Ole Miss vs. Arizona State live score updates: Rebels advance to regional championship
Published 11:00 am Saturday, May 20, 2017
- Ole Miss players lead a "Hotty Toddy" following the win over Southern Illinois in an NCAA softball tournament game, at the Ole Miss Softball Complex in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, May 19, 2017. Ole Miss won 8-0. (Bruce Newman, Oxford Eagle via AP)
Fresh off a win over Southern Illinois in its first-ever NCAA Tournament game at home, Ole Miss softball will play Arizona State today in the winner’s bracket of the Oxford Regional with a spot in the regional finals on the line. The game, weather permitting, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
Arizona State beat North Carolina 9-3 in the regional opener Friday to advance. Southern Illinois and North Carolina will meet in an elimination game today at 4 p.m.
Check back here for Ole Miss vs. Arizona State live score updates. The game will be televised on ESPN.
UPDATE: The start of the game has been delayed by rain. First pitch will now be at approximately 1:45 p.m.
Top 1st: Kaitlin Lee gives up a one-out single but nothing else. Ole Miss coming to bat for the first time.
Bottom 1st: Elantra Cox reaches on a drag bunt, but Arizona State’s Dale Ryndak retires the next three batters. No score after an inning.
Top 2nd: Lee sits the Sun Devils down in order.
Bottom 2nd: Kaylee Horton works a one-out walk, but nothing comes of it. Still scoreless after two.
Top 3rd: Marisa Stankiewicz drives one to the deepest part of the park for a loud out. A popup and a groundout end the Sun Devils’ half of the inning.
Bottom 3rd: Ole Miss gets two hits but can’t do anything with them. Ashton Lampton’s infield popup ends the inning.
Top 4th: Arizona State threatens with a leadoff walk and a single, but Ashton Lampton jumps to snag a liner and doubles off the runner at second. A groundout sends the game to the bottom of the inning still scoreless.
Bottom 4th: Nothing doing for Ole Miss, which is retired in order for the first time today.
Top 5th: Lee works a clean inning. Arizona State has just two hits after five.
Bottom 5th: Ole Miss goes in order. The teams have combined for five hits through five.
Top 6th: Arizona State goes 1-2-3 for the fourth time today. Lee has retired eight in a row.
Bottom 6th: Elantra Cox leads off with a triple over Arizona State right fielder Brynley Steele’s head, her third hit today, and scores on Kylan Becker’s triple. Becker has six RBIs in the regional. Ole Miss 1-0.
Miranda Strother plates Becker with a two-out double. Ole Miss 2-0.
Top 7th: Miranda Strother cuts down Sashel Palacios trying to stretch a leadoff hit into a double. Lee retires the next two batters, and Ole Miss advances to Sunday’s regional finals. Final: Ole Miss 2, Arizona State 0