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Ole Miss Baseball: No.5 Rebels Hammer LSU In Game-One

By Daniel Skipper

Omaha, NE - JUNE 26: Baseball fans gather outside TD Ameritrade Park prior to game one of the College World Series Championship Series, between the LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators on June 26, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Omaha, NE - JUNE 26: Baseball fans gather outside TD Ameritrade Park prior to game one of the College World Series Championship Series, between the LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators on June 26, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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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.

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.

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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!

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