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Ole Miss Baseball In Texas For SEC Showdown With Texas A&M

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Friday, March 31

6 p.m. CT

Saturday, April 1

7 p.m. CT

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Sunday, April 2

1 p.m. CT

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PROJECTED STARTERS

Ole Miss: RHP Jack Dougherty

2-2, 6.07 ERA, 32 K, 8 BB

Texas A&M: RHP Nathan Dettmer

1-3, 5.40 ERA, 30 K, 14 BB
PROJECTED STARTERS

Ole Miss: LHP Xavier Rivas

4-2, 4.97 ERA, 32 K, 15 BB

Texas A&M: LHP Justin Lamkin

1-2, 3.28 ERA, 31 K, 9 BB
PROJECTED STARTERS

Ole Miss: RHP JT Quinn

3-0, 5.48 ERA, 27 K, 13 BB

Texas A&M: TBA

0-0, – ERA, – K, – BB
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LEADING OFF

  • Ole Miss travels to Bryan-College Station this weekend for a three-game set with the Aggies of Texas A&M
  • Last year’s series between the two teams was the regular season finale for both with the Aggies taking two out of three in Oxford
  • The Rebels have won three of the last five series, including a three-game sweep in 2019. They have also won the last two non-series matchups, beating Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament in 2019 and 2018
  • The Rebels and the Aggies were both College World Series teams in 2022, but did not match up against each other in the postseason
  • Mitch Murrell leads the SEC in pitching appearances with 13 total appearances out of the bullpen so far in 2023
  • Kemp Alderman is ranked eighth in the SEC in RBI with 34 RBI in 24 games. He is averaging 1.42 RBI per game. Alderman is also ranked eighth in the SEC in home runs with 10, one short of his 2022 total
  • Alderman is currently riding a 19-game on-base streak dating back to February 25, the longest streak of the season for Ole Miss. He also owns the longest hitting streak at 12 games (2/25-3/11)
  • Ethan Groff is ranked eighth in the SEC in stolen bases with 10. He has only been caught stealing once in 11 tries
  • Ole Miss is ranked third in the SEC in fielding percentage (.981) and fifth in batting average (.307)
  • The Rebels fell out of the top-25 in half of national polls this week, coming in at No. 22 in the NCBWA poll, No. 23 in Perfect Game’s poll, and No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll

 
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