Ole Miss 13 Arkansas 6 - FINAL
Brady Slavens strikes out looking on a ball that looked outside. Slavens drew a line in the dirt where he thought the ball passed through the zone and he's lucky he didn't get ejected. Van Horn had some words for Slavens as he came back to the dugout.
Opitz grounds out to second for the second out.
Moore singles to left, and Battles reaches on a fielding error by the shortstop.
Nesbit flies out to center and that's the game.
Ole Miss 13 Arkansas 6 - End 8th
Robert Moore allows a ground ball to roll up his arm and Gonzalez reaches on the error.
Chatagnier singles to left center. Gonzalez moves up to third base.
Ole Miss capitalizes on the Moore error with a single.
A weird play allows Dunhurst to hit a triple. Robert Moore goes into a feet first slide to stop a ground ball, but the ball kicked off his foot and ricocheted all the way to the right field corner. The ball probably carries 150 feet off the shoes of Moore.
The next batter singles, Dunhurst scores and Ole Miss has doubled up Arkansas.
Ramage's day is done. Elijah Trest is in to pitch for him.
Ramage - 2.0IP, 6H, 5R, 4ER, 0BB, 1K, 35 pitches
McCants strikes out swinging for the first out.
Bench steals second. Opitz' throw was way wide of the 2nd base bag.
Plumlee doubles down the left field line and Bench scores. Plumlee tries to stretch his double into a triple, but is thrown out on the relay from Battles to Opitz.
The next batter flies out to center to end the inning, but not before Ole Miss puts this one out of reach.
Ole Miss 8 Arkansas 6 - Middle 8th
Plumlee came in to run for Leatherwood, so he goes to right field.
Nesbit grounds out up the middle as the second baseman fields and throws for the first out.
Goodheart singles to left field to give the Hogs a baserunner.
A ball in the dirt allows Goodheart to advance to second.
Franklin strikes out swinging for the second out.
Cayden Wallace comes through for Arkansas. He hits a ball to the right-center field gap, Goodheart scores and Wallace slides into second for a double.
Welch pops up to first to end the inning.
Ole Miss 8 Arkansas 5 - End 7th
McCants singles and Leatherwood singles through the right side. McCants advances to third.
Van Cleave grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, but McCants scores from third. Van Cleave won't get the RBI, but the run scored is insurance for the Rebels.
Ramage gets a swinging strikeout on a breaking ball to end the inning.
Ole Miss 7 Arkansas 5 - Middle 7th
Franklin hits a drive to the opposite field that gets over the fence. He hit it on a line to right, the direction the wind is blowing, and the Hogs have narrowed the lead to two.
Wallace hits a high chopper to short, and is thrown out by a step for the first out.
Charlie Welch works a walk and Brady Slavens will come in to pinch hit for Leach. I would assume this means Slavens will go to first and Opitz will move behind the plate.
Ole Miss will go to the bullpen.
Taylor Broadway in to pitch.
McDaniel - 0.2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K, 27 pitches. The runner on first is his responsibility.
Slavens singles to right-center to put two aboard with one out.
Opitz hits a ball to left, but it hangs up in the air and is caught by the left fielder.
Robert Moore strikes out, but the ball got away from the catcher and everybody is safe.
Now the bases are loaded for Jalen Battles.
Battles flies out right to the center fielder and the Hogs leave them loaded.
Ole Miss 7 Arkansas 4 - End 6th
Goodheart goes to left field and Kole Ramage comes in to pitch.
Morris - 1.0IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, 21 pitches
Ramage gets a groundout to short, a flyout to center and a groundout to second to end the inning.
It's the first 1-2-3 inning of the game for the Hogs.
Ole Miss 7 Arkansas 4 - Middle 6th
Welch leads off the inning by grounding out to the shortstop.
Leach walks and Opitz hits a liner that should have gotten down for what probably would have been a double, but instead the left fielder Graham makes a dazzling diving catch for the second out.
Moore hits a bloop single to left and Leach moves to second.
Battles hits a high fastball into center and Leach scores from second. Opitz is in to second and Ole Miss is going to the bullpen.
Drew McDaniel is coming in to pitch.
Nikhazy - 5.2IP, 7H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 7K, 105 pitches
Nesbit walks on five pitches. Matt Goodheart will pinch hit for Braydon Webb.
McDaniel throws a wild pitch and that allows Moore to score.
Goodheart strikes out to end the inning.
Ole Miss 7 Arkansas 2 - End 5th
Bench singles right between the legs of Pallette to start the inning.
A wild pitch moves him to second.
McCants hits a high chopper to Pallette, but he beats the throw. The ball just hung in the air long enough for McCants to beat it.
Zack Morris in to pitch for Pallette.
