Ole Miss Baseball: No.5 Rebels Drop Game-Two Against LSU
No.5 Ole Miss baseball faced the LSU Tigers in game-two of the weekend series Friday night after a huge Thursday night blowout win.
Ole Miss baseball entered Friday nights contest coming off a huge 14-3 game-one win over LSU. The Rebels had the obvious momentum headed into game-two and were hoping to take the series with another win. It was a different looking game Friday night as the two SEC foes squared off at Swayze Field.
The Rebels got on the board first with 1 run in the bottom of the 1st. Ole Miss maintained the 1-0 lead thru the 5th but the Tigers scored 2 runs in the top of the 6th to take the 2-1 lead. The Tigers added 1 run in the 7th and 2 runs in the top of the 8th to extend the lead to 5-1. Ole Miss scored 1 run in the bottom of the 8th but couldn’t muster enough to rally. The Tigers picked up the 5-2 win.
FINAL | LSU evens up the series at one apiece with a 5-2 victory tonight. Rubber match set for tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. #RebsBSB #HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/vteHHF2jUK
— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) April 28, 2018
The Friday night loss evened the series and produces the rubber game for Saturday. The loss also dropped the Rebels to second place in the SEC West behind Arkansas. Of course, we can look at this loss by the numbers.
By The Numbers
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Junior right-hander Brady Feigl (7-2, 3.45) made the start on the mound for the Rebels. Feigl went for 6.2 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 6 hits. Feigl had 9 Ks and 1 BB. Mike Bianco made the call to the bullpen and senior right-hander Will Stokes (1-1, 6.27, 1) entered the game. Stokes went for 0.1 innings and allowed 3 earned runs on 2 hits. Stokes had 1 BB. Mike Bianco once again made the call in the 8th and sophomore right-hander Greer Holston took the mound. Holston went 2.0 innings and allowed 2 hits. Holston had 2 Ks.
At The Plate
In game-two there were 4 Rebels who combined for 5 hits. Junior Nick Fortes (.295, 8 HR) led all Rebels going 2 for 3 (HR) with 2 RBI. Sophomores Grae Kessinger (.290, 3 HR) and Cole Zabowski (.303, 7 HR) both went 1 for 4. Senior Tim Rowe (.344, 1 HR) also went 1 for 4 on the night.
Up Next
No.5 Ole Miss baseball will be back in action Saturday in the final game of the weekend series with the LSU Tigers. First pitch from Swazye Field is set for 3pm CT. The game will be televised via ESPNU. Good luck to coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels. BEAT LSU! Hotty Toddy!