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Ole Miss eliminates Arkansas, advances to College World Series finals behind Dylan DeLucia’s complete-game shutout

Andrew Olson

By Andrew Olson

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Ole Miss is the last SEC team standing. The Rebels eliminated Arkansas 2-0 Thursday, advancing to the College World Series finals for the first time in program history.

In the biggest start of his career, Dylan DeLucia tossed a complete-game shutout. DeLucia allowed just 4 hits, striking out 7 over 113 pitches.

It was a true pitcher’s duel as both teams turned to their aces. Arkansas’ Connor Noland pitched 8 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 7 hits. Noland struck out 7 in his 84-pitch outing. Evan Taylor tossed a scoreless 9th inning for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas had minimal opportunities against a dominant DeLucia. The Razorbacks left 5 on base, going 1-for-5 with runners on and 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position.

The game was scoreless through the first 3 innings. In the top of the 4th inning, Ole Miss got on the board when Kevin Graham hit an RBI double down the right-field line, scoring Justin Bench.

Calvin Harris extended the Ole Miss lead in the 7th inning with an RBI single to right field, plating Tim Elko.

Ole Miss was on the NCAA Tournament bubble entering Selection Sunday. The Rebels got one of the last spots in the field of 64, and now they’re just 2 wins away from winning a national championship. The best-of-3 championship series against Oklahoma begins Saturday.

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.

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