With the game tied at five and one out on the board in the 11^th inning, Matt Smith took the first pitch he saw and sent it over the left field fence and into the fans on the terrace to give the Rebels the win.

Smith paced the Rebels on the afternoon, going 5-for-6 at the plate with two home runs, two runs scored and four RBI.

Justin Cryer (1-0) picked up the win in relief for the Rebels as he worked the final 1.2 innings, holding the Sycamores scoreless as he allowed two hits, walked one and struck out one.

Brendon Smith (0-1) suffered the loss for the Sycamores as worked the final 1.1 innings for Indiana State, allowing three hits and one run with one walk and a strikeout.

“It’s nice to have Matt Smith still available,” said Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco. “The bullpen was a key for us tonight. Drew Pomeranz and Scott Bittle were unhittable and Justin Cryer did a really good job of closing things out for us.”

The Rebels got on the board in the second inning when Matt Smith homered to right field to Ole Miss the early 1-0 advantage.

Indiana State answered in the top of the third, putting four runs across in a run sparked by a solo home run from Brian Ramirez. Five singles to the next six batters would push three more runs across the plate and give Indiana State a 4-1 lead.

The Sycamores extended the lead two frames later as Brian Oliver homered to lead off the fifth inning and give Indiana State a 5-1 edge.

Drew Pomeranz entered the game following the home run and shut down the Sycamores from there along with Bittle and Cryer as the trio from the bullpen combined for six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and two walks, while allowing only four hits between them.

That effort on the mound allowed the Ole Miss hitters to go to work.

The Rebels cut back into the lead in the seventh inning when Basham opened the frame with a triple down the right field line before scoring on a grounder up the middle from Jordan Henry as Basham slid safely around the play at home. Ole Miss would get no more runs across, however, as Indiana State held a 5-2 lead after seven innings of play.

Ole Miss continued to chip away at the lead with a single run in the eighth as Fuller Smith doubled down the left field line to score Zach Miller from second. Miller reached on a throwing error from third before advancing on a single from Matt Smith.

The ninth inning saw late game heroics as the Rebels mounted a two-out rally. Logan Power singled before moving to second on a walk of Michael Guerrero. Zach Miller was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Matt Smith came up with a two-RBI single through the right side to tie the game at five.

Ole Miss will return to action on Tuesday, when the Rebels will play host to Southern Miss. First-pitch is set for 5 p.m. at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.