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The University of Mississippi Athletics
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Arkansas-Little Rock
Arkansas-Little Rock Squeaks Past Ole Miss 5-4
5/3/2000 | Baseball
May 2, 2000
OXFORD, Miss. - John Gragg scored on a Neil Hunt wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning to give Arkansas-Little Rock a 5-4 win over Ole Miss Tuesday night in a non-conference game at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Jeff Willis led-off the Trojan ninth with an infield single. Gragg then laid down a sacrifice bunt and Neil Hunt's throw to first sailed into right field. Willis was thrown out on the play trying to score from first, but Gragg was able to advance to third.
Arkansas-Little Rock (29-18) reliever Carl Rowland (7-4) picked up the win, throwing two innings of scoreless relief.
Hunt (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing one run in 3 1/3 innings of relief.
Kris Cox and Burney Hutchinson had two hits each for the Rebels, who out-hit the Trojans 11-9. Cox extended his hitting streak to 17 games, which is also the longest active streak in the Southeastern Conference.
Stephen Smitherman went 3-for-4 to lead the Trojans.
Ole Miss resumes play in the SEC Friday at 6:00 p.m. when they start a three-game series at Georgia.
Arkansas-Little Rock 5, Ole Miss 4 (May 02, 2000 at Oxford, Miss.)------------------------------------------------------------Arkansas-Little Rock 200 002 001 - 5 9 2 (29-18)Ole Miss............ 400 000 000 - 4 11 1 (28-21)------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Arkansas-Little Rock - McMains, R, Rowland,C (8). Ole Miss - J. Liberto, N. Hunt (6).Win-Rowland,C (7-4) Loss-N. H unt (0-1) T-2:44 A-466Game notes:Game was delayed 14 minutes at the start due to rain.Kris Cox extended the SEC's longest current hitting streak to 17 games.
