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How It Happened: Ole Miss Baseball Drops Game 1 to South Carolina in 3-2 Loss

Mike Bianco and the Rebels fall in Game 1, look to bounce back on Friday afternoon in Columbia.
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Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco heads to the mound to change pitchers again after Mississippi State scored four runs in the eighth inning at Trustmark Perk in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco heads to the mound to change pitchers again after Mississippi State scored four runs in the eighth inning at Trustmark Perk in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. | Barbara Gauntt/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK

COLUMBIA, S.C. – No. 11 Ole Miss baseball (27-11, 9-7 SEC) opened its road series against South Carolina (22-17, 3-13 SEC) with a 3-2 loss Thursday night in Columbia.

Six of Ole Miss' seven losses in conference play have come by three runs or less.

The Rebels did not draw a walk in the game and had just two extra-base hits. Austin Fawley and Mitchell Sanford each hit a solo home run in the loss.

Mason Morris worked 2.2. hitless innings of relief with six strikeouts. He has not allowed an earned run over his last three appearances while racking up 20 strikeouts.

The Gamecocks would get one run in the first after an RBI-groundout from Jordan Carrion plated Noah Hall.

Ole Miss would even the score in the top of the third after Austin Fawley launched a solo homer to left center for his 10th round-tripper of the season.

Carolina would tally four singles in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead after five complete.

Mitchell Sanford would cut the Gamecock lead to one with a solo blast to right in the top of the sixth. It marked Sanford's 10th home run of the season.

Ole Miss had just one hit over the final three innings, a leadoff single by Isaac Humphrey in the seventh.

Game two of the series is set for 3 p.m. CT/4 p.m. ET.

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Zack Nagy is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Ole Miss Rebels On SI, a Sports Illustrated Publication. Nagy has covered Rebel Football, Baseball, Basketball and Recruiting, looking to keep readers updated on anything and everything involving Ole Miss athletics. Nagy has covered the Southeastern Conference for over half a decade after being born and raised in New Orleans (La.).

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