The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
2-2
Hawaii
2-2
Baseball Drops Series Finale Against Hawaii
2/18/2024 | Baseball
Ethan Lege and Campbell Smithwick each went 1-for-3 with an RBI with Smithwick picking up the first hit of his career.
Josh Mallitz returned to the mound, pitching for the first time since the 2022 College World Series. He turned in two stellar innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out three hitters.
The Rebels were on the board in the first inning, as Lege drove home Ethan Groff with a sacrifice fly to put Ole Miss up 1-0. That was the last time they would lead in the game however as Hawaii answered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning.
They scored two more in the second and put up five in the third to take a 9-1 lead after three complete innings.
The Rebels were able to string together some hits in the fourth, putting up three runs behind singles from Lege and Gatlin and a double from Smithwick. Luke Hill also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Mallitz worked the fifth and the sixth innings, keeping the Rainbow Warriors off of the board for the first time in the game.
Austin Simmons made his collegiate debut in the seventh inning, putting together a flawless inning and punching out two of the three batters he faced.
Hawaii added three more runs in the eighth to make it the final score of 13-4.
The Rebels will be back on the mainland for their home opener on Wednesday, February 21 against Arkansas State.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Zacary Tenn (1-0)
L: Maddox, Riley (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Smithwick, Campbell 1
RBI: Hill, Luke 1 ; Lege, Ethan 1 ; Gatlin, Bo 1 ; Smithwick, Campbell 1
SF: Hill, Luke 1 ; Lege, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Groff, Ethan 1 ; Lege, Ethan 1 ; Utermark, Judd 1 ; Gatlin, Bo 1
SB: Gatlin, Bo 1
HBP: Utermark, Judd 1 ; Gatlin, Bo 1
Batting:
2B: Dallas Duarte 1 ; Austin Machado 1 ; Jared Quandt 1
RBI: Elijah Ickes 1 ; Jordan Donahue 1 ; Dallas Duarte 3 ; Austin Machado 2 ; Ben Zeigler-Namoa 1 ; Matthew Miura 2 ; Jake Tsukada 1
SH: Stone Miyao 1
SF: Jordan Donahue 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Elijah Ickes 4 ; Jordan Donahue 2 ; Austin Machado 1 ; Matthew Miura 1 ; Kyson Donahue 1 ; Stone Miyao 2 ; Jake Tsukada 1 ; Jared Quandt 1
HBP: Elijah Ickes 1 ; Jordan Donahue 1 ; Matthew Miura 1 ; Jake Tsukada 1
