LIVE UPDATES: No. 2 Ole Miss Opens Series Against Oral Roberts

The Rebels and Golden Eagles open action at 1 p.m. on Friday.

OXFORD, Miss. -- No. 2 Ole Miss plays host to Oral Roberts this weekend, and the Rebels are looking to keep momentum going in its 11-1 start to the season.

Follow along below for live updates between the Golden Eagles and Rebels.

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Pregame

Ole Miss put out its lineup for Friday's opening game against the Golden Eagles.

2B Peyton Chatagnier

CF Justin Bench

SS Jacob Gonzalez

1B Tim Elko

RF TJ McCants

C Hayden Dunhurst

DH Kemp Alderman

LF Hayden Leatherwood

3B Reagan Burford

LHP John Gaddis

First Inning

Gaddis works a three-up, three-down inning on five pitches.

MID 1: Ole Miss 0, Oral Roberts 0

Bases are loaded with no outs for Tim Elko, and he singles to left to score two. Ole Miss 2, Oral Roberts 0

Kemp Alderman with an RBI groundout. Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 0

Hayden Leatherwood flies out to end the frame.

END 1: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 0

Second Inning

Oral Roberts has three singles in the inning and has scored one. Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1

Gaddis works around trouble to limit the Golden Eagles to one run.

MID 2: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1

The Rebels go three-up, three-down in the bottom half.

END 2: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1 

Third Inning

Gaddis works around a couple of singles to keep the Golden Eagles off the board.

MID 3: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1

Tim Elko draws a walk, but nothing else going for the Rebels in the frame.

END 3: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 1 

Fourth Inning

Gaddis allows a bases-loaded situation with no outs. He gets a strikeout but follows that with walking in a run. Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 2

Gaddis gets a shallow fly out and a strikeout to get out of the bases-loaded jam.

MID 4: Ole Miss 3, Oral Roberts 2 

A one-out walk by Leatherwood followed by a Burford double has the Rebels in business in B4.

Chatagnier doubles to send both runners home. Ole Miss 5, Oral Roberts 2 

Justin Bench with an RBI single. Ole Miss 6, Oral Roberts 2 

Jacob Gonzalez walks. Bench thrown out at third after a ball in the dirt. 

Tim Elko with an RBI single to score Gonzalez. Ole Miss 7, Oral Roberts 2 

McCants strikes out to end the frame.

END 4: Ole Miss 7, Oral Roberts 2 

Fifth Inning

Gaddis gives up a walk, but that's all in the top half of the fifth.

MID 5: Ole Miss 7, Oral Roberts 2  

Hayden Leatherwood with a two-RBI single extends Ole Miss' lead. Ole Miss 9, Oral Roberts 2 

Reagan Burford with an RBI double that scores Leatherwood. Ole Miss 10, Oral Roberts 2 

Tim Elko hits a grand slam. Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2 

END 5: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2 

Sixth Inning

Mason Nichols in to pitch for Ole Miss. 

Nichols works a three-up, three-down inning.

MID 6: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2 

The Rebels get some base runners aboard, but can't bring anyone home.

END 6: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2 

Seventh Inning

Nichols works around a couple of ORU baserunners to keep the Golden Eagles scoreless in the frame.

MID 7: Ole Miss 14, Oral Roberts 2 

Ben Van Cleve with a two-run ball in play from an error. Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2 

Burford grounds into a double play to end the inning.

Eighth Inning 

Josh Mallitz in to pitch for Ole Miss. 

Mallitz works a three-up, three-down inning.

MID 8: Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2 

The Rebels get one single but nothing else in B8.

END 8: Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2 

Ninth Inning 

Scoreless frame for Oral Roberts to close this one out.

FINAL: Ole Miss 16, Oral Roberts 2 

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John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has experience on the Ole Miss beat spanning five years.