Ole Miss baseball (23-4, 4-3) was coming off a thrilling win over instate rival No.14 Southern Miss. The win was the 3rd win out of games which began in College Station against No.17 Texas A&M. This series with No.5 Arkansas (19-7, 5-2) marks seven consecutive games the Rebels would have to face a ranked team. Of course, the Rebels and Arkansas were tied in the SEC West coming into game-one and this series will determine who leads. Arkansas is a very good ball team and the Rebels had their hands full right off the bat.
Arkansas jumped on the board first with 2 runs and carried the 2-0 lead into the top of the 2nd.