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LOOK: Title-defending Ole Miss baseball opened 2023 with pomp, circumstance and a win

by:Ben Garrett•02/17/23•

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No. 4 Ole Miss opened the 2023 season — and kicked off its national-title defense — with an 11-2 win in the first of a three-game series with Delaware on Friday.

Sophomore left-hander Hunter Elliott allowed two runs on three hits with nine strikeouts over his 5.0 innings, while Peyton Chatagnier’s three-run, second-inning home run proved more than enough for a Rebel offense that picked up right from where it left off in Omaha last June.

Photos by Ole Miss Athletics.

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Jack Dougherty and Peyton Chatagnier

Ole Miss right fielder TJ McCants

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Ole Miss LHP Hunter Elliott

Ole Miss third baseman Ethan Lege

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