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Salukis Nip No. 15 Rebels In Extra Innings
2/25/2005 | Baseball
Feb. 25, 2005
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OXFORD, Miss. -- Junior DH Matt Brewer's RBI double in the 10th inning lifted Southern Illinois to an 8-7 win over No. 15 (Sports Weekly/ESPN) Ole Miss Friday afternoon, in front of 3,421 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
The win was the Salukis' fifth straight as they improved to 5-2. The Rebels dropped to 4-2 on the year with the loss.
Trailing 7-6, Ole Miss tied the game in the bottom of the ninth. Chris Coghlan drew a lead-off walk, and a batter later, Brian Pettway singled to put runners on first and third. Jon-Jon Hancock then lifted a fly ball to left field that was deep enough to allow Coghlan to tag up and score.
In the 10th, Kevin Koski led-off with a single, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by P.J. Finigan. Brewer then hit the first pitch from Will Kline into the left center gap to score Koski for the game-winning run.
Finigan went 3-for-5 with two RBI and Brewer was 2-for-6 with two RBI as the Salukis out-hit the Rebels 13-11 on the afternoon.
Hancock went 2-for-4 with two RBI, including hitting a lead-off home run in the sixth inning to pull the Rebels to within 4-3. The home run was his second of the season.
Senior right-hander Andrew Weber (1-0) earned the win, allowing one run on two hits and one walk, while striking out two in 2 1/3 innings of relief.
Kline (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings of relief.
The Rebels were also plagued by five errors in the field.
The two teams will continue the three-game series Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., and conclude the three-game set with a Sunday afternoon contest at 1:30 p.m. Junior left-hander Stephen Head (0-0, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to start for Ole Miss, while Southern Illinois is expected to counter with senior right-hander P.J. Finigan (1-0, 4.91 ERA).
Southern Illinois 8, Ole Miss 7 (Feb 25, 2005 at Oxford, Miss.)----------------------------------------------------------------------Southern Illinois...000 040 201 1 - 8 13 1 (5-2)Ole Miss............001 103 011 0 - 7 11 5 (4-2)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Southern Illinois - Rueger; Norrick(6); Weber(8). Ole Miss - M. Holliman;Eric Fowler(7); Will Kline(8).Win-Weber(1-0) Loss-Will Kline(0-1) T-3:19 A-3421HR UM - J. Hancock (2).
