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Southern Miss Downs No. 13 Ole Miss, 4-2 In Front of Third-Largest Crowd at Pete Taylor Park
Mike Cashion Earns First Win of the Season, Mike Ewing Hits a Two-Run Single and Trey Cuevas Hits a Two-Run Homer

April 11, 2007

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss starting pitcher Mike Cashion pitched five innings, giving up one run on six hits, Michael Ewing hit a two-run single in the second inning and Trey Cuevas hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to lead the Golden Eagles to a 4-2 win over No. 13 Ole Miss at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field in front of 5,132, the third-largest crowd in Park history.

Cashion (1-0) earned his first win since defeating Memphis on April 1, 2005, before sustaining a season-ending elbow injury the next week at East Carolina. He threw 86 pitches, walked three batters and struck out one. Jared Cavenaugh pitched two innings of relief, giving up one hit, two walks and struck out three batters. Tyler Conn (4) earned his fourth save of the season, giving up one unearned run on two hits and struck out one batter.

Ole Miss starter Brett Buckvich (4-2) was credited with the loss, pitching three innings, giving up two runs, one earned, on two hits, walking four and striking out three batters. Four Rebel pitchers walked eight batters and struck out five.

Southern Miss (21-13) scored four runs on five hits and committed one error, while Ole Miss (24-11) scored two runs on nine hits. The Rebels left 12 runners stranded and the Golden Eagles left 10 runners on base.

The Rebels took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Jordan Henry walked to lead off the game, moved to second on Justin Henry's ground out to the pitcher and scored on Logan Power's single to left field.

Southern Miss scored two runs in the second inning to take a 2-1 lead. Trey Cuevas walked to lead off the inning, Jody Blount walked and both runners moved up a base on a passed ball from catcher Alex Kliman. Michael Ewing singled up the middle to plate both runs.

The Golden Eagles extended their lead to 4-1 in the fifth inning. James Ewing walked to lead off the inning before Cuevas blasted his seventh home run of the season over left center field.

Ole Miss scored a run in the eighth inning to cut the Golden Eagle lead to 4-2, the final outcome. C.J. Ketcham reached on a one-out throwing error by shortstop Brian Dozier. Pinch runner JoJo Tann moved to second on a wild pitch from Conn, advanced to third on pinch hitter Peyton Farr's double off the center field wall and scored on Zach Miller's sacrifice fly to right field.

Southern Miss hosts Tulane as part of EagleFest Weekend on April 13-15 at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field. Friday's game starts at 6:30 p.m., Saturday's game starts at 4 p.m., and Sunday's series finale begins at 1 p.m.