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Baseball Loses Lead Late Against Memphis
4/11/2023 | Baseball
Harris Goes 4-for-5 With a Home Run In Loss
Oxford, Miss.- The Rebels hosted Memphis Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field on Tuesday night for their second match up in a week, dropping the rematch 11-9. As Ole Miss splits the season series 1-1 with Memphis.
Ole Miss (18-14) will host its second midweek game tomorrow night against Alcorn State at 6:30 p.m. as they prepare for their weekend series against Mississippi State.The Tigers will make the short trek back to Memphis, 18-16 overall and 2-4 in AAC play.
Ole Miss and Memphis came out of the gates trading blows. After the Rebels went down 1-0 in the top of the first, Calvin Harris crushed a ball to straight away center field to even the game up in the bottom half of the inning.
The Tigers stormed back and scored a run in the top of the second, then four in the top of the third. After going down 6-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Calvin Harris would lead off making it to first on an error. Kemp Alderman stepped up to the dish and hammered a 480 foot two-RBI homer off the scoreboard. That wouldn't be all for the Rebels, John Kramer helped the cause with a RBI-double along with a Chatagnier sacrifice fly making the score 6-5.
Cole Ketchum and the Rebel defense put together a 1-2-3 top of the fifth to make way for another big bottom half. Ethan Groff led off the inning reaching first on a dropped third strike. Which led to a Harris RBI-double that knotted the score up at 6-6.
After going down 7-6 in the top of the sixth, the Rebels would come back with more fireworks in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs, Harris got on base with a double and Alderman reached on a walk to keep the inning alive. Anthony Calarco launched a three-RBI homer out to center field to give the Rebels a 9-7 lead.
Sam Tookoian strung together two big innings picking up three strikeouts to take the Rebels into the ninth inning with the lead.
Memphis hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to take a 11-9 lead in the top of the ninth to defeat Ole Miss.
Mason Nichols (1-3) received the loss and Memphis pitcher Carson Stinnett (2-0) picked up the win. Dalton Kendrick recorded his ninth save for the Tigers.
Ole Miss plays Alcorn State in Oxford on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: STINNETT, CARSON (2-0)
L: Nichols, Mason (1-3)
S: KENDRICK, DALTON (9)
Batting:
2B: BASKIN, AUSTIN 1 ; CURTIS, JAKE 1
3B: CURTIS, JAKE 1
HR: HANSEN, ANTHONY 1 ; BASKIN, AUSTIN 1 ; KOHLER, LOGAN 1 ; BENSON, CAMERON 1
RBI: HANSEN, ANTHONY 1 ; BASKIN, AUSTIN 3 ; KOHLER, LOGAN 1 ; BENSON, CAMERON 1 ; HECKERT, TYLER 1 ; DUBOSE, BRENNAN 1 ; CURTIS, JAKE 3
Base Running:
RUNS: HANSEN, ANTHONY 2 ; BASKIN, AUSTIN 2 ; KOHLER, LOGAN 1 ; BENSON, CAMERON 2 ; WEBB, BRADEN 1 ; HECKERT, TYLER 1 ; DUBOSE, BRENNAN 1 ; CURTIS, JAKE 1
HBP: BENSON, CAMERON 1
Batting:
2B: Harris, Calvin 2 ; Kramer, John 1
HR: Harris, Calvin 1 ; Alderman, Kemp 1 ; Calarco, Anthony 1
RBI: Harris, Calvin 2 ; Alderman, Kemp 2 ; Calarco, Anthony 2 ; Kramer, John 1 ; Chatagnier, Peyton 1
SF: Chatagnier, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Groff, Ethan 1 ; Harris, Calvin 3 ; Alderman, Kemp 2 ; Calarco, Anthony 1 ; Lege, Ethan 1 ; Furniss, Will 1
CS: Burford, Reagan 1
