RUSTON, La. â In No. 4 Ole Miss baseball s first true road matchup of the 2021 season, little went the Rebels way as they dropped their first midweek matchup 13-1 against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Tuesday evening.
Josh Mallitz (1-1) went four innings on the mound and gave up four hits and three runs, all of which occurred in the first inning. Offensively, the Rebels tallied six hits while stranding nine on base. Kevin Graham managed to get a third of them, going 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored. Despite four other Rebels recording a hit, they were victimized throughout the night by Cade Gibson on the mound, who in allowed just one run on five hits over 7.1 innings pitched.
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Ole Miss powers past Texas, winstreak up to 19 SOURCE: Ole Miss Athletics (Source: Ole Miss Athletics) By Ole Miss Sports Information | February 22, 2021 at 11:39 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 11:39 PM
ARLINGTON, Tx. - Three games in to the 2021 season, the Rebels proved why they are the No. 1 college baseball team in all the land, even in Monday’s victory over the Texas Longhorns. Derek Diamond (1-0) put on a show as Ole Miss (3-0) knocked off the Longhorns 8-1 at Globe Life Park, getting the three game sweep in the 2021 State Farm College Baseball Showdown.
In six innings, Diamond struck out eight batters, including a streak of nine retired batters in the middle innings. He yielded on run on four hits while freshmen Brandon Johnson and Josh Mallitz capped off the weekend out of the bullpen.
Live Blog: No. 1 Ole Miss vs. No. 18 Texas
ARLINGTON The Ole Miss baseball team takes on the University of Texas Monday at Globe Life Field. After defeating then-No. 3 Texas Tech, 5-4, Sunday, the Rebels have now
ascended to the No. 1 ranking in Baseball America’s Top 25 following the victory over TCU Saturday and the Red Raiders.
We will have a batter-by-batter update here in our live blog throughout the game. Scroll down for updates and refresh as needed.
The Rebels will be the visiting team in today’s game and will send Derek Diamond to the mound. In 2020, he went at least 5.0 IP in every single outing, and Ole Miss did not lose a game in which he started.