Pallette - 4.0IP, 9H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 5K, 78 pitches. Both baserunners are his responsibility.
Morris comes in and gets the first batter he faces to strikeout looking.
Van Cleve singles through the left side and Ole Miss adds to its lead.
Morris gets the next batter to swing and miss on a full count for his second strikeout.
Gonzalez singles through the left side and Ole Miss scores another run.
Chatagnier grounds out to Battles up the middle to end the inning.
Ole Miss 5 Arkansas 2 - Middle 5th
Arkansas' bottom of the line up comes up big with back-to-back singles.
Webb gets ahead of the count 3-0, but then looks at three straight fastballs to strikeout.
Franklin strikes out on three straight pitches and then Wallace grounds out to first to end the inning.
Ole Miss 5 Arkansas 2 - End 4th
Pallette gets two quick outs on a line out and a fly out, but then gets himself into trouble.
Pallette allows a single and a hit-by-pitch to bring up Dunhurst.
He flies out right before the warning track in right field to end the inning.
Ole Miss 5 Arkansas 2 - Middle 4th
Nikhazy is using his curveball effectively. He strikes out the first two batters of the inning on his big looping curveball.
Wallace pops a ball high in the air to the third baseman. He can't handle it and Wallace will reach on the error.
Welch works the count full and then takes a low pitch for ball four. Two runners aboard for Dylan Leach.
Leach gets the Razorbacks on the board with a single up the middle. Wallace comes in to score and Welch moves to second.
Opitz hits the ball in the same spot Leach does and it gets the same result. Welch scores from center, Leach moves to second.
Moore hits a line drive, but it's right at the third baseman to end the inning.
Ole Miss 5 Arkansas 0 - End 3rd
Pallette walks the first batter of the inning on a 3-2 pitch.
He bounces back with a 3-pitch strikeout of Dunhurst.
Bench singles against Pallette and the Rebles have two runners on with one out.
Pallette with another strikeout, but he can't get out of the inning as Leatherwood hits a ball out of park to right field.
Battles makes a nice play on a ball behind 2nd base to get the last out of the inning.
Ole Miss 2 Arkansas 0 - Middle 3rd
Robert Moore taps out to third for the first out of the inning.
Battles strikes out looking and Nesbit strikes out swinging on a ball in the dirt to end the inning.
Ole Miss 1 Arkansas 0 - End 2nd
Pallette hits the first batter of the inning, but then sets the Rebels down in order after that.
A strikeout and then two fly outs to left end the inning.
Ole Miss 1 Arkansas 0 - Middle 2nd
Welch hits a ball off the handle right at the first baseman for the first out.
Leach is hit by a pitch.
Opitz hits a line drive right at the third baseman, who doubles off Leach at first. Not much he could do there.
Ole Miss 2 Arkansas 0 - End 1st
Back-to-back singles start the first for the Rebels.
Pallette gets the next batter to strike out for the first out, but the runners do advance on a wild pitch.
Dunhurst singles in the first run of the game.
Pallette gets the next batter to strike out swinging.
McCants singles, another run comes in to score and Ole Miss leads 2-0.
A fantastic diving catch from Christian Franklin ends the inning. Franklin caught a line drive that was dropping in front of him, but if it got by him the Rebels would still be running.
Arkansas 0 Ole Miss 0 - Middle 1st
Braydon Webb leads off the inning with a single.
Webb is forced out at second on a ground ball from Franklin.
Wallace strikes out swinging and then Franklin is picked off to end the inning.
Lineups
Arkansas
LF Braydon Webb
CF Christian Franklin
RF Cayden Wallace
DH Charlie Welch
C Dylan Leach
1B Casey Opitz
2B Robert Moore
SS Jalen Battles
3B Jacob Nesbit
P Peyton Pallette
Ole Miss
SS Jacob Gonzalez
2B Peyton Chatagnier
LF Kevin Graham
C Hayden Dunhurst
3B Justin Bench
CF TJ McCants
RF Hayden Leatherwood
DH Ben Van Cleve
1B Trey LaFleur
P Doug Nikhazy
Earlier
Arkansas 7 Ole Miss 3 - Final
Dunhurst singles, the Hogs haven't gotten him out today.
Van Cleve hits into a 6-4-3 double play. That one was tailor made.
Kopps ends the game with a strikeout and game one belongs to the Razorbacks.
Arkansas 7 Ole Miss 3 - Middle 9th
Opitz hits a lazy fly ball to center for the first out.
Webb strikes out and Battles flies out to center to end the inning.
Arkansas 7 Ole Miss 3 - End 8th
Trey Lafleur pinch hits and strikes out.
Hayden Leatherwood pinch hits and singles up the middle on Kopps' cutter.
Bench singles up the middle as well.
Kopps walks Gonzalez and the tying run will bat for Ole Miss.
