Baseball Travels to Pearl to Face Ole Miss in Nationally Ranked Matchup

Dates Time (CT) Game Links (Probable Starters)
April 13 6 p.m. SECN+ | Listen Only | Live Stats | Radio Affiliates
LH Bruce Littleton, Fr. (1-0, 1.04 ERA) vs. RH JP Robertson, R-So. (2-1, 3.71 ERA)

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – It will be a matchup of nationally ranked teams when Southern Miss and Ole Miss makes their annual trip to Trustmark Park in Pearl, Tuesday, in a 6 p.m. contest.

The Golden Eagles (25-11) rank as high at No. 17 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and look to snap a two-game current losing streak when they meet Ole Miss. The Rebels (26-11) rank as high as No. 22 by the NCBWA after sweeping LSU at home last weekend.

This game marks the 40th time Southern Miss will play at Trustmark Park since they first played Ole Miss during the 2006 campaign, a game they won 13-6 over the Rebels.

Southern Miss is 20-19 all-time at the facility that also houses the Mississippi Mud Monsters, a professional team that plays in the Frontier League. Southern Miss is 9-8 all-time versus Ole Miss here, 5-8 against Mississippi State, 2-0 vs. Alabama, 1-0 vs. Tulane, ULM and Rice, 1-1 vs. Houston and 0-1 versus East Carolina and Memphis. The Golden Eagles have played at least one game there each year, except for the 2020 COVID season.

In the earlier meeting between the two schools this season in Hattiesburg, Tucker Stockman collected a ninth-inning, game-winning single to lead then No. 7 Southern Miss to a 2-1 victory, March 10, at Pete Taylor Park.

With the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Davis Gillespie singled to open the final. After two were out, the Rebels then issued walk before gave up the game-winning hit to Stockman on a 2-2 pitch.

Both starting pitchers kept each other's team off the board as Ole Miss's Taylor Rabe retired all eight hitters he faced and fanned one over 2 2/3 innings, while the Golden Eagles' Thomas Crabtree went three scoreless frames.

The two teams traded the game's only other runs as each team traded home runs in the fifth. Tristan Bassetta led off the top of the inning with a shot to deep center, while Kyle Morrison tied the score for the Golden Eagles in the bottom half with a solo shot to right center to open the frame and tie the score.

Junior Seth Smith enjoys the current longest hitting streak for the Golden Eagles at seven games. He is hitting .517 (15x29) over this stretch with seven runs, two doubles, a home run and five RBI.

In addition, Matthew Russo has reached base in each of his last 27 games, which is the longest streak of any Golden Eagle this season, while Davis Gillespie has a 23-game streak of reaching base safely.

Freshman left-hander Bruce Littleton (1-0, 1.04 ERA) is set to make his first start for the Golden Eagles against Ole Miss, while the Rebels will counter with redshirt-sophomore right-hander JP Robertson (2-1, 3.71 ERA).

Following the Ole Miss contest, the Golden Eagles return home to face Texas State in a Sun Belt Conference series this weekend. The set begins with a 6 p.m. contest Friday.

Baseball Travels to Pearl to Face Ole Miss in Nationally Ranked Matchup

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Crabtree

Davis Gillespie

Bruce Littleton

Kyle Morrison

Matthew Russo

Seth Smith

Tucker Stockman

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