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Rebels Clinch Series With 5-1 Win Over Bulldogs
4/28/2007 | Baseball
The win clinched the series for the Rebels over the Bulldogs. Ole Miss will look for the sweep on Sunday in the finale. The Rebels have no won four straight series over
Lance Lynn (5-3) picked up the win for the Rebels as he allowed one run on six hits with no walks and nine strikeouts in 8.0 innings of work. The only run came off a solo home run in the third inning from Jeffrey Rea.
Justin Pigott (3-4) suffered the loss as he gave up five runs on eight hits with a walk and a strikeout in 6.2 innings of work for the Bulldogs.
The Rebels were led at the plate by sophomore Logan Power who went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI. C.J. Ketchum pushed the Rebels to the lead as he went 1-for-3 with two RBI as he drove in the go-ahead runs in the sixth inning.
“Lance was dominant today, as he has been all year,” said Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco. “He was able to pitch himself out of a couple of jams. You have to give him credit. Getting out of the bases-loaded jam was critical. Guys like him are able to keep you off balance and I just told our guys to keep battling.”
The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth when
Ole Miss got on t he board in the sixth inning, putting up three runs on three hits to take a 3-1 lead. Overbeck opened the inning with a double before scoring on a single to left field from Logan Power. Power moved to second when Zach Miller was hit by a pitch before both runners advanced to scoring position on a groundout to first from Kyle Mills. C.J. Ketchum then singled to right field to score both Power and Miller to complete the rally for the Rebels.
The Rebels added two more runs in the seventh inning as Ole Miss took advantage of a pair of
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