The University of Mississippi Athletics
Baseball Falls to No. 9 LSU
6/21/1999 | Baseball
March 28, 1999
BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU's Jeremy Whitten went 2-for-3, including a two-run homer in the third inning, and lefthander Brian Tallet struck out seven Rebels to lift the No. 9 nationally-ranked Tigers to a 10-4 Southeastern Conference victory over Ole Miss on Sunday. With the win, LSU took two of three games in the series.
The Rebels now stand at 13-14 overall and 5-4 in the SEC. LSU improved its overall record to 20-9 and its conference mark to 5-4.
Ole Miss got off to a good start when senior Brad Henderson led off the top of the first inning with a home run to give the Rebels a 1-0 lead. The homer was Henderson's second of the season. The Tigers, however, responded with a run in the bottom of the first to tie the contest at 1-1.
After a scoreless second inning, the Tigers broke the game open in their half of the third inning with five runs. The LSU rally began with a single by Blair Barbier and walks by Jeff Leaumont and Brad Cresse to load the bases. Cedrick Harris then broke the tie with a two-run double, scoring Barbier and Leaumont to give LSU a 3-1 lead. Cresse then crossed the plate on a wild pitch to increase the Tiger advantage to 4-1. Moments later, Whitten blasted his fourth homer of the season, a two-run shot, to give LSU a 6-1 lead.
Ole Miss had an opportunity to get back in the contest in the top of the sixth. After Justin Huisman and John Massey reached base, Jude Voltz hit a deep shot near the wall that was run down and caught by the Tigers' Trey McClure. McClure quickly threw the ball back to the infield, where he doubled up both Huisman and Massey who were running on the play. The triple play was the third in LSU baseball history.
The Tigers then added two runs apiece in the seventh and eighth innings to increase their lead to 10-1, before the Rebels scored three runs in the top of the ninth for the 10-4 final. In the Rebel ninth, Massey led off with a walk and was followed by a Voltz single. After a wild pitch scored Massey, Michael Rosamond belted his seventh home run of the season.
Henderson went 2-for-4 at the plate, while Massey batted 2-for-3 for the Rebels. Ryan Bukvich (0-2) suffered the loss, giving up five runs on five hits in 2.1 innings of work.
McClure and Ryan Theriot both went 2-for-5 at the plate for LSU. Tallet evened his record at 1-1, allowing only one run on two hits in 5.1 innings.
The Rebels return to action on Wednesday, Mar. 31 when they host Mississippi State in the Mayor's Trophy Game in Jackson, Miss. Game time is 6:30 p.m.
Ole Miss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 7 0LSU 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 x - 10 11 0OM - Ryan Bukvich, Jon Dickens (3), Joey Cramblitt (4), Cooper Campbell(8), Glen Morris (8), Nathan Lyons (8) and John Massey; LSU - Brian Tallet,Trey Hodges (6), Ben Saxon (9) and Brad Cresse; WP - Tallet (1-1); LP -Bukvich (0-2); HR - Jeremy Whitten (4), Brad Henderson (2), MichaelRosamond (7)
