AUSTIN, Texas – After scoring nine runs on Friday, Ole Miss Baseball (16-4, 1-1 SEC) scored just two runs in an 11-2 loss to No. 2 Texas (17-1, 1-1 SEC) Saturday afternoon.
Tristan Bissetta went 2-for-4 and is now 5-for-10 in the series.
The Rebel pitching staff gave up a season-high 11 runs and had a season-low two strikeouts. The offense was 0-for-18 with runners on base and 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
After Texas scored two runs in the first inning on an RBI single and an obstruction call, the Rebels tied the game in the third.
Hayden Federico scored from third base on a wild pitch and Will Furniss drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-2.
The Longhorns then went on to score nine unanswered runs, putting up crooked numbers in the sixth and seventh innings.
Ole Miss and Texas will play the rubber match tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Austin.
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