After a disappointing 2-3 week and falling in the polls, the Rebels (16-6, 2-1) bounced back in the midweek, sweeping a not-so-good Arkansas Pine-Bluff team. Now, they will get back in SEC play on the road against the SEC East Missouri Tigers (12-8, 0-3). Steve Bieser’s ball club opened up conference play last weekend against Arkansas and were swept in a low-scoring, pitcher’s duel series.
The good guys come to town sporting a .294 team average and a 3.90 team ERA, which is slowly-but-surely improving from a few weeks ago. Grae Kessinger is starting to show life at the plate, hitting .