Matt Hobbs goes out and visits Kopps.
Kopps gets Chatagnier to strikeout on three pitches for the second out.
Kopps gets another strikeout to end the Ole Miss threat.
Arkansas 7 Ole Miss 3 - Middle 8th
Battles hits a ball well to left center, but the center fielder tracks it down for the first out.
Nesbit hits a ball that McCantis grabbed on the run on the warning track. It was a very good catch from McCantis.
Moore walks and Miller's day is done.
Josh Mallitz coming in to pitch.
Miller - 1.2IP, 0H, 0R, 3BB, 2K, 41 pitches. Moore is his responsibility.
Goodheart singles through the right side, Moore advances to second.
Wallace drives a ball and one hops the fence in right-center. Both runners score and the Hogs have scored seven straight runs. Wallace's first hit is a stand up double.
Slavens walks on 5 pitches.
Franklin grounds out to third to end the inning.
Arkansas 5 Ole Miss 3 - End 7th
Kevin Kopps has come into the game for Arkansas.
Costeiu - 0.1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 4 pitches.
Dunhurst singles just outside the reach of a diving Moore.
Calvin Harris comes in to pinch hit for Ole Miss.
He hits into a 6-4-3 double play, but it's not as simple as that. Battles went to his right threw a dart to Moore that was right on the money and then Slavens picked a ball in the dirt to get the runner by a step.
The next batter McCants singles after Moore throws it over Slavens' head. McCants tries to advance to second on the overthrown ball, but Opitz is right there and throws McCants out by a few steps.
Arkansas 5 Ole Miss 3 - Middle 7th
Moore leads off the inning with a double off the bottom of the right field fence.
Goodheart follows with a single to right. Moore had to wait to see if the ball was going to drop so he only advances to third. Runners on the corners for Arkansas and Ole Miss is going to the bullpen.
Austin Miller coming in to pitch.
Myers - 0.1IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 14 pitches, both runners are his responsibility.
Wallace works a walk and the bases are loaded for Slavens.
Slavens pops up to short left, nobody can tag and that's the first out.
Franklin takes a bases loaded walk and the Hogs lead 4-3.
A wild pitch way over the head of the head of the catcher gives Arkansas a two-run lead.
Opitz swings at a curveball in the dirt and strikes out.
Webb swings at ball four to end the inning.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 3 - End 6th
Zebulon Vermillion strikes out the first two batters of the inning, but then runs into some trouble. Bench singles and then Gonzalez follows with another single. Bench went from first to third. Runners on the corners and Ryan Costeiu comes in to pitch.
Vermillion - 1.2IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K, 28 pitches
Costeiu hits Chatagnier with the first pitch, but then comes back to strike out the next batter to end the inning.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 3 - Middle 6th
Matt Goodheart hits a ground ball just beyond the reach of the second baseman for the Hogs' first hit of the game.
Wallace follows with a fly out to center.
Slavens works a walk, and Franklin follows with a single up the middle and the Hogs have their first run of the game.
Hoglund's day is done. Jackson Kimbrell in to pitch.
Hoglund - 2H, 1R, 1ER, 5BB, 8K, 109 pitches, both runners are his responsibility.
A ball gets by the catcher and it allows both runners to advance 90 feet. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out for Opitz.
Opitz with a nine pitch at-bat that results in a fly ball to deep left field. The left fielder catches it, Slavens and Franklin both tag and the Hogs have cut the Ole Miss lead to one.
Gregory comes through with a full count bloop hit over the shortstop to tie the game.
Tyler Myers is coming in to pitch for Ole Miss.
Kimbrell - 0.1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K, 15 pitches. Runner on first is his responsibility.
Zack Gregory is coming out of the game. He was grabbing his hamstring when he was rounding first base. Braydon Webb will come in to run for him. I'm assuming he'll take over for Gregory in left.
Battles hits a slow roller just past the pitcher, the second baseman charges and tries to flip with his glove, but he can't handle it. Both runners are safe.
Nesbit grounds out to second to end the inning, but the Hogs battle back to tie the game.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 0 - End 5th
Zebulon Vermillion is on to pitch for Wicklander
Wicklander - 4.0IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 7K, 86 pitches
Vermillion allows a one-out hit, the Rebels haven't been retired in order today, but he gets the next two batters to strikeout to end the inning.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 0 - Middle 5th
The Hogs are still searching for their first hit of the game.
Gregory flies out to right to start the inning.
Jalen Battles walkes with one out and steals second, but the Hogs can't move him from there. Nesbit flies out and Moore struck out swinging to end the inning.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 0 - End 4th
Wicklander allows a lead off walk, but he's able to strand the runner on first after two pop flies and a strikeout. Wicklander is up to 86 pitches.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 0 - Middle 4th
Goodheart works a walk to start the inning, but he's forced out at second after Wallace hits a ground ball to third. Wallace is safe at first.
