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No. 4 LSU Evens Series With No. 9 Ole Miss
5/22/2004 | Baseball
May 22, 2004
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OXFORD, Miss. - Senior right-hander Nate Bumstead pitched 7.2 innings and Clay Harris hit a three-run home run to lead No. 4 (Baseball America) LSU to an 11-4 win over No. 9 (Baseball America) Ole Miss to even this weekend's three-game Southeastern Conference series, in front of 8,574 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
The crowd was the second-largest in the stadium's history and pushed Ole Miss over the 100,000 mark in total home attendance for the first time in school history.
With the loss, the Rebels (39-16, 18-11 SEC) fall one game behind Georgia (37-17, 19-10 SEC) in the overall conference standings. Ole Miss entered today's game tied with both Georgia and Arkansas for first place in the overall SEC standings. The Razorbacks play host to Auburn tonight in Fayetteville, Ark.
Bumstead (9-3) allowed four runs, one earned, on six hits and three walks, while striking out six in earning the win.
Harris went 3-for-4 with four RBIs to lead LSU (40-15, 17-12 SEC) at the plate. His three-run home run in the seventh pushed the Tigers' lead to 9-1 and he later added an RBI double in the ninth to cap the game's scoring. The home run was his seventh of the season.
Nick Stavinoha hit his eighth home run of the year with a solo shot in the fifth inning to make it 5-1.
J.C. Holt also went 3-for-6 with two RBIs as LSU out-hit Ole Miss 15-7 on the afternoon.
Anthony Cupps (3-3) was charged with the loss, allowing six runs, five earned, on eight hits and one walk, while striking out two.
Alex Presley and Matt Tolbert both went 2-for-4 to lead the Rebels at the plate.
The two teams will meet in the rubber-match Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Freshman left-hander Clay Dirks (8-2, 3.26 ERA) is scheduled to start for LSU, while Ole Miss will send either sophomore left-hander Matt Maloney (1-2, 4.58 ERA) or sophomore left-hander Stephen Head (6-1, 2.43 ERA) to the mound.
No. 4 LSU 11, No. 9 Ole Miss 4 (May 22, 2004 at Oxford, Miss.)----------------------------------------------------------------------LSU.................110 211 302 - 11 15 3 (40-15, 17-12 SEC)Ole Miss............010 000 030 - 4 7 1 (39-16, 18-11 SEC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: LSU - Bumstead; Faircloth(8). Ole Miss - A. Cupps; Eric Fowler(6).Win-Bumstead(9-3) Loss-A. Cupps(3-3) T-2:51 A-8574HR LSU - Stavinoha (8); Harris, C. (7).Game notes:HR DISTANCES: Stavinoha (LSU) 375'-5th; C. Harris (LSU) 410'-7thNATIONAL RANKINGS: LSU- #4 BA; #5 SW/ESPN; #6 NCBWA; #9 CBNATIONAL RANKINGS: UM- #9 BA; #9 NCBWA; #10 SW/ESPN; #12 CBGame: UM0522
