OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Aaron Rawl threw a three-hitter and South Carolina kept Mississippi in third place in the SEC West, defeating the Rebels 2-0 on Friday night.<br>
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Rawl struck out six and walked none in the complete-game shutout for the Gamecocks (34-17, 13-12 Southeastern Conference), who entered the weekend 3.5 games behind East Division leader Tennessee.<br>
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Ole Miss (35-16, 13-12) started the day one game behind West co-leaders Alabama and LSU, but couldn't keep pace despite losing pitcher Mark Holliman's 13 strikeouts.<br>
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The Gamecocks did all their damage in the second inning. Chris Brown's RBI double off Holliman scored Brendan Winn, and Niel Giesler followed that with a run-scoring single which scored Brown.<br>
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From there, it was all Rawl. The senior right-hander allowed just two Ole Miss baserunners to reach second in improving to 8-5.<br>
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Holliman allowed five hits but fell to 5-3. Justin Henry had two of the Rebels' hits.<br>
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