LIVE UPDATES: No. 2 Ole Miss Opens Series Against Oral Roberts

OXFORD, Miss. -- No. 2 Ole Miss plays host to Oral Roberts this weekend, and the Rebels are looking to keep momentum going in its 11-1 start to the season.
Follow along below for live updates between the Golden Eagles and Rebels.
Pregame
Ole Miss put out its lineup for Friday's opening game against the Golden Eagles.
2B Peyton Chatagnier
CF Justin Bench
SS Jacob Gonzalez
1B Tim Elko
RF TJ McCants
C Hayden Dunhurst
DH Kemp Alderman
LF Hayden Leatherwood
3B Reagan Burford
LHP John Gaddis
First Inning
Gaddis works a three-up, three-down inning on five pitches.
MID 1: Ole Miss 0, Oral Roberts 0
Bases are loaded with no outs for Tim Elko, and he singles to left to score two. Ole Miss 2, Oral Roberts 0
Kemp Alderman with an RBI groundout. Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 0
Hayden Leatherwood flies out to end the frame.
END 1: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 0
Second Inning
Oral Roberts has three singles in the inning and has scored one. Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1
Gaddis works around trouble to limit the Golden Eagles to one run.
MID 2: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1
The Rebels go three-up, three-down in the bottom half.
END 2: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1
Third Inning
Gaddis works around a couple of singles to keep the Golden Eagles off the board.
MID 3: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1
Tim Elko draws a walk, but nothing else going for the Rebels in the frame.
END 3: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1
Fourth Inning
Gaddis allows a bases-loaded situation with no outs. He gets a strikeout but follows that with walking in a run. Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 2
Gaddis gets a shallow fly out and a strikeout to get out of the bases-loaded jam.
MID 4: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 2
A one-out walk by Leatherwood followed by a Burford double has the Rebels in business in B4.
Chatagnier doubles to send both runners home. Ole Miss 5, Oral Roberts 2
Justin Bench with an RBI single. Ole Miss 6, Oral Roberts 2
Jacob Gonzalez walks. Bench thrown out at third after a ball in the dirt.
Tim Elko with an RBI single to score Gonzalez. Ole Miss 7, Oral Roberts 2
McCants strikes out to end the frame.
END 4: Ole Miss 7, Oral Roberts 2
Fifth Inning
Gaddis gives up a walk, but that's all in the top half of the fifth.
MID 5: Ole Miss 7, Oral Roberts 2
Hayden Leatherwood with a two-RBI single extends Ole Miss' lead. Ole Miss 9, Oral Roberts 2
Reagan Burford with an RBI double that scores Leatherwood. Ole Miss 10, Oral Roberts 2
Tim Elko hits a grand slam. Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2
END 5: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2
Sixth Inning
Mason Nichols in to pitch for Ole Miss.
Nichols works a three-up, three-down inning.
MID 6: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2
The Rebels get some base runners aboard, but can't bring anyone home.
END 6: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2
Seventh Inning
Nichols works around a couple of ORU baserunners to keep the Golden Eagles scoreless in the frame.
MID 7: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2
Ben Van Cleve with a two-run ball in play from an error. Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2
Burford grounds into a double play to end the inning.
Eighth Inning
Josh Mallitz in to pitch for Ole Miss.
Mallitz works a three-up, three-down inning.
MID 8: Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2
The Rebels get one single but nothing else in B8.
END 8: Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2
Ninth Inning
Scoreless frame for Oral Roberts to close this one out.
FINAL: Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2
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John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has experience on the Ole Miss beat spanning five years.
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