After a 3-1 record last week and a series win over Kentucky, Ole Miss hopped back into the nation’s top 25 just in time for a road trip to Memphis in the midweek.
The No. 18 Rebels (19-6, 3-3 SEC) will faceoff with the Tigers (6-16, 1-2 AAC) at FedEx Park with a first pitch set for 6 p.m. CT. Ole Miss defeated Memphis a few weeks ago in Oxford in a 7-1 final.
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Things did not get easier for the Tigers after that loss with the program piling up losses in non-conference and conference play this season. The Rebels meanwhile have been surging of late and need to get past the Tigers tonight to focus in on the massive in-state series with Mississippi State in Oxford this weekend.
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP
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Ole Miss: RHP Owen Kelly (1-0, 3.68 ERA)
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Memphis: LHP Logan Rushing (0-1, 7.71 ERA)
Owen Kelly will start on the mound for Ole Miss after a nice outing last week against Austin Peay where he went 2 IP with no earned runs. Kelly pitched against Memphis in the aforementioned game going 4 IP with one earned run and five strikeouts in his longest outing of the year.
Memphis will counter with lefty senior Logan Rushing whose last outing was against Eastern Illinois going 1.1 IP with no earned runs in a loss. Rushing has not had an appearance longer than two innings this season or topped 50 pitches in action.
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The Rebels on paper should win this game every time, but anyone who knows this rivalry knows the Memphis squad is made up of local travel ball players who know plenty about the Ole Miss lineup and its tendencies. The 7-1 final from a few weeks back will either serve as a chip on their shoulder or a nightmare it can’t awake from when the first pitch flies at 6 p.m. tonight.
The game will be livestream on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
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