A beautiful Wednesday night,
albeit a little bit chilly for college baseball,
in Oxford, Mississippi.
It's number four, Ole Miss at six and two on the year hosting
Jackson State who comes in at three and four,
and we welcome you to Swayze Field.
Yeah, I mean, if the hitter is not fearing the breaking ball,
and obviously, right now, there's either a hit by pitch
or walk again,
but yes, if the hitter knows that he can't throw anything,
and the pitcher can't throw anything but a breaking ball.
Yeah, and this ball chopped right-side,
and that's going to scoot down to right field for a base hit.
Justin Bench comes home to score.
Throw comes to second base.
Harry Colon works from the stretch,
and this ball has popped up to shallow center field.
Newsome will make the catch,
and the runner is going to try to tag from third.
Here comes the throw.
It's cut off middle of the infield.
Whole count pitch.
Bounces in the dirt.
That one gets away from Rodriguez, who had no chance.
That went way out in front of home plate.
Knox Loposer, who gets a quality at bat.
This ball hits sharply at first.
Step on the bag for one.
Throw to the plate. Not in time!
Cael Baker decided the slide was optional.
Back with you at Swayze Field in Oxford.
Two and a third innings on the year from Mario Lopez,
the left-hander from Bayside, California.
Luke Baker comes into the game for Ole Miss,
the freshman left-hander from Gainesville, Florida.
Two strikes.
Ground ball, back up the middle,
and that's a base hit for Caleb Evans.
Swing and a miss, strike three.
That's the first strikeout for Luke Baker
since entering in the fourth of the game.
And he hits it off the glove of Tim Elko at third base.
I don't know.
So a lot of folks excited about that.
There's a swing and a miss.
Gonzalez tried to wait back.
That came across the plate at 59 miles per hour.
So he's got eight runs batted in.
He lists this one into shallow left center field.
That's going to drop for a base hit,
and it's now a three RBI night for Kevin Graham
as Dunhurst comes around to score.
Applying that at all.
This ball lying to the opposite way by Cael Baker.
Graham comes home to score.
Leatherwood comes home to score.
It's a two-run single for Cael Baker,
and Ole Miss leads 11 to nothing.
With the lead and Wes Burton coming into the game.
Burton has one win on the season.
First two at bats of his college career.
There's a swing and a miss, back-to-back strikeouts for
Wes Burton.
Incarnate Word leading it over Texas
A&M, four to two.
Ground ball, left side.
Base hit through the six hole.
Ole Miss continues to work its way through the bullpen
as the junior from Cottondale, Alabama,
Brandon Johnson enters the game.
Chopper to short and Gonzalez...
Yeah, that one scoot past his glove.
CJ Newsome.
His ball lying through the right side of the infield.
Hits sharply on the ground.
Newsome hits the bag at third.
He's going to come around to score.
Jackson State is on the board,
an RBI single from Chandler Dillard.
Ball off the end of the bat.
Lifted, dumped into left field.
Base hit for Reyes.
He's out at second.
There's a swing and a miss and a strikeout,
second of the inning for Brandon Johnson.
Fourteen wins all-time against the school.
You will take them any time you can get them.
Elko, high fly ball left field.
Forget about it!
Melton watches that one fly well
over the back wall of the bullpen,
and Tim Elko hits his second home run in as many nights,
the solo shot, and the Rebels lead 12 to one.
Really important, Todd, for this Ole Miss offense.
Even though you're looking for a reason, that's the reason.
That's what Mike Bianco wants to see out of Tim Elko.
And he drives this one the opposite way
through the six hole.
Plumlee will make a turn and stop at second base.
That's the third hit of the game for Hayden Leatherwood.
Braden Forsyth into the game, one and oh on the year.
Yes, I would anticipate that Jackson State
knows the game is over right here.
Absolutely.
I guarantee you, Ole Miss knows it is.
That's a swing and a miss for a strikeout,
a good job by Braden Forsyth
in the top of the seventh inning.
Three straight strikeouts, and the game comes to an end.
Ole Miss improves to seven and two on the year.
The Rebels will host Belmont in a three-game series
that begins on Friday night.
We'll have all three of those games for you this weekend,
6:30 first pitch on Friday night.