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Rebels defeat Alcorn State, 11-1, in eight innings
OXFORD, Miss. Five Ole Miss pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts as the Rebels took care of Alcorn State 11-1 in eight innings Tuesday night at Swayze.
Freshman Josh Mallitz went four innings and fanned six to earn his first career win. Four relievers Luke Baker, Cody Adcock, Brandon Johnson, and Wes Burton struck out two each in one inning of work apiece.
T5 | Mallitz will cap his night after a career best 4.0 IP and 6 K s.@lukeobaker in to pitch.
Ole Miss 3, Alcorn State 0 pic.twitter.com/EcHe2iyzlx
The Rebels were able to score three runs in the third inning four more in the sixth and ended the game due to the mercy rule in the eighth. Tim Elko and Hayden Leatherwood each went 2-for-3 in the Ole Miss eight-hit attack. Hayden Dunhurst scored three runs as he walked four times and was hit by a pitch.
OXFORD, Miss. On Monday afternoon, Ole Miss baseball head coach Mike Bianco held his weekly zoom call with reporters. Here are news and notes from the call:
On the weather conditions in Texas and Mississippi causing problems for the upcoming trip to Arlington:
“It does throw a little bit of a curveball to our travel and ops people trying to figure out how we’re going to get there. The good news is we’re going to play. It’s a dome, (but) we just need to get there. They’re getting some weather on Wednesday; we’re getting it on Wednesday as well. One of our biggest issues is getting the buses that have the gear on it, getting them there. That’s probably the biggest obstacle right now.”