wow

Ole Miss is done. Swept by Arkansas at Fayetteville in a twinbill today, the Rebels finish 13-17 in the SEC and will miss next week’s tournament and, presumably, the NCAAs, as well. What a wild confluence of events took place with Ole Miss leading 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth of the second game, needing just to hold on to make the SEC field. But then there was a walk. A hit batsman. A controversial balk call. A 15-foot squeeze bunt. A bloop single and a bad throw home. A sac fly. Arkansas leads 5-3. With two on and none out in the top of the seventh and final inning, the Hogs call on Thursday night starter D.J. Baxendale. A sac bunt puts the runners at second and third. Then an errant pitch results in a 2-1 putout at the plate. After a walk, a grounder to first ends it. Arkansas wins the SEC West at 15-15 and goes to Hoover, Ala. Ole Miss trudges back to Oxford, its season having skidded off the rails.