The University of Mississippi Athletics
Shelton Lifts Ole Miss Past NE Louisiana, 7-6
6/21/1999 | Baseball
April 28, 1999
OXFORD, Miss. - Robert Shelton's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Chad Hill lifted Ole Miss to a 7-6 win over Northeast Louisiana Tuesday evening at Oxford- University Stadium/Swayze Field.
With the win, the Rebels, ranked No. 26 in this week's Collegiate Baseball Top 30, improved to 27-19 on the year. Northeast Louisiana fell to 29-18.
Ole Miss led 6-2 going into the ninth but the Indians would rally for four runs off of reliever Cooper Campbell to tie the score. Campbell walked the first two batters of the inning and then struck out Jason Wolfe before walking Shane Russell to load the bases. Bryan Zander followed with a single to center to score Corey Artieta to make it 6-3.
Ryan Bukvich then came in to relieve Campbell and Josh LaRue greeted him with a three- run double down the right field line to tie the score at 6-6.
In the bottom of the ninth, Hill led-off the inning with a single and advanced to second on Justin Huisman's ground out to short. After Chad Mead grounded out to the pitcher, Michael Rosamond was intentionally walked to set-up Shelton's game-winning single.
Bukvich, 1-2, was credited with the win, working 2/3 of an inning in relief.
Ole Miss starter Ronnie Goodwin went eight innings, allowing two unearned runs on eight hits and one walk, while striking out five.
Michael Wombacher, the last of three NLU pitchers, suffered the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits and one walk to fall to 2-2.
John Massey recorded his sixth home run of the year, a three-run shot in the third to put Ole Miss up 4-1. Massey finished the night 2-for-2.
Hill, Shelton, and Adam Brown also collected two hits each.
Zander went 3-for-5 to lead the Indians.
Both teams recorded 10 hits apiece.
Ole Miss will conclude its non-conference schedule with a 6:30 p.m. game tomorrow at Austin Peay. The Rebels will host Alabama in a three-game SEC series beginning Friday at 7:00 p.m. Ole Miss trails the first-place Crimson Tide by one-game in the SEC Western Division.
NE Louisiana 010 100 004 - 6 10 3Ole Miss 103 010 011 - 7 10 3W- Bukvich (1-2) L- Wombacher (2-2) HR- Massey (6) T- 2:39 ATT- 1,062
