FINAL: LSU 4, Ole Miss 3, 13 innings

Bringing RJ Hively into the game didn't work quite like it had the previous two weeks. Hively had a one-run lead to protect but allowed LSU to tie the game with a home run by Grant Dozar.

Dozar doesn't hit a lot of them, but he bounced one off the top of the left field wall and into the outfield seating area. Dozar also drove home Raph Rhymes, the nation's leading hitter, with the game-winning run on an infield hit. Rhymes drew a one-out walk in the 13. He finished the night 2-for-5 with an RBI.

While Hively didn't protect the lead, he turned in a solid effort, certainly good enough to win. The Rebels were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position in the extra innings. Three times they had a chance for a walk-off win with the winning run at second and less than two outs. Twice they had their best hitter, Alex Yarbrough, at the plate in that situation. Yarbrough finished 0-for-6.

LSU took a 2-0 lead against Bobby Wahl with single runs in the second and third, but Wahl went seven innings with only two runs allowed. He scattered seven hits.

Tanner Mathis, Matt Snyder and Preston Overbey each had two hits. Overbey came off the bench as a pinch-hitter and went 2-for-2. He had only two hits in his last 28 at-bats before tonight.

 

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About an hour from first pitch here at Swayze Field.

Will Jamison gets the start in right field and will bat in the nine hole, John Gatlin at DH and will bat in the six hole.

Gatlin has been hitting against lefty pitching. LSU's throwing a righty, but DH Zack Kirksey was in a boot at practice yesterday. His status for the series is unclear.

LINEUPS

LSU

CF Arby Fields .266

SS Austin Nola .291

RF Mazon Katz .348

LF Raph Rhymes .503

1B Tyler Moore .272

DH Grant Dozar .266

C Ty Ross .305

3B Tyler Hanover .304

2B Jacoby Jones .254

P Kevin Gausman 7-1, 3.12

Ole Miss

LF Tanner Mathis .330

3B Andrew Mistone .258

2B Alex Yarbrough .417

1B Matt Snyder .347

C Will Allen .345

DH John Gatlin .400

SS Austin Anderson .230

CF Auston Bousfield .275

RF Will Jamison .264

P Bobby Wahl 5-1, 2.09