Ole Miss softball defeated Jacksonville State 4-1 in its first game on Saturday.
Ole Miss (14-5, 0-0 SEC) scored three runs in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tied game to secure the victory over Jacksonville State on a two-run home run by Mackenzie Pickens to left field. It was Pickens’ fifth home run of the season. Then Persy Llamas hit a triple to left and later stole home for the third run of the frame.
Pickens went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk, and two RBIs.
Ole Miss’s starter Emilee Boyer was electric in the circle against Jacksonville State by not allowing a runner to reach base through the first four innings.
The Rebels got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the fourth on a solo home run off the bat of Madi George to right field.
George went 1-for-2 with a home run, an RBI, and a walk.
Jacksonville State would tie the game up in the top of the fifth as shortstop Aria Davis came in to score after a base hit.
Boyer turned the ball over to Lilly Whitten in the fifth inning.
Boyer finished the day tossing 4.2 innings allowed a run on three hits with five strikeouts.
Whitten worked 2.1 innings, allowed no runs on a hit with a walk to pick up the win.
Ole Miss will now take the field against ULM in the Ole Miss Classic.
