Ole Miss slugger Cole Zabowski (Aaron Fitt)

Ole Miss Grinds Out Big Win Over Auburn, Burns

AUBURN, Ala. — Ole Miss knew it was behind the eight-ball. On Thursday night, the Rebels had a 4-3 lead after five innings at Auburn, but they couldn’t hold the lead and wound up losing 7-4. So they entered Friday down in the series and staring at a daunting matchup with first-team preseason All-American Tanner Burns.

But Ole Miss rose to the challenge, showing off an excellent offensive approach against Burns in a big series-leveling 5-3 win.

“I thought it was one of those — I don’t ever talk about ‘must-wins’, here we are with so many games left – but one[…]