Ole Miss’ Tim Elko stepped to the plate in the top of the eighth inning just 46 days after tearing his ACL to face Georgia’s Ben Harris who had just entered the game. And yes, you read that correctly, tearing his ACL. With the Rebels trailing by a run, Elko launched a ball well over the trees in left field into the parking lot to tie the game at 5 runs apiece.
Just moments earlier, Georgia held a 5-1 lead and looked like they might even the series against the 13th-ranked Rebels. Elko’s home run was the second leg of back-to-back home runs.