Two Big Innings Give Rebels Victory Over 'Breds

Tuesday, April 22

Oxford, Miss.

6:30 p.m.

Murray State

Mississippi

4/22/2008 5:00:00 AM | Baseball

No.21 Mississippi withstood a pesky Murray State ball club before breaking the game wide open in the sixth inning en route to a 15-5 victory Tuesday evening at Oxford-University Stadium.

Ole Miss (26-15) got on the board quickly as each of the first seven hitters in the lineup reached base in the first inning. The Rebels got RBI base hits from Logan Power, Zach Miller and Kyle Mills before Logan Williams delivered a two-run single down the left-field line.

The 'Breds (14-21) got one run back in the third as Daniel Miller and Elliot Frey drew back-to-back one-out walks before Miller scored on a fielding error by the shortstop off the bat of Blake Helm.

The Rebels got the run back in the home-half of the inning as Fuller Smith blooped a single to right field and stole second. After advancing to third on a groundout, Mills' plated the runner with a sacrifice fly to right field that was misplayed.

MSU found its offense in the fourth as they loaded the bases with no outs on a fielding error, a single to right by Chris Craycraft and a walk to Matt Hon. Kyle Tiernan drove in a run with a groundout to first before Miller plated two runners with a single to center.

The Rebels were able to break the game wide open in the sixth as they sent 13 hitters to plate and pushed across nine runs on nine hits, highlighted by a two-run home run to right center off the bat of Fuller Smith.

The 'Breds got another run in the eighth as Wes Cunningham beat out a one-out bunt base hit. With two outs, Andrew Cella singled to left to put runners on the corners. Hon drove in the runner from third with a hard single back through the box.

Nathan Baker (2-4) picked up the victory as he gave up four runs, two earned, on two hits and 11 strikeouts over six innings. Matt McGaha (2-1) took the loss after giving up nine runs on 13 hits over 5.1 innings.

The 'Breds return to the diamond on April 26 when they open a three-game series against Morehead State. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at Reagan Field.