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Ole Miss Holds Off Southern Miss 11-9
4/12/2001 | Baseball
April 11, 2001
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - No. 18 Ole Miss (26-10-1) scored three runs in the fifth and added four more in the sixth and then held on for an 11-9 non-conference win over in-state rival Southern Miss (18-18) Wednesday evening in front of 3,632 at Pete Taylor Park.
Junior Josh Christian went 3-for-5 with three doubles, and junior outfielder Burney Hutchinson also added three hits to lead the Rebels at the plate. Sophomore Chad Sterbens was 1-for-4 but recorded a career-high four RBI.
Freshman Matt Tolbert hit his fourth home run of the season for Ole Miss with a two-out solo shot in the third to put the Rebels up 3-0.
Michael Posey (2-1), the second of five Ole Miss pitchers, earned the win. He allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits and one walk in three innings. Posey also struck out three.
Ole Miss starter Dan McShea pitched three scoreless innings before being lifted due to a pitch count. He held the Golden Eagles to two hits, walked none, and struck out one. McShea is expected to start Sunday at LSU.
USM starter Daniel Stewart (2-3) was charged with the loss, allowing six runs, four earned, on six hits and two walks, while striking out seven.
Center fielder Dusty Haley went 2-for-4 for the Golden Eagles with four RBI. He hit a three-run home run in the fourth to tie the game at 3-3, and later added a RBI single during a six-run seventh inning to pull USM to within 10-8. The home run was Haley's sixth of the season.
The Golden Eagles sent 10 batters to the plate during the six-run seventh, as the first five batters of the inning reached safely. Michael Artman hit a two-run single to make it 10-6 and Darren Welch later added a RBI single to cut the Rebels' lead to 10-7. Haley followed with his RBI single and a batter later, Allen Winningham capped the inning with a RBI single to score Welch. Haley was thrown out on the play after taking a wide turn at third after a wild throw from the outfield, and was tagged out in a run down to end the inning with Ole Miss holding a 10-9 lead.
The Rebels added an insurance run in the ninth, and freshman Adam Yates pitched two scoreless innings to earn his fourth save of the year.
Ole Miss will next open a three-game Southeastern Conference series Friday night in Baton Rouge against LSU. The Rebels and Tigers enter the weekend tied for first place in the overall SEC standings with 10-5 conference marks.
Ole Miss 11, Southern Miss 9 (Apr 11, 2001 at Hattiesburg, MS)----------------------------------------------------------------------Ole Miss..........210 034 001 - 11 12 1 (26-10-1)Southern Miss.....000 300 600 - 9 9 2 (18-18)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Ole Miss - D. McShea, M. Posey(4), J. Dickens(7), N. Bradshaw(7), A. Yates(8).Southern Miss - D. Stewart, J. Robinson(5), A. Dewitt(7), A. Rawson(9).Win-M. Posey(2-1) Save-A. Yates(4) Loss-D. Stewart(2-3) T-3:04 A-3662HR UM - M. Tolbert (4).HR USM - D. Haley (6).Game notes:National Rankings: UM- #18 BW, #22 BW/ESPN, #22 CB. USM- NR.Ole Miss wins season series 2-0.Sterbens (UM) records career-high four RBI.J. Dickens faced 4 batters in the 7th.
