The Ole Miss Rebels have advanced to the championship game of the Lincoln Regional. The Rebels held on to defeat host Nebraska 6-3 on Sunday in the culmination of a game that was suspended Saturday night in the top of the ninth inning with the Rebels leading the Cornhuskers 6-3.
Ole Miss is the first team in the Lincoln regional to advance to the title game. Nebraska will play Arizona State in an elimination contest on Sunday afternoon with the winner advancing to play Ole Miss later Sunday night. The Rebels would have to lose tonight and in a would-be decisive game on Monday to be eliminated.
The winner of the Lincoln Regional is set to play the winner of the Auburn Regional. If Auburn fails to win its Regional and Ole Miss wins at Lincoln, the Super Regionals could be in Oxford.
WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY…
Ole Miss put it’s runs together in the mid to late innings after being held scoreless through the first five innings. Nebraska starter Ty Horn rode the home crowd to earn a 1-0 lead.
The run came off Rabe on a solo home run by Jett Buck.
The Rebels used a two out rally to bounce back. Hunter Paino delivered a two run double that rolled up the fence and allowed Tristan Bissetta and Hayden Federico to score to make it 2-1.
Friday night’s late game hero Brayden Randle singled to score Paino to up it to 3-1.
Horn was done. Ole Miss got to the reliever to draw two walks in Decker and Judd Utermark.
A misplayed foul ball by the Cornhuskers gave Paino a new life. He then drew a walk to score Decker for a 4-1 lead.
Austin Fawley also drew a walk to up the lead to 5-1.
A rbi single from Will Furniss made it 6-1 in the eighth.
Nebraska closed to 6-3 after another homer from Buck.
Then came the rain.