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ANDERSON GIVES REBELS EXTRA-INNING WIN OVER SAINT LOUIS
OXFORD, Miss. – Austin
Anderson got one hit on the night, but made it a big one, delivering
the game-winner in the 11th inning as No. 18 Ole Miss (32-14) rallied
for an 8-7 win over Saint Louis (30-14) on Wednesday night.
With
two men on and no outs, Anderson delivered a single to left center to
bring home Tanner Mathis and give the Rebels the walk-off win. It is
the first time this season a team has rallied to beat Saint Louis when
the Billikens held a lead heading into the eighth inning. Prior to
tonight’s contest, Saint Louis was 25-0 when leading after seven
innings of play.
Tanner Bailey (4-1) picked up the relief win as
the ninth pitcher to see action for Ole Miss. Bailey entered the game
to start the 11th and retired the side in order before the Rebels
rallied in the bottom of the inning.
Josh Moore (0-1) took the
loss for the Billikens, allowing the one unearned run on four hits with
two strikeouts in 1.2 innings of work.
“It was an amazing game,”
Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco said. “In the first inning, they put
together an inning as good as any we’ve faced all year long. You have
to credit Saint Louis. Every time they’ve been here, they’re very
offensive. They’re scary to pitch to. I’m proud of the way (Scott)
Weathersby came in and put a bunch of zeros up. He kept them at bay and
gave us a shot. We got close and they extended it some more. We hung in
there. Offensively it was a really good day for us. Stuart (Turner) was
tremendous. He had four hits. I’m proud of the way the guys hung in
there.”
Buried in the late inning excitement at Swayze Field was
a clutch performance out of the bullpen by redshirt sophomore Scott
Weathersby, who entered the game with two outs in the first and the
Rebels trailing 4-0 off an RBI double from Mike Vigliarolo and a
three-run home run from Grant Nelson.
Weathersby worked 4.1 innings in relief of starter Josh Laxer, allowing only two hits with a walk and two strikeouts.
Ole
Miss responded with a pair of runs in the third inning. The Rebels took
advantage of a fielding error in left off a single from Tanner Mathis
to score the first run as Will Jamison came home from first and Mathis
went to third on the single. A sac fly from Anderson brought Mathis
home and cut the lead in half at 4-2.
The Rebels got a third run
home in the sixth when Holt Perdzock delivered an RBI-groundout to
short to bring home Stuart Turner from third and cut the lead to one at
4-3.
Saint Louis used a pair of bases-loaded singles from Danny
Brennan and Mike Levine to bring home two runs as a throwing error on a
ground ball to first allowed the Billikens to load the bases with one
out. The two runs took the lead back out to three runs for Saint Louis,
who lead 6-3 after the top of the eighth.
Ole Miss promptly
responded in the bottom half of the eighth, plating two runs in the
home half of the inning. A double from Turner and a single from Mistone
put two men on before Perdzock delivered a sac fly to drive in the
first run. Back-to-back singles from Sikes Orvis and Preston Overbey
brought Mistone home, before the Billikens would throw out pinch-runner
Lance Wilson at the plate trying to score when the throw to the plate
from left went to the backstop.
The Rebels trailed by only one
run after the eighth at 6-5, but the Billikens took the lead out to two
runs in the top of the ninth.
A walk, a hit batter and a bunt
single loaded the bases before a second walk in the inning would push a
run home. The Rebels then got out of the inning with nice defense as a
foul fly put the first out on the board and then a fly out to center
field turned into a rare double play as Auston Bousfield threw home to
Turner, who fired back to Jake Overbey at second after the runner got
too far off the base on the fly ball.
The inning ended with Ole Miss trailing by two at 7-5 and looking for some late magic.
Will
Jamison drew a lead-off walk to open the home half of the ninth before
a one-out single from Bousfield and a walk of Anderson loaded the
bases. Turner then came up with his fourth hit of the night, a two-RBI
single up the middle to tie the game at seven. The Billikens would then
get out of the inning with a play at home and a strikeout to send the
game to extra frames.
Brett Huber kept the Billikens off the
board in the 10th, retiring the side in order before Bailey came in to
pitch in the 11th and pick up the win off the Rebel rally in the home
half of the inning.
Ole Miss will return to action this weekend,
traveling to face the Auburn Tigers in a three-game series at Plainsman
Park. Friday’s series opener is set for a 6:00 p.m. first pitch.
#18 Ole Miss 8, Saint Louis 7 (May 01, 2013 at Oxford, Miss.)
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Saint Louis......... 400 000 021 00 - 7 10 2 (30-14)
Ole Miss............ 002 001 022 01 - 8 17 2 (32-14)
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Pitchers:
Saint Louis - POWELL,Joe; ECKELMAN,Matt(6); LEVIN,Jon(8);
MEJIA,Marco(8); MOORE,Josh(9) and NELSON,Grant. Ole Miss - Josh Laxer;
Scott Weathersby(1); Hawtin Buchanan(6); Jacob Waguespack(7); Chris
Ellis(8); Matt Denny(9); Aaron Greenwood(9); Brett Huber(10); Tanner
Bailey(11) and Stuart Turner.
Win-Tanner Bailey(4-1) Loss-MOORE,Josh(0-1) T-3:47 A-6452
HR SLU - NELSON,Grant (4).
Weather: 72, Fair, Wind ESE 8 mph
M. Denny faced 2 batters in the 9th.
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