Like Grady Hinchman, a left-hander from Western Kentucky who was slightly built. Do you remember him? Hinchman shut down the Rebels with two hits, throwing fastballs that may not have broken a window pane. Saint Louis was also No. 4 seed. 4 seed. The Ole Miss team was, as you can see from Saturday’s game, a 1 seed. Washington eliminated the listless Rebels the following day. Other ghosts have also been seen, most recently Utah (4-seed), which sent top-seeded Rebels spiraling towards two more and out two years back. The Saint Louis Billikens arrived, a 4-seed who might have been even more frightening than the others. They had won 38 games, and Miller Hogan was a scary right-hander who can smash windows, if it is not shatter-proof, with his 92-93 mph fastballs. Hogan had a record of 10-3 and a 2.19 earned run average. Fears rose among the 11,304 overflow crowd when Saint Louis scored runs in both the first and second innings to lead 2-0. Hogan’s pitching was just as good as Ty Cobb’s. The Rebels performed the same thing they had been doing for most of this wonderful season before anyone could say “Here-we-go again.” Hogan’s fastballs were timed in the second inning by the Rebels for three doubles, one home run and six runs. Hogan was not helped by his friends, to be fair. The Rebels scored thanks to two errors and a poorly executed, custom-made double play. Cole Zabowski’s two rum homer over the centerfield wall pushed the Rebels’ offense into a six-run run. Darin Hendrickson, Saint Louis coach, stated that there was no room for error with this team. “They are a quality club and if they give that team three extra outs, it’s going to pay.” On a hot, humid evening, the Rebels won comfortably, 9-2, in their first round win. The Rebels will face No. The winner’s bracket match will be played at 4 p.m. on Sunday against Tennessee Tech, 2nd seed. Ole Miss would win that game to be within one win of hosting the Super Regional next weekend. Ghosts are gone, but Billikens will be missed. These dolls were created in 1910, shortly before John R. Bender was appointed Saint Louis’ football coach. According to legend, the Billiken doll resembled Bender. That’s how Saint Louis became known as the Billikens. Ole Miss lefty Ryan Rolison defeated the Saint Louis hitters after a slow start. Rolison is expected go high in Monday’s Major League draft and Saturday night’s performance certainly didn’t hurt him. Rolison stated, “I was hurrying early.” Bianco came in for a second inning to settle Rolison. Rolison allowed four runs in seven innings while striking out 13, walking one, and allowing four hits. Max Cioffi completed the game with two scoreless innings. Bianco stated that Ryan was sharp after the first few innings. “After that, Ryan was really sharp after he got through the first couple innings,” Bianco said. Ole Miss will need to repeat that performance Sunday against Brady Feigl’s Tennessee Tech lineup, which has posted impressive offensive numbers, defeating Missouri State 6-4 Saturday afternoon, to improve to 49-9. While Tennessee Tech scored just one run on Saturday, the Golden Eagles have scored a staggering 122 runs this season. All nine starters scored more than.300. Two of them hit over.400. Sixteen have hit double-digit home runs. Bianco stated, “Their numbers were crazy.” The Ole Miss’s are also very special. They are currently 47-15. They will win the next two, and be 49-15. Two wins in the 2014 College Worlds Series were their last win in an NCAA Tournament match. That’s another ghost busted.