Brady Slavens strikes out on a pitch that, quite frankly, wasn't a strike. The zone has been low and in to right-handed hitters, and low and away to left-handed hitters. Slavens, a left-handed hitter, took a ball low and in and was rung up on it.
Franklin is walked and Arkansas has two base runners on for the first time this game.
Opitz strikes out swinging to end the threat in the 4th.
Ole Miss 3 Arkansas 0 - End 3rd
Wicklander gets a strikeout looking, his fourth of the game, but a double down the left field line by Chatagnier and a single from Graham give the Rebels a 3-0 lead.
Dunhurst singles to left and Matt Hobbs will venture out to the mound.
Wicklander walks the next batter and Ole Miss has the bases loaded. McCants strikes out on a fastball for the second out.
Wicklander gets Baker to strikeout swinging. It was an eight-pitch battle and Wicklander wins it. He's already thrown 70 pitches. I wouldn't be surprised if he's done for the day.
Ole Miss 2 Arkansas 0 - Middle 3rd
Gregory leads off the inning with a walk. He worked the count full and took a pitch just off the outside corner to give the Hogs their first base runner.
Battles flies out to center for the first out, and Nesbit is caught looking on a pitch that splits the plate for out number two.
Moore strikes out swinging and the Hogs can't do anything with the lead off walk.
Ole Miss 2 Arkansas 0 - End 2nd
Wicklander walks a batter, but that's all that Ole Miss can muster in the 2nd.
The leadoff batter flied out to center, Baker walked, then Wicklander got a pop up to second and a strikeout looking to end the inning.
Ole Miss 2 Arkansas 0 - Middle 2nd
Arkansas goes in order again.
Slavens strikes out, Franklin lines out to short, and Opitz pops up to right field to end the inning.
Ole Miss 2 Arkansas 0 - End 1st
Wicklander allows a two-out 2 RBI double to give the Rebels the lead in the first.
To start the inning Wicklander sandwiched a single around a groundout and a strikeout, but Ole Miss gets a lob hit and then the double gives Ole Miss the lead.
Wicklander jumps back to get the next batter to strikeout.
Arkansas 0 Ole Miss 0 - Middle 1st
Robert Moore strikes out swinging to start the game.
Goodheart grounds out to first and Wallace strikes out to end the inning. Hoglund works a 1-2-3 inning to start the game.
Lineups
Arkansas
2B Robert Moore
DH Matt Goodheart
RF Cayden Wallace
1B Brady Slavens
CF Christian Franklin
C Casey Opitz
LF Zack Gregory
SS Jalen Battles
3B Jacob Nesbit
P Patrick Wicklander
Ole Miss
3B Justin Bench
SS Jacob Gonzalez
2B Peyton Chatagnier
LF Kevin Graham
C Hayden Dunhurst
DH Ben Van Cleve
CF TJ McCants
1B Cael Baker
RF John Rhys Plumlee
P Gunnar Hoglund
Pregame
The series opener between the teams that was scheduled for Friday was postponed due to rain and thunderstorms forecast for Oxford.
The second game of Saturday's doubleheader will begin 1 hour, 15 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
Arkansas and Ole Miss are tied atop the SEC West standings with a conference record of 7-2 through three weeks.
The Razorbacks have not won a series at Swayze Field since 2010.
Ole Miss has won the past four regular-season series against Arkansas, but the Razorbacks won a best-of-three-game super regional in Fayetteville in 2019. Arkansas and Ole Miss had a 4-4 record against each other in 2019, when they also met twice at the SEC Tournament.
The Game 1 starting pitchers, Patrick Wicklander of Arkansas and Gunnar Hoglund of Ole Miss, were the starters the last time the teams met in Game 3 of the 2019 super regional.
Saturday's games will be the 65th and 66th career games that Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn and Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco have coached against each other. That will tie the 66 career meetings between the SEC’s two winningest coaches all time, Skip Bertman of LSU and Ron Polk of Mississippi State and Georgia. Bianco leads the all-time series against Van Horn, 38-26.
Arkansas enters the series tied for the NCAA lead with 50 home runs.
Ole Miss starting first baseman Tim Elko will miss the series with a torn ACL that was suffered Monday. Elko was the NCBWA national hitter of the month for March and led the SEC with 36 RBI at the time of his injury. Elko was batting .340 with 9 home runs and 7 doubles.
Ole Miss is 16-3 this season at Swayze Field.
Arkansas is 8-1 this season away from home, including 5-1 in true road games. The Razorbacks defeated Texas Tech, Texas and TCU at a neutral field in Arlington, Texas, to open the season, and won road series at Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State