No.3 Ole Miss baseball (26-4) was coming off a huge home series win over No.5 Arkansas and had to face the Memphis Tigers (9-20) on the road. Memphis was coming off a series loss to No.25 Central Florida. In a chilly Wednesday night game the Rebels and Tigers faced off in the first of four rivalry road games the Rebels face this week.
After a scoreless 1st inning the Rebels jumped on the board first in the top of the 2nd with 1 run. The Rebels wasted no time adding 2 more runs in the top of the 3rd to take the 3-0 lead.