Baseball Opens Final Four-Game Homestand Tuesday with Ole Miss

Tuesday, May 14

Pete Taylor Park

6 p.m.

Southern Miss

Ole Miss

Photo by: Joe Harper/bgnphoto.com

Baseball Opens Final Four-Game Homestand Tuesday with Ole Miss

5/13/2024 6:17:00 PM | Baseball

Game Notes

Date                      Time (CT)
Tue., 14                6 p.m.        RH Grayson Saunier, So. (4-3, 5.62 ERA) vs. LH Kros Sivley, So. (3-5, 3.96 ERA)
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss opens its final week of the regular season, four home games over a five-day span, when they entertain Ole Miss in a 6 p.m., contest Tuesday at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.

The game can be seen via ESPN+ as well as heard through the Southern Miss Sports Network with audio also available through SouthernMiss.com.

The Golden Eagles (34-17) currently enjoy a season-high seven-game winning streak after outscoring Arkansas State 38-11 in a three-game sweep in Jonesboro, Ark., last weekend. The Rebels (27-24) took two of three at home from nationally ranked league foe Texas A&M.

This will be the second meeting between the two clubs this season with the Rebels taking an 8-3 decision at Trustmark Park in Pearl back in March. The Golden Eagles look to snap a five-game losing streak to their in-state rival as well as snap a three-game skid at home to the Rebels. Southern Miss last beat Ole Miss at home, 5-3, during the 2019 campaign.

Southern Miss has played well at home in 2024, posting a 22-5 record, marking the ninth-straight time - not counting 2020 due to COVID - that they have won 20 or more home games in a season. Earlier this month, the Golden Eagles also clinched their 22nd consecutive 30-win season, giving them the longest current streak in Division I baseball. Southern Miss has produced 30 or more victories in 37 of the last 38 seasons.

Senior designated hitter Slade Wilks has paced the Golden Eagle offense as of last with his current career-best 24 game hitting streak, which ranks tied for sixth longest at the school. He is hitting .375 (36-for-96) over this span with eight doubles, a triple, eight home runs, 20 runs and 32 RBI. He has seven, two-hit contests, one, three-hit affair and one four-hit game. The school record for a hitting streak is 41 games set by Todd Nace during the 1991 campaign.

Junior shortstop Ozzie Pratt is also swinging a hot bat, owing a nine-game hitting streak of his own. During his streak, he is hitting .525 (21-for-40) with four doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBI to go along with 14 runs scored.

Following the Ole Miss contest, the Golden Eagles finish the regular season with a three-game Sun Belt Conference home series with Texas Sate. The set gets underway with a 6 p.m., tilt Thursday.