Game 1 of the College World Series final was tight through seven innings.
But Ole Miss rode hot bats in the eighth to ensure that it would leave Saturday with a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three championship series. TJ McCants, Calvin Harris and Justin Bench hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to blow the game open en route to a 10-3 win.
McCants got the hit party started with a man on second and two outs as Ole Miss held a 4-2 lead. He lifted an 83 mph Chazz Martinez breaking ball over the right field wall and into a celebratory Ole Miss bullpen to extend the lead to 6-2.