Ole Miss achieved a historic feat in an emphatic showing against Oklahoma to open the College World Series championship on Saturday.
Thanks to three consecutive home runs from sophomores TJ McCants and Calvin Harris, and senior Justin Bench in the eighth inning, Ole Miss became the first team since LSU in 1998 to hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the CWS finals.
The four-run eruption increased the Rebels’ 4–2 lead and propelled them to a decisive 10–3 victory over the Sooners to take a 1–0 series lead.
With two outs and junior Hayden Dunhurst on second base, McCants, an SEC All-Freshman team selection, stepped up and delivered a 372-foot homer on the third pitch of his at-bat.