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Ole Miss pitcher Phillip Irwin (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman)
The Rebels need the Mississippi State Bulldogs to beat LSU starting today. The Tigers beat Mississippi State 5-4 in Starkville Thursday.
Taking advantage of four Razorbacks errors over the first three innings, Ole Miss beat Arkansas 7-5 Thursday. The Rebels did leapfrog Alabama for second place in the Western Division and the potential No. 3 seed in next week's conference tournament after the Crimson Tide lost to Auburn.
Schedule of Games
OLE MISS at ARKANSAS
FRIDAY (6:30 p.m. CT)
SATURDAY (2:00 p.m. CT)
Pitching matchups
OLE MISS
Sr. LHP Brett Bukvich (8-2, 4.31 ERA)
Jr. RHP Phillip Irwin (6-3, 3.76 ERA)
ARKANSAS
So. RHP Brett Eibner (4-4, 4.25 ERA)
Sr. RHP Justin Wells (2-0, 3.43 ERA)
LSU at MISSISSIPPI STATE
FRIDAY (6:30 p.m. CT) [JSN]
SATURDAY (2:00 p.m. CT)
Pitching matchup
LSU
Sr. RHP Louis Coleman (10-2, 2.45 ERA)
So. RHP Austin Ross (5-6, 5.09 ERA)
MISS. STATE
Fr. LHP Nick Routt (5-3, 3.89 ERA)
TBA