Sikes Orvis celebrates with teammate Colby Bortles following a three run home run during Saturday’s game against Georgia State. Photo: Alex Edwards, The Daily Mississippian.
The Ole Miss baseball team will welcome Louisiana-Monroe to Oxford today and Wednesday afternoon for a two-game midweek series. The Rebels (6-1) are coming off a series win over Georgia State this past weekend where they took two out of three, while the Warhawks (4-3) enter the game after taking down Western Illinois this past Saturday.
On the mound for Ole Miss will be sophomore right-hander Jacob Waguespack, who is 1-0 on the year in two appearances. Waguespack started last Wednesday, and he has not given up a run this season. Waguespack has given up three hits and three walks while striking out three.
UL-Monroe will send redshirt sophomore right-hander Alex Hermeling, who comes in with a perfect ERA through one start. Hermeling has given up one unearned run in six innings of work to go along with three strikeouts, four hits and three walks.
Ole Miss will look to keep up its hot start to the year at the plate and hopefully carry over from a weekend where the team recorded 32 hits. Leading the way this season so far has been junior center fielder Auston Bousfield. He leads the team in batting average (.462), hits (12) and runs (8). Another name to look for is senior catcher Will Allen, who has been on a tear to start the year. He has a team-high 11 RBIs, is tied for the team lead in home runs with two and is third on the team with a .417 batting average.
Ole Miss will need to account for UL-Monroe’s sophomore right fielder Jacob Stockton at the plate. He is hitting .348 and is tied for the team lead with eight hits. Another dangerous player for the Warhawks at the plate is senior center fielder Dalton Herrington. He is hitting .308, is tied for the team high in hits with eight and leads the team in RBIs with five.
First pitch for both games is scheduled at 4 p.m.
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— Matt Sigler
mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu
