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Wright, No. 16 Ole Miss Slams Northwestern State
3/2/2005 | Baseball
March 2, 2005
OXFORD, Miss. - Sophomore left fielder Mark Wright's grand slam capped a six-run first inning as No. 16 (Baseball America) Ole Miss defeated Northwestern State 10-1 Wednesday afternoon at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field to earn a split in the two-game series.
Ole Miss improved to 6-3 on the year, while Northwestern State had a seven-game win streak snapped and fell to 10-5.
Junior left-hander Matt Maloney (2-0) worked five innings to earn the win, allowing one run on five hits and three walks, while striking out seven.
Second baseman Cooper Osteen opened the game with a single and Chris Coghlan walked before Stephen Head laced a two-run double to right center to give the Rebels a 2-0 lead. Brian Pettway then followed with a walk, and after Jon-Jon Hancock struck out, Alex Presley singled to load the bases for Wright.
Wright then hit a 1-1 pitch off right-hander Derek Cloren 396-feet over the wall in left center to give the Rebels a 6-0 lead and chase Cloren from the game. The homer run was the first of the year for Wright and it was his first career grand slam.
Cloren (2-1) was charged with six runs on four hits and two walks, and struck out one in facing seven batters.
Head finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and Pettway also went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to nine games as the Rebels out-hit the Demons 12-7. Wright went 1-for-1 with three runs scored, four RBI and drew two walks.
First baseman Bobby Barbier went 2-for-3 to lead Northwestern State at the plate. Center fielder Andre Vige went 1-for-4 and hit a solo home run off Maloney in the third to make it 6-1. The homer was his first of the season.
The Rebels will continue their 17-game home stand with a three-game weekend series against the Purdue Boilermakers (1-2), starting Friday night at 6:30 p.m., at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. Game two of the series is set for Saturday at 1:30 p.m., and Sunday's series-finale is scheduled for 12 p.m.
Junior right-hander Mark Holliman (1-0, 6.00 ERA) is scheduled to start for Ole Miss, opposite Purdue senior right-hander Scott Byrnes (0-0, 0.00 ERA).
No. 16 Ole Miss 10, Northwestern State 1 (Mar 02, 2005 at Oxford, Miss.)----------------------------------------------------------------------Northwestern St...001 000 000 - 1 7 1 (10-5)Ole Miss..........601 020 10X - 10 12 1 (6-3)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Northwestern State - Cloeren, Der; Johnston, S(1); Clark, Danie(5); Hanson, Ty(7);Rodriguez, B(8). Ole Miss - Matt Maloney; C. Moffett(6); Will Kline(8); B. Pettway(9).Win-Matt Maloney(2-0) Loss-Cloeren, Der(2-1) T-2:46 A-2865HR NWLA - Vige, Andre (1).HR UM - Mark Wright (1).
