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Welcome to Oxford, Mississippi and non-conference baseball
in the mid-week as we get the tenth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels
and the North Alabama Lions.
Yeah. And for Jack Washburn,
this is a big start for Ole Miss.
They struggled on the mound
from the starting pitching standpoint.
And I think, for him, he's really going to
have to attack this UNA team.
Changing eye levels.
Bouncer to Bench, who's playing third.
And he'll throw it across to get the out.
A look at the North Alabama pitcher Austin Nichols,
the senior. Another Athens, Alabama guy.
In the other arm.
And he sends one to right center field,
and that one is gonna get outta here to lead off the game.
He got the two-oh pitch, he got a pitch up.
You mentioned the home run problem that Nichols had.
All around turns out to be a good thing
and big smile for number one as he rounds third base.
The one thing he wants.
Bouncer to Elko. He'll catch.
Flip to Washburn, but it scores a run.
At third.
Swing and a miss. Chased the fast one up,
and he gets out of it with the strikeout.
I mean, he just -- all the numbers are jarring.
Sends one left field.
Opposite way. Left fielder Smith going back.
At the wall. He get -- no room there, and it's gone.
And, well, Harris returns to the lineup in the nine spot,
gets his first home run of the year,
and Rebels get the lead back.
Harris not only takes that pitch
on the outside part of the plate.
From what we've seen previously,
see that ball driven the other way.
Nice shot in the gap
that's going to roll to the track, hit the wall.
Bench from third.
They'll wave him around as a stand-up double
gives Ole Miss the four-to-one lead.
Got a breaker that's going to be hit right
to the right fielder Majer.
Elko will tag.
He hit it hard, but a sacrifice fly.
Four, including the one earlier in the game.
And Leatherwood hits a rocket into left.
Right as I say that, to the base of the wall.
Alderman is going to round third,
and he's going to score. And it continues.
Ole Miss gets a free pass in one out of every two times --
Which was eighth. You talked about his OPS.
And he's crushed another laser third-base side.
That'll roll to the corner.
Leatherwood -- it gets away from Smith for a moment.
Harris is going to go back with a double.
He's got two fly balls to left.
That one is different. To the right field area it goes.
That is gone.
You knew as soon as that one went off the bat,
Matt, that was going a long way to right center.
Yeah. We see Gonzalez miss a couple of pitches early,
but did not miss that one whatsoever.
An absolute no-doubter.
Light tower power from the All American shortstop.
Here's McCants with a shot down the right field side.
Bench trots to the plate.
Watches. It's gonna skip away.
Good read by Elko.
And Alderman with a base hit to left.
They're going to try and score McCants.
Smith comes up and will just throw it to the cutoff guy,
not even try to go to the plate.
Man at the plate gets another one.
Base hit into right.
They will hold the runner at third.
They now have the runner at second caught up,
but a late throw and back in --
Jacob Gonzalez lead the inning off with a home run.
Might have the same play.
Down the line. Smith again.
A little easier play at the line.
Makes the catch this time.
Leatherwood does tag and goes and scores the run.
But in the three spot for Ole Miss,
batting for the fourth time in the fourth inning.
And he launches this one.
That on base --
guys with -- running people -- I'll get it out.
Runners in scoring position number, that's going up.
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Wow.
There might be some flames
coming off the bat of Justin Bench.
That ball was hit into the left field stands.
Burton to the plate. That's sent to left.
Tolley going back.
And that is sent into the bullpen in left.
And a two-run home run.
So, the walks eventually do bother Wes Burton
who gives up the round tripper to Thrasher,
his first of the season.
Kramer has sent this one deep into the night.
That one is going to hit in front of the security guard
for a run behind the batter's eye to get that.
Wow, John Kramer.
My good gracious.
The long distance bill tonight is going to be through the roof.
That ball was absolutely hammered by number 17.
Big smile on that first collegiate home run.
Injury. I don't think you want him trying to hustle too hard.
Three-two, bit bounce.
Gets up the middle by Tolley.
Van Cleve will score. Runner goes to third.
Throw goes to third. Gets over his head,
and everybody will stop at second and third.
One-two to Gonzalez.
Fly ball left. Smith going back. At the track.
That's off the top of the wall. Gonzalez at second.
He's going to try to motor for three.
The center fielder picking it up and throwing.
With a head-first dive, Gonzo is in there.
With one out.
And Malone bounces to third.
Lane will pick it up, throw it to first, and throw it away.
Savell will try to put the final touch on it.
And he does with one right down the middle
for the called strike three.
So, for my friend Matt McLaughlin,
I'm Gary Darby, we'll say so long from Oxford.
The final score in seven,
Ole Miss 20, North Alabama three.