Ole Miss nipped by South Carolina, 9-8

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Ole Miss erased a four-run ninth-inning deficit on Saturday however could not come all the way in which again for the victory, falling in stroll off vogue to South Carolina, 9-8, at Founders Park

After starter Jack Washburn was lifted early attributable to damage, Jack Dougherty and Brandon Johnson made sturdy aid appearances, putting out 5 and 6 batters, respectively.

After a double play helped the Rebels (21-14, 5-10 SEC) get out of the primary inning unscathed, South Carolina (18-17, 6-9 SEC) put a run on the board within the second, making the most of an error to go up 1-0.

The Gamecocks added two extra within the fourth, going double, single, double to get the primary run in earlier than Dougherty issued a bases loaded stroll. Nonetheless, the righty was in a position to escape additional injury with back-to-back punchouts to maintain the deficit at 3-0.

After TJ McCants reached on a throwing error within the fifth, Hayden Leatherwood took benefit, pulling a ball into the right-center hole and legging out an RBI triple.

The following body, Jacob Gonzalez despatched a ball towering into the Gamecock bullpen, making it a one-run ball recreation.

Simply as momentum was constructing within the Rebels’ favor, South Carolina turned it again within the different route, getting a two-run dwelling run off the bat of Carson Hornung to revive the three-run benefit.

The Rebels continued to combat, getting each runs proper again within the seventh on a two-run single by the fitting facet by Calvin Harris, bringing round McCants and Leatherwood.

Ole Miss had an opportunity to drag even within the eighth, beginning off the inning with a Kevin Graham leadoff double and a Kemp Alderman single. Nonetheless, a strikeout and double play ended the risk and South Carolina got here again with a pair of dwelling runs within the backside half to push the result in 8-4.

Undeterred, Ole Miss went again to work. Reagan Burford led off with a stroll and Ben Van Cleve adopted with a pinch hit double. Justin Bench and Gonzalez then notched back-to-back RBI singles to chop the USC lead in half. With two outs on the board, Kemp Alderman got here up clutch, driving a double to the left-center hole to deliver each round, deadlocking the rating at eight runs apiece.

The wind got here out of the sails within the ninth, although, as South Carolina led off with a stroll and ultimately scored the profitable run on a sacrifice fly to heart area.

Ole Miss returns dwelling for a midweek matchup with Southeast Missouri on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CT. The sport might be streamed by SEC Community + or listened to by way of the Ole Miss Radio Community.