Offense Goes Cold As Ole Miss Baseball Falls To South Carolina in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Ole Miss offense put up six hits in a 4-2 loss to South Carolina on Friday night time, 4 of which got here from Tim Elko.

Elko was an ideal 4-for-4 on the plate within the loss, hitting two solo dwelling runs that gave the Rebels their solely tallies of the night time. Peyton Chatagnier and Hayden Dunhurst additionally put up one hit apiece, however Dunhurst injured his shoulder diving into second base on his double.

Tim Elko

Tim Elko

Tim Elko

Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco acknowledged after the sport that his catcher was “feeling higher” than he was earlier within the night, however his standing for tomorrow’s sport three stays unknown.

On the pitching aspect of issues for the Rebels, they used two arms, starting with Derek Diamond’s 5.1 innings of labor. All 4 runs have been credited to Diamond, three of which got here on a house run within the third inning. Exterior of that and a wild pitch that introduced dwelling a run an inning later, Diamond allowed 5 whole hits and struck out 4 with no walks.

The opposite arm utilized by the Rebels on Friday night time was Riley Maddox who allowed no hits and put up one strikeout in 2.2 innings of labor.

With the loss, Ole Miss falls to 21-13 general and 5-9 in convention play. The Rebels and Gamecocks will conclude their weekend sequence at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday on SEC Community+. 

Derek Diamond 

Derek Diamond 

Derek Diamond 

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