Rebels win game two of weekend series against Wright State

Published 10:12 am Sunday, March 2, 2025

In the bottom of the first after a two-out Mitchell Sanford walk, Ryan Moerman homered to left. Then, following an Isaac Humphrey double to left center, Judd Utermark homered to right center. Moerman and Utermark have four home runs each this season.

After a scoreless top of the second for WSU, Ole Miss added three more runs to its lead. Brayden Randle walked and Owen Paino singled through the right side. Hayden Federico bunted and the throw was off line, so he advanced to second. Paino wound up at third and Randle scored.

Federico moved to third on a wild pitch, and Paino scored. It was 6-0 at that point. Luke Hill then singled up the middle, and Federico scored to make it 7-0 through two innings.

After Rebels pitcher Riley Maddox successfully faced three hitters in each of the next two innings, the Rebels added a run in the bottom of the fifth to lead 8-0. Humphrey singled with one out which scored Moerman after he had reached on a double.

After Raiders’ leadoff hitter JP Peltier reached on a single to start the sixth, Ryne Rodriguez relieved Maddox. The left-hander took care of the Raiders in the inning for no runs.

Right-hander Landon Waters started the seventh for the Rebels. A two-out double to left scored Luke Arnold who had walked. At stretch time, Ole Miss led 8-1.

After Sam Tookoian entered for Waters to start the eighth, Boston Smith walked, followed by a double to left by Patrick Fultz to score Smith. It was 8-2 with the Rebels on top after the top of the eighth.

Gunnar Dennis pitched the ninth for the Rebels, and Wright State got one more run to close out the scoring.

Utermark, Humphrey, and Moerman had two hits each for Ole Miss, while two hits for Fultz led the Raiders.

Maddox (2-1) was the winner, while Wright State starter Jarrett Heilman (0-2) got the loss.

Ole Miss (9-1) and Wright State (3-5) play again today at 1:30 p.m. at Swayze Field.