No.3 Ole Miss baseball was back in action Saturday in game-two of the weekend SEC road series against South Carolina in Columbia.
After being blown out in game-one No.3 Ole Miss baseball (35-13, 12-11) was looking to Saturday’s game-two to possibly even up the series with South Carolina. Saturday would prove to be another tough outing for the Rebels already down one game in the series. The Rebels came up short against the Gamecocks and picked up their second loss of the series.
After two and a half scoreless innings the Gamecocks got on the board first with 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd. Trailing 3-0 the Rebels got on the board with 1 run in the top of the 4th. However the Gamecocks answered with a 5 run bottom of the inning. Leading 8-1 South Carolina added 2 more runs in the bottom of the 5th to extend the lead to 10-1. The Rebels made a stab at a rally in the top of the 8th with 5 runs to cut the lead to 10-6. South Carolina added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th and took the 11-6 win.
FINAL | Ole Miss rallies with five runs in the eighth but drops Game 2 at South Carolina. Game 3 tomorrow at 11 a.m. CT. pic.twitter.com/g7oZrPGRVI
— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) May 5, 2018
Of course, this is certainly not where we expected or wanted Ole Miss baseball to be after two games on the road. However, the weekend series heading into the SEC tourney in Hoover can be a murderers row for any SEC team especially playing on the road. Naturally we hope the Rebels show up today and avoid the sweep by the Gamecocks. For now we look at this loss by the numbers.
By The Numbers
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Junior right-hander Brady Fiegl (7-4, 4.28) made his regular game-two start on the mound for the Rebels. Feigl went for 3.1 innings and allowed 8 earned runs on 7 hits. Feigl had 6 Ks and 3 BB. Coach Mike Bianco made a call to the pen in the 4th and sophomore right-hander Greer Holston (1-0. 3.95) entered the game. Holston went for 1.2 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 4 hits.
Coach Mike Bianco once again made the call and sophomore right-hander Houston Roth (5-0, 3.98) entered the game. Roth went for 2.0 innings and allowed just 1 hit. Roth had 1 K and 1 BB. Senior right-hander Will Stokes (1-1, 7.65, 1) finished out the game for the Rebels. Stokes went for 1.0 innings and allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits. Stokes had 1 K and 1 BB. Feigl picked up the loss for the Rebels.
At The Plate
In game-two there were 7 Rebels who combined for 10 hits while 3 Rebels had multiple hit games at the plate. Sophomore Grae Kessinger (.313, 5 HR) went 2 for 4 (HR) with 2 RBI. Sophomore Cole Zabowski (.312, 7 HR) and senior Will Golsan (.276, 3 HR) also went 2 for 4 while Golson had 1 RBI. Senior Tim Rowe (.333, 1 HR) went 1 for 1 as PH with 1 RBI while junior Nick Fortes (.291, 9 HR) went 1 for 3. Junior Ryan Olenek (.406, 3 HR) went 1 for 4 while freshman Tyler Keenan (.304, 5 HR) went 1 for 5 with 1 RBI. Junior Jacob Adams (.261, 2 HR) had 1 RBI.
Up Next
No.3 Ole Miss baseball will be back in action Sunday as they take on South Carolina in game-three of the weekend SEC series. First pitch from Columbia is set for 11am CT and the game will be televised via the SEC Network. Good luck to coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels as they try to avoid the sweep by the Gamecocks. Hotty Toddy!