The Ole Miss baseball team kicked off their 2019 NCAA Tournament campaign with a convincing 16-2 win over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.
Will Ethridge cycled through the Gamecock lineup with precision, retiring 20 straight batters after giving up an early run. The junior ace went seven innings on 78 pitches.
Tre Kirklin turned a leadoff double into a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Grae Kessinger made a few tough plays to keep it there in the opening frame.
Thomas Dillard and Grae Kessinger hit Garrett Farmer’s first two pitches to get to first and second.