 RBI.

Sophomore Cooper Johnson (.212, 2 HR) went 1 for 1 with 1 RBI. Freshman Tyler Keenan (.353, 5 HR) went 1 for 2 (HR) and had 1 RBI while Junior Chase Cockrell (.363, 4 HR) also went 1 for 2. Senior Will Golsan (.270, 1 HR) and junior Jacob Adams (.277, 2 HR) both went 1 for 3 at the plate. Sophomore Thomas Dillard (.324, 7 HR) had 1 RBI.

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Ole Miss baseball will be in action in a midweek match-up with Arkansas State Wednesday night. First pitch from Swayze Field in Oxford is set for 6:30pm CT. The game will be televised via the SEC Network+. Good luck to coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels! Hotty Toddy!