No. 11 Baseball Downed In Series Opener In Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. – (Release) No. 11 Ole Miss baseball (27-11, 9-7 SEC) opened its road series against South Carolina (22-17, 3-13 SEC) with a 3-2 loss Thursday night in Columbia.
Six of Ole Miss’ seven losses in conference play have come by three runs or less.
The Rebels did not draw a walk in the game and had just two extra-base hits. Austin Fawley and Mitchell Sanford each hit a solo home run in the loss.
Mason Morris worked 2.2. hitless innings of relief with six strikeouts. He has not allowed an earned run over his last three appearances while racking up 20 strikeouts.
The Gamecocks would get one run in the first after an RBI-groundout from Jordan Carrion plated Noah Hall.
Ole Miss would even the score in the top of the third after Austin Fawley launched a solo homer to left center for his 10th round-tripper of the season.
Carolina would tally four singles in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead after five complete.
Mitchell Sanford would cut the Gamecock lead to one with a solo blast to right in the top of the sixth. It marked Sanford’s 10th home run of the season.
Ole Miss had just one hit over the final three innings, a leadoff single by Isaac Humphrey in the seventh.
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Adam Brown
Adam Brown joins The Rebel Walk as the Managing Editor after being on the Ole Miss beat as a Sports Editor for over 11 years. He is a lifelong Oxford resident. Brown graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Prior to The Rebel Walk, Brown was the sports editor of HottyToddy.com covering every Ole Miss sport and local high school sports in the community.
