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Must-See Highlights: Ole Miss baseball wins third straight SEC series for first time since 2018

Ben Garrettby: Ben Garrett04/06/25SpiritBen
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Ole Miss slugger Luke Hill (Photo credit: Luke Hill/Instagram)

No. 9 Ole Miss baseball needed 12 innings but secured a 5-4 win at Kentucky for its third consecutive SEC series win, a first since 2018.

Luke Hill and Isaac Humphrey each hit home runs, while the Rebel bullpen allowed just five hits over the final 8.1 innings. Brayden Randle was the only Rebel with multiple hits. He had a pair of singles as a pinch hitter.

Veteran right-handed reliever Connor Spencer made his first appearance since March 21 (shoulder tightness) and pitched nearly 3.0 scoreless innings. He sat down all eight batters he faced. 

Hill hit a go-ahead, two-run home run — his sixth of the season — on the first pitch he saw in the 12th inning. The Wildcats won the opener of Friday’s double-header, which also went into extras. 

Kentucky didn’t go quietly into the night.

Cole Hage led off the bottom half with a solo shot of his own, and the Wildcats put runners on second and third with one out.

Tampa transfer RHP Alex Canney retired the game’s final two batters, including a swinging strikeout of Griffin Cameron to close out the Rebels’ 24th win. Ole Miss and its No. 10 RPI has eight wins through 12 SEC games for the first time in four years. 

Ole Miss (24-7, 8-4 SEC) next travels to Memphis on Tuesday before hosting Alcorn State on Wednesday at Swayze Field. The showdown with the Tigers can be watched on ESPN+. Kentucky fell to 18-11 (5-7). Thirty-one combined innings were played between Friday and Saturday.

D1Baseball this week projected Ole Miss as the No. 15 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, which would come with a host bid for regional games. Baseball America had the Rebels at No. 10 and hosting.

The included highlights were provided by Ole Miss Athletics.

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