Ole Miss fireballer Lance Lynn found success early challenging the ASU hitters with his mid-90s fastball. Lynn retired the side in order in the first, then sandwiched three strikeouts around a couple of walks in the second.

But then the Devil bats came alive in a big way.

9-hole hitter C.J. Retherford led off the third with a homer to left, and Andrew Romine yanked Lynn's next pitch into the right field corner for a double. Wallace then slapped an opposite-field double to make it 2-0. Lynn was able to pitch his way out of further damage, but things got worse for him in the fourth.

Matt Spencer led off with a walk, stole second, and scored on Tim Smith's single. Mississippi's Jordan Henry appeared to have made a sliding catch on Smith's drive, but first base umpire Scott Graham didn't exactly hustle to get in position and ruled the play a trap. After an out, Andrew Romine smacked a double over the center fielder's head to push the lead to 4-0, and Brett Wallace followed with a bomb that cleared the safety fence behind the right field wall and ended up on Rural Road.

"Today was a probably a little more difficult than I thought, coming back after last night's game," said Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco. "After they put that four-run inning together, there wasn't much left in our tank."

Meanwhile, the Rebel offense couldn't dent the scoreboard against Satow. Satow walked the first two hitters in the third inning, but got a strikeout and an incredible double play turn by Eric Sogard to get out of the inning. In the fifth, the bottom of the Ole Miss order loaded the bases with two outs, but Satow got leadoff hitter Jordan Henry to bounce out to short.

"I didn't have my good stuff," said Satow. "I got some timely outs and my defense did an amazing job."

The Devils added an insurance run in the ninth when the 245-pound Wallace singled, stole second, and scored on Eric Sogard's single.

Satow was pulled with two out in the eighth after allowing an infield single and going to a 2-0 count on the next batter. Freshman closer Kevin Jarvis ended the inning with a strikeout, then allowed a meaningless unearned run in the 9th.

The Devils stormed from the dugout, but didn't dogpile right away. They exchanged hugs in the middle of the infield, then slowly piled themselves up in a very orderly fashion.

"Did you notice there wasn't really a dogpile?" asked Murphy. "Nobody going crazy. I wonder why? I think we were just so focused."

Satow pitched 7.2 innings, allowed five hits and four walks, and struck out three.

Now he's headed to Omaha for the second time.

"I went two years ago and didn't even play," Satow grinned. "And it was the best experience of my entire life."

Murphy is also extremely pleased his team is going back.

"It gives the players the opportunity to look at all their hard work and say it was worth it," said Murphy. "If you haven't been to Omaha, you're missing out. It's the best."

Now the Devils will get a chance to show that they're the best of the best. They'll open Saturday against UC Irvine.