Believe it or not, Ole Miss' 3-1 loss against Maryland in the regional opener could have been a lot worse. For a while there it looked like starting pitcher Christian Trent wasn't gonna make it past the fourth inning, a disaster that would have eaten up the Rebel bullpen and left them toothless moving forward. Instead, Trent managed to trek his way through 6.1 innings and Jacob Waguespack, whose brilliant 2.2 hitless innings got mostly overlooked in the loss, carried it across the finish line.
Which brings us to what the Rebs need to do Saturday in their elimination game against CSU Bakersfield (6 p.