OXFORD, Miss. – In control of the game early, Ole Miss (2-0) exploded with a 10-run fifth inning that was highlighted by a Brett Basham grand slam to power past Minnesota (0-2) by a score of 22-5 on Saturday at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.

Leading 11-2 heading into the fifth inning, the Rebels exploded at the plate with Basham’s grand slam sandwiched between a pair of home runs from Cody Overbeck as the Rebels batted around and took the game firmly in hand.

Cody Satterwhite (1-0) picked up the win as he struck out three and walked three while allowing three hits and two unearned runs in his 5.0 innings on the mound.

Kyle Carr (0-1) suffered the loss for the Golden Gophers as he allowed seven runs on three hits with four walks and a strikeout in 2.0 innings on the mound. Only five of the seven runs were earned.

Overbeck paced the Rebels at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance, including a pair of home runs, as he came up with four runs scored and four RBI.

The Rebels tallied 19 hits on the afternoon, including the three home runs.

“It was a good day today,” said Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco. “We got a lot of hits, a lot of extra base hits and some big home runs. We really looked good and were a lot looser at the plate today.”

Minnesota threatened early, but Satterwhite and the Rebels got out of the jam with a play at the plate and a pair of strikeouts to end the threat by the Golden Gophers and keep the visitors off the board.

Ole Miss got on the board in the second inning when two runs scored off a fielding error at shortstop when Basham hit a sharp grounder that bounced off the glove of the defender to score both Logan Power and Evan Button. Power walked to lead off the inning before Button was hit by a pitch. Both runners moved into scoring position on a double steal before Basham put the ball in play two outs later to get the Rebels on the board.

Minnesota answered in the top of the third as back-to-back singles sandwiched around a stolen base put runners at second and third. The first run scored on a fielder’s choice back to the mound that saw  Satterwhite throw to third and catch the base runner in a run down, but the throw home was wide and allowed the run to score and runners to move to second and third. The second run scored a batter later when Jeremy Chlan scored on a ground out to first. Both runs were unearned and the game was tied at two.

The Rebels pushed back into the lead in the bottom half of the inning with a six-run explosion sparked by a Zach Miller double to open the inning. A pair of walks to the next two batters loaded the bases and the Ole Miss offense took over from there.

Ole Miss would add three runs in the fourth off a base-clearing double from Fuller Smith before the 10-run outpouring in the fifth inning. The Rebels ended the scoring with a single run in the sixth inning for the final tally of 22 runs in the game.

Minnesota would plate three runs in the eighth inning for the final score of 22-5.