The University of Mississippi Athletics

Friday, April 18
Columbia, S.C.
3 p.m.

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27-12, 9-8

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No. 11 Baseball Falls in Game Two Friday Afternoon Against South Carolina

4/18/2025 | Baseball

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The No. 11 Ole Miss baseball team fell in game two of the series against South Carolina by a score of 7-2. The Rebel offense was held to just four hits by Gamecock pitching.

Hayden Federico would lead off the game for Ole Miss with a solo blast to left field. It was Federico's third homer of the season and the second time he's led off a game with a round-tripper.

South Carolina would score three runs in the bottom of the first to take an early lead after one.

The Gamecocks would make it 4-1 in the fourth off a solo home run from Nathan Hall.

Brayden Jones would relieve Riley Maddox after 2.1 innings. Jones would go two scoreless frames, surrendering just one hit. Walker Hooks would enter for Jones with one out in the fifth and generated a 6-4-3 double play to keep Carolina off the board.

The Gamecocks would tack on one run in the sixth off a solo homer.

Mitchell Sanford and Will Furniss would reach base to start the seventh, but the Rebels would come up empty in the run column. Landon Waters would punch out the side in the bottom half as South Carolina would lead 5-1 after seven complete.

Ole Miss would create traffic in the eighth with Federico and Luke Hill reaching base via back-to-back walks. Judd Utermark lined the first pitch he saw to left field, driving in Federico from second to make it 5-2.

South Carolina would plate two more runs in the eighth to push the lead back to five. Ole Miss was unable to push across any runs in the ninth.

Jake McCoy (4-3) picked up the win on the mound for South Carolina. Riley Maddox (4-3) suffered the loss for the Rebels.

Four different Rebels tallied a hit. Maddox and Water each fanned three Gamecock batters.

Ole Miss (27-12, 9-8 SEC) and South Carolina (23-17, 4-13 SEC) will play game three of the series tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Jake McCoy (4-3)

L: Maddox, Riley (4-3)

S: Ashton Crowther (1)

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Batting:

2B: Sanford, Mitchell 1

HR: Federico, Hayden 1

RBI: Federico, Hayden 1 ; Utermark, Judd 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Federico, Hayden 2

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Batting:

HR: Nathan Hall 1 ; Blake Jackson 1

RBI: Nathan Hall 3 ; Jase Woita 1 ; Blake Jackson 1

SH: Blake Jackson 1 ; Gavin Braland 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Nathan Hall 2 ; Ethan Petry 1 ; Jase Woita 1 ; KJ Scobey 1 ; Blake Jackson 2

SB: Nathan Hall 1

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