Score:Â No. 3 Ole Miss 10, VCU 4
Location:Â Oxford, Miss. (Swayze Field)
Records:Â VCU 2-3, No. 3 Ole Miss 5-0
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The short story:Â Ole Miss capitalized on VCU walks and errors to hand the Rams a 10-4 loss in the opening contest of a three-game series.
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FIRST PITCH
- Redshirt junior right fielder Logan Amiss, the Atlantic 10 leader in runs and doubles, went 2-for-4 with his fifth double of the season.
- Redshirt sophomore third baseman Tyler Locklear went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
- The Rams and Rebels were even with eight hits apiece, but VCU committed five errors compared to Ole Miss's two.
- Freshman right-hander Chase Hungate threw three innings of relief without allowing an earned run.
- Derek Diamond earned the win on the mound for Ole Miss, while Peyton Chatagnier and Reagan Burford led the Rebels offense with 3 RBIs each.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- With two outs in the first inning, Locklear reached base on a hard-hit ball to third base that was ruled an error, then scored on redshirt junior Michael Haydak's RBI double down the left field line.
- Redshirt sophomore lefty Jack Masloff worked around two errors in the first, striking out Jacob Gonzalez looking to get out of the inning without allowing a run.
- The Rebels drew a pair of walks to open the bottom of the second, which sparked a three-run inning.
- Graduate catcher Jacob Selden and sophomore shortstop Connor Hujsak hit back-to-back two-out singles in the fourth, then Selden came home to score on an error on freshman second baseman Marcus O'Malley's ground ball, cutting the lead to 3-2.
- The Rebels scored seven straight runs, including three unearned, from the fourth through sixth innings.
- Redshirt sophomore infielder Ben Nippolt drew a walk in the ninth, advanced to second on an Amiss single, and scored when redshirt sophomore center fielder Scottie O'Bryan reached on an error.
- Locklear, the next batter, delivered a single through the left side to score Amiss and cut the lead to 10-4.
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UP NEXT
The Rams and Rebels play the second game of a three-game set Saturday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network+.
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