No.5 Ole Miss baseball was back in action Thursday night as they hosted LSU in game-one of a weekend SEC series at Swazye Field in Oxford.
No.5 Ole Miss baseball (33-10, 11-8) was back in action after their first midweek loss of the season to Miss State in the Governors Cup at Trustmark Park in Pearl. LSU baseball (25-18, 9-10) came into Oxford off a 8-0 win over Lamar after a series sweep by South Carolina. The Thursday night match-up was the first game of a key SEC three-game series.
Ole Miss got on the board first in the bottom of the 1st with 1 run. The Tigers responded in the top of the 2nd with 1 run to tie the game at 1-1. LSU scored another run in the top of the 3rd to take the 2-1 lead. However, Ole Miss answered in the bottom of the 4th to tie the game at 2-2. The Rebels added 1 run in the bottom of the 5th to take the 3-2 lead into the top of the 6th.
The Tigers tied the game at 3-3 with a run in the top of the 6th and then the meltdown happened in the bottom of the 6th when the Rebels exploded with 11 runs to take the 14-3 lead. Ole Miss was able to close down the Tigers and secured the 14-3 win.
HIGHLIGHTS | Ole Miss defeats LSU 14-3 (Game 1) 04/26/18 #WAOM #FinsUpRebels pic.twitter.com/iAG5ABZcQW
— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) April 27, 2018
This game was a huge win for Ole Miss baseball heading into the series. Regardless of how it went down it was a good start for the Rebels and was a nice bounce back from the Miss State loss earlier this week. Of course, there are still two games remaining in the series and LSU is a really good team. So for now, we’ll enjoy this win by the numbers.
By The Numbers
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Sophomore left-hander Ryan Rolison (5-3, 3.19) started on the mound for the Rebels. Rolison went for 7.0 innings and allowed 3 earned runs on 6 hits. Rolison had 6 Ks and 1 BB. Freshman right-hander Max Cioffi entered in the 8th and allowed no runs on just 2 hits. Cioffi had 2 Ks.
At The Plate
On the night there were 8 Rebels who combined for 15 hits while 6 Rebels had multiple hit games. Leading all Rebels at the plate for the second consecutive game was senior Tim Rowe (.286, 1 HR). Rowe went 3 for 4 with 1 RBI in the absence of Ryan Olenek in the Rebels batting order.
Freshman Tyler Keenan (.311, 5 HR) went 2 for 2 while sophomore Cole Zabowski (.294, 7 HR) went 2 for 3 with 1 RBI. Junior Nick Fortes (.289, 7 HR) went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI while senior Will Golsan (.285, 3 HR) went 2 for 5 with 3 RBI. Junior Jacob Adams went 2 for 5 with 1 RBI. Junior Chase Cockrell (.355, 4 HR) and sophomore Grae Kessinger (.289, 3 HR) both went 1 for 3 at the plate. Cockrell had 2 RBI while Kessinger had 1 RBI.
Up Next
Game-two of the three-game SEC West series is on tap for tonight. First pitch from Swayze Field for game-two is set for 6:30pm CT and will be televised via SEC Network+. Good luck to coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels. BEAT THE CORNDOGS! Hotty Toddy!