The offense has come and gone at times for Ole Miss this year, and it was not there in Pearl on Tuesday as the Rebels were shutout 2-0 by Mississippi State in the 37th annual Governor’s Cup.
Freshman right-hander Ryan Cyr’s four shutout innings along with Zac Houston’s 2.2 innings of relief set up sophomore right-hander Jacob Billingsley to close the game out with the final 2.1 innings of relief in the win. It was Cyr’s first career start for Mississippi State.
Ole Miss started junior right-hander Chad Smith. The former middle man in the Rebels’ weekend rotation pitched well, allowing two runs on six hits in five innings pitched, but he was out-pitched by the Bulldogs’ collection of arms on Tuesday night.