Ole Miss Baseball Tops Mississippi State in Midweek, Wins Governor’s Cup

PEARL, Miss. — Contemporary off a collection loss to Mississippi State over the weekend, Ole Miss picked up a 5-2 win over the identical Bulldogs on Tuesday at Trustmark Park, securing the Governor’s Cup for the primary time since 2015.

Ole Miss and Mississippi State have battled for a trophy in a midweek contest since 1980, the award first being titled the “Mayor’s Trophy” earlier than being renamed the “Governor’s Cup” in 2007. Though this recreation didn’t depend as a convention recreation, Ole Miss and Mississippi State will finish the common season with a 2-2 cut up in contests in opposition to each other this yr.

The Rebels opened the night time’s scoring with a Jacob Gonzalez RBI triple within the first inning adopted by an RBI groundout from Tim Elko to make the rating 2-0. Elko completed the sport with three RBIs after driving two runs residence within the high of the fifth. Kevin Graham offered the remainder of the offense for the Rebels, driving residence a run of his personal within the fifth with a double.

Drew McDaniel bought the beginning on the hill for Ole Miss, throwing 5 innings of two-run ball, and solely one of many runs allowed was earned. Mason Nichols and Brandon Johnson pitched in reduction of McDaniel to seal the win.

Ole Miss will now look to regain its footing in SEC play this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville to tackle Arkansas. That collection will start on Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Community+. 

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