No. 25 Ole Miss Baseball Secures Sweep Over No. 24 LSU in Sunday Thriller at Swayze

OXFORD, Miss. — The No. 25 Ole Miss Rebels secured the sweep over the No. 24 LSU Tigers with an 8-7 win on Sunday afternoon at Swayze Field.

TIGERS SWEPT 🧹🧹🧹 Ole Miss hangs on in game three to defeat the LSU Tigers. pic.twitter.com/MCgzEGeqCk

— The Rebel Walk (@TheRebelWalk) April 12, 2026

Ole Miss (26-11 overall, 8-7 SEC) was powered by a fantastic outing from starting pitcher Taylor Rabe, who had a no-hitter going through six innings before back-to-back home runs to start the seventh blemished his line.

Rabe ended the night with 6.0 innings pitched, giving up 2 hits, one walk, one hit by pitch, and 2 earned runs. He tallied five strikeouts and seventy-five total pitches.

Although Ole Miss blew a 7-0 lead in the seventh, allowing the Tigers (22-15, 6-9 SEC) to score seven in the frame, a clutch base hit from Brayden Randle in the bottom of the frame gave Ole Miss the edge to secure the sweep.

It was all Rebels offensively early on, as they opened the scoring with Will Furniss and Hayden Federico punching back-to-back RBI singles into right field in the first inning.

COLLECTING BASES😤 pic.twitter.com/crA0sj6nMz

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Ole Miss continued to add on as Dom Decker launched a solo home run over the left field wall to make it 3-0, Rebels.

DECKER GOES YARD💣 pic.twitter.com/vBV47NNE4u

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That would not be the last home run the Rebels sent out. Owen Paino joined the party next with a solo home run in the fourth.

Paino’s bat stays hot🔥 pic.twitter.com/D4rUv2bO3n

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Decker then singled, setting the table for Tristan Bissetta, who launched a 462-foot bomb over the batter’s eye.

THAT BALL WAS CRUSHED‼️ pic.twitter.com/FC75zAZfS7

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Furniss capped off the four-run fourth with his second RBI single of the day, making it 7-0 Ole Miss after four.

LSU broke the no-hitter in the seventh with back-to-back homers from Derek Curiel and Cade Arrambide, bringing Rabe’s afternoon to an end, as he exited with a 7-2 lead.

Wil Libbert entered to relieve Rabe, and was greeted with the Tigers’ third straight solo home run, making it 7-3, Ole Miss. The home run was then tailed by back-to-back singles, leaving runners on first and second with no outs in the seventh.

LSU proceeded to score four more runs and tie the game in the seventh with two RBI singles from Brayden Simpson and Curiel, with Curiel also coming around to score on a wild pitch, evening the score at 7-7.

Ole Miss responded. Randle drove in Federico with an RBI single into left field. Ole Miss did load the bases with two outs, but could not convert. Nevertheless, they left the seventh with an 8-7 lead.

Randle with the RBI😤 pic.twitter.com/ltX9Thilyt

— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) April 12, 2026

Neither side could get a runner across in the eighth, making it an 8-7 game going into the ninth.

Walker Hooks relieved Hudson Calhoun to begin the ninth in a crucial save scenario. Hooks produced a groundout and two consecutive punchouts to secure the sweep. Calhoun earned the win and moves to 3-2, while Hooks’ save is his second this season.

GOT ‘ER DONE. pic.twitter.com/4lC3vPQ1q8

— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) April 12, 2026

A Look Ahead

Ole Miss returns to the diamond on Tuesday as they meet Southern Miss in Pearl for the Governor’s Cup, The Rebels will look to avoid the season sweep, with first pitch set for 6 P.M. CT.