Sunday, May 21, 2006

Dogs Staying At Home

The Rebels won the series against the Bulldogs this weekend keeping them out of the SEC Tournament in Hoover. It was a series of ups and downs for both teams. The Rebels won on Thursday night beating the Bulldogs 6-5 in a game that took ten innings. On Friday it was all MSU as the Dogs won 11-1. It looked like it was going to be all Ole Miss on Saturday before the Bulldogs made a game out of it in the final two innings, however the Rebels wrapped up the series with a 13-11 win.

The win moves the Rebels to 36-20, 17-13 in the SEC, and finished 5th overall in the SEC. The focus now is on the SEC Tournament. The Rebels will be facing Arkansas in the final game on Wednesday night. It is still up in the air as to who either team will pitch. The Hogs are good, but so is everyone in the tournament. That is why the SEC is the best in the nation in collegiate baseball.

Ole Miss is the only team to post a winning record in SEC play each of the past four seasons and with Saturday's win, leads the league in wins over the past four years with 70 wins in league play going back to the beginning of the 2003 season.