Madi George
Ole Miss pitcher Emilee Boyer tossed a seven-inning complete game and Ole Miss used the long ball to ultimately defeat visiting Samford 6-2 Tuesday night. The win improved the Rebels to 26-15 on the season, while Samford dipped to 17-25.
Freshman phenom Madi George broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the fifth when she blasted a three-run home run over the left field wall with teammates Mackenzie Pickens and Persy Llamas on base to push the Rebels ahead 5-2 in what had been a nip-and-tuck affair.
Rachel Conners added an unneeded insurance run in the bottom of the sixth with a solo dinger that swam over the right field wall to make for the 6-2 final.
Meanwhile, Boyer was sitting them down. He final line read two runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk. She struck out 10 to improve her personal record to 9-7 on the season.
BOX SCORE: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=640151
Samford took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, scoring its first run on a wild pitch charged to Boyer. The Bulldogs second run came on an RBI-single off the bat of Brandy Phillips.
Ole Miss would cut the lead in half, 2-1, in the bottom of the first when shortstop Cassie Reasner singled home teammate Kennedy Bunker. The Rebels tied the game 2-2 in the fourth on a Taylor Roman sac fly.
George and Reasner paced Ole Miss with two hits apiece.
NEXT UP
Ole Miss returns to the grind of the SEC this weekend when Texas A&M visits Oxford for a three-game series beginning Friday. The Rebels (2-10 SEC) own the nation’s toughest schedule and America’s No. 18 RPI.