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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
Austin Peay
Bukvich Leads Rebels To 3-0 Shutout Of Austin Peay
3/11/2009 | Baseball
OXFORD, Miss. -- Brett Bukvich picked up his second win of the season as the senior southpaw turned in a solid performance to lead the Rebel pitching staff Wednesday as No. 14 Ole Miss (9-3) shutout Austin Peay (5-8) by a score of 3-0 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
It was the first shutout by the Rebels since an 8-0 win over Vanderbilt last season in Oxford in game two of a doublehader on April 5, 2008.
Bukvich (2-0) worked 6.0 scoreless innings and allowed only two hits while recording six strikeouts and walking only one batter. Freshman Kyle Barbeck then turned in 2.0 innings of scoreless work and allowed only one hit, while freshman David Goforth stuck out the side in order in the ninth to pick up the save and preserve the shutout victory.
Governor starter Ryne Harper (2-1) suffered the loss as he allowed three runs on one walk with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work.
"It was a really good night for us, certainly it was a good night on the mound with Bukvich, Barbeck and Goforth," said Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco. "All three pitched extremely well. It was a tough night for offense and a tough night to put big innings together. I am proud of our guys for putting that big inning together in the third off their ace."
Ole Miss scored first, pushing tree runs across in the third as the Rebels used four hits and took advantage of a throwing error from the left fielder to take the early lead on the Governors. Back-to-back singles from Kevin Mort and Taylor Hightower opened the inning before Jordan Henry singled to left field. The Austin Peay left fielder threw a wild ball across the infield, allowing Hightower to score from first and Henry moved to third on the play. Henry then scored on a single through the left side from Matt Smith to give Ole Miss a 3-0 lead.
That was all the scoring the Rebels would need as the pitching staff held the Governors off the board the rest of the way in the first shutout of the season for Ole Miss.
Kevin Mort and Jordan Henry led the Rebels at the plate as Mort was 2-for-3 with a run scored and Henry was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
Ole Miss will return to action this weekend when the Rebels open Southeastern Conference play at Vanderbilt. Ole Miss and the Commodores will take the field at 6 p.m. on Friday.
