Baseball Travels to Jacksonville State for Road Midweek Matchup

LEADING OFF

• Ole Miss is on an eight-game winning streak heading into a midweek matchup at Jacksonville State Tuesday
• The Rebels will open SEC conference play this weekend in Nashville with a three-game series against No. 6 Vanderbilt
• Ole Miss moved up in five of the six national polls this week, with their highest ranking coming at No. 2 from the NCBWA
• Over the weekend, Kemp Alderman and TJ McCants became the first pair of teammates to combine for six home runs in two-consecutive games since 1998
• The Rebels hit 3+ home runs in three-consecutive games last week for the first time since the 2019 Oxford Regional
• Last Saturday, Kemp Alderman gave Ole Miss their first true (9+ inning) walk-off since April 24, 2021 vs. LSU
• Ole Miss is ranked fifth in the NCAA in batting average, 11^th in slugging percentage, 14^th in on-base percentage, and 14^th in home runs
• Kemp Alderman is currently ranked top-five in the SEC in home runs, home runs per game, RBI, and total bases
• Jacob Gonzalez has reached base in all 16 games of the 2023 season so far and is one of four Rebels with active double-digit on-base streaks
• Mason Nichols has worked nine innings out of the bullpen for the Rebels, allowing just one earned run on three hits and earning two saves
• The Rebels went 8-1 against the Big Ten Conference over the first four weeks of play with three wins each over Maryland and Purdue and a win each over Minnesota and Nebraska

 
BASH BROS
During the first two games of Ole Miss’ series against Purdue, Kemp Alderman and TJ McCants became the first pair of teammates to combine for six home runs in two-consecutive games since 1998. McCants hit two in Friday’s matchup and added one more Saturday while Alderman hit two on Saturday after hitting one the night before. Alderman now leads the team with eight long balls while McCants is in second with six.
 
The last pair to accomplish the feat were brothers Jason and Josh Huisman (3/15/1998 at Kentucky and 3/17/1998 at NE Louisiana). Jason Huisman hit two home runs in each game while Josh Huisman added…