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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
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Rebels Run Out Of Gas Versus Tigers
3/23/2002 | Baseball
March 23, 2002
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OXFORD, Miss. - Sophomore left-hander Lane Mestepey pitched a complete game to lead No. 14 LSU to a 6-5 win over No. 16 Ole Miss Saturday afternoon in front of 4,195 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field, the seventh largest in the facility's history.
Mestepey overcame a career-high five walks to hold the Rebels to five runs, four earned, on 10 hits to improve to 4-2. The complete game was the second of his career.
Blake Gill broke a 4-4 tie with a two-out single that scored Aaron Hill, who walked to lead-off the inning. The Tigers then added another run in the eighth on a double by Hill.
Ole Miss answered with a run in the bottom of the eighth on a Josh Christian sac fly to center that scored Drew Rogers.
The Rebels threatened to tie in the bottom of the ninth as Barry Gunter was hit by a Mestepey pitch to start the inning. A batter later, Jonathan Swearingen walked to put runners on first and second with one out. However, Seth Smith bounced into a fielder's choice and Rogers hit a soft liner back to Mestepey for the final out of the game.
Ole Miss starter Pete Montrenes (5-2) was charged with the loss, allowing five runs, four earned, on 10 hits and four walks in 6 2/3 innings.
Gill finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs for LSU as five different Tigers recorded two hits each.
Burney Hutchinson finished 2-for-4, including hitting his fifth home run of the season with a two-run shot in the third that pulled Ole Miss to within 4-2.
The Tigers out-hit the Rebels 12-10.
LSU scored two runs in the first and added a run in each the second and third to build a 4-0 lead. Ole Miss answered with two runs in the third on Hutchinson's home run and scored a run in the fourth and fifth inning to tie the game at 4-4.
Ole Miss and LSU will play the rubber-match of this weekend's three-game series Sunday at 1:30 p.m., at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. Freshman right-hander Alan Horne (0-1, 7.11) is scheduled to start for Ole Miss against LSU junior right-hander Jake Tompkins (2-0, 3.34).
LSU 6, Ole Miss 5 (Mar 23, 2002 at Oxford, Miss.)----------------------------------------------------------------------LSU................211 000 110 - 6 12 1 (15-10, 2-3 SEC)Ole Miss...........002 110 010 - 5 10 1 (15-7, 1-4 SEC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: LSU - Mestepey. Ole Miss - P. Montrenes, A. Yates(7).Win-Mestepey(4-2) Loss-P. Montrenes(5-2) T-3:09 A-4195HR UM - Hutchinson (5).Game notes:NATIONAL RANKINGS: LSU- #14 BA, #CB, #15 NCBWA, #16 BW/ESPNNATIONAL RANKINGS: UM- #16 CB, #17 BW/ESPN, #24 BAHR DISTANCES: UM- Hutchinson - 380' (3rd)Mestepey (LSU) has string of 33 IP w/o a BB snapped in 2nd.
