The University of Mississippi Athletics
Game 1 Of NCAA Oxford Super Regional Suspended
6/11/2005 | Baseball
June 11, 2005
OXFORD, Miss. - Saturday's game one of the 2005 NCAA Oxford Super Regional between Texas (49-15) and Ole Miss (47-18) was suspended after three innings due to rain. The game will be resume Sunday afternoon at 12:06 p.m., and will be televised by ESPN. The two teams will then play game two of the series at the original 5:06 p.m., start time, and will be carried by ESPN2.
Texas scored both runs in the first inning. Nick Peoples and Drew Stubbs drew back-to-back walks to start the game, and Seth Johnston then advanced both runners on a sacrifice bunt. Chance Wheeless then delivered a single up the middle to score both Peoples and Stubbs and make it 2-0.
Ole Miss junior right-hander Mark Holliman struck out three in the three innings of work to break the Ole Miss single-season record. Holliman now has 120 strikeouts on the season to eclipse Jamey Price's 1995 record of 118.
A crowd of 8,791 was in attendance for the game, ranking as the third-highest crowd in Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field history.