WOOF WOOF!!

A good sportswriter can be wrong every once in a while and boy was I wrong. Will Kline proved many Rebel fans including myself wrong to pick up his first win on the season. Kline struck out nine batters as the Rebels went on to beat in-state rivals Mississippi State 1-0 to win the Mayor's Cup. This puts the Rebels ahead in the series with a 14-13 record and the Rebels have won 5 games in a row in the capital city.

The only run put on the board tonight for either team was a solo home run by Zack Cozart early in the game. This led to the only shut out in the history of the Mayor's Cup. Kline pitched an excellent game and it was well overdue for the Tupelo product. Kline was on the mound for seven innings. Cody Satterwhite pitched in the eigth followed by Garrett White who closed out the game in the ninth.

The game became a little scary in the ninth when the Bulldogs had two runners on base with one out. Leave it to a Jackson Academy product to pop out for the Dogs for their second out. State even had the bases loaded with two outs before White was able to pick up a strikeout to end the game.

All in all it was a pitching dual in this game. A game that came down to the wire, but the most important thing is that it is another win for the Rebels. It does not get any easier for the Rebels as they travel to Columbia this weekend to take on South Carolina. Let's celebrate this victory until then.