USM salvages hard fought series with Sunday walk-off after dropping two to ODU
Southern Miss staying right in the heart of the regional host conversation, courtesy of Sunday’s 10th inning 5-4 walk-off win over Old Dominion.
After giving up the lead in the ninth, Danny Lynch plays the role of the hero, sending Christopher Sargent to the plate with ‘Magic at the Pete’ single into right.
However, Saturday’s one-run game going the other way, despite a fourth-inning two-run blast from Slade Wilks, the only USM homerun over the first two games.
On Friday, Golden Eagles unable to get to Blake Morgan, who leads the nation with a 0.68 ERA.
The Golden Eagles still 2-2 on the week and only drop to 14 in the rankings and still boast a comfortable two-game lead in the Conference USA standings.
ODU also second in the country with 99 homers behind only Tennessee.
Ole Miss got its first SEC series sweep of the year over Missouri, led by Co-Freshman of the Week Hunter Elliot, who gave up just one run across a career high seven innings while tying a career high nine-strikeouts during Saturday’s 8-1 win.
Defending National Champion Mississippi State has five conference losses in a row as the Diamond Dawgs get swept by Florida.
MSU alum and East Central alum Konnor Pilkington made his first-ever big league start on Sunday, striking out six across three-and-two-thirds.
