The #15 Ole Miss Rebels (21-8, 7-4 SEC) mounted a comeback on Friday night in the eighth inning to get past Kentucky (18-11, 4-7 SEC) 4-3, and on Saturday took the series by defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 10-3. The Rebels pounded out 15 hits to get their most run production in a win since March 7th’s victory over Vermont.
With the win on Saturday, Ole Miss has won their fifth straight game and have won 3 out of their first 4 SEC series on the year.
Pomeranz (3-0), who was scheduled to start on Friday but had a stomach virus, pitched another quality gem, pitching 6.1 innings, giving up 7 hits, 1 run, with 8th strikeouts and 2 walks. Goforth relieved Pomeranz in the 7th and pitched 1.1 innings, only giving up one hit. Nathan Baker closed it out for the Rebs.
Kentucky’s starting pitcher, Chris Rusin, lasted five innings, giving up ten hits and six earned runs.
The Rebels found themselves down early 1-0 in the top of the 3rd, when Chris Bisson scored on a wild pitch, but the Rebs answered back with 6 runs in the bottom of the 3rd, led by Matt Smith’s 2 RBI single which scored Jeremy Travis and Logan Power and Zach Miller’s suicide squeeze bunt which scored Kyle Henson.
The Rebels cruised from there, scoring four more in the 7th to take the 10-1 lead, and finished it out in the top of the 9th where Kentucky gave their last minute comeback, plating two runs.
The Rebels will look to go for their first SEC series sweep on Sunday as All-American Scott Bittle (1-2, 3.06 ERA) is scheduled to visit the mound for Ole Miss to face Kentucky’s James Paxton, Jr. (4-1, 5.62 ERA) . Gametime is set for 1:30 p.m. (CT).
