The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Postgame Notes
2/12/2000 | Baseball
Feb. 12, 2000
TIME OF FIRST PITCH: 2:01 p.m.
WEATHER: 47 degrees, wind SE 5-10 mph
The two runs by Nicholls State in the fourth inning snapped the Rebels' pitching staff scoreless inning streak at 12 2/3 innings to start the season.
Redshirt freshman RHP Joseph Liberto and freshman RHP Brett Young both made their Ole Miss debuts this afternoon.
Junior C Carl Lafferty picked two runners off base today and threw two runners out stealing. As a team, Ole Miss picked three Nicholls State runners off base.
Nicholls State starter Ronald Gilchrist retired the last 15 batters he faced after giving up a lead-off single to Clint Farrar in the third. Gilchrist was relieved in the top of the eighth by Chet Chambless.
Clint Farrar's two-out single in the eighth snapped a string of 17 straight retired Ole Miss batters by Nicholls State pitchers Gilchrist and Chet Chambless.
PITCHING BREAKDOWN FIRST PITCHPITCHER TOTAL STRIKES PCT. STIRKESRonald Gilchrist, NSU 74 49 .662 11-of-23 (.478)Chet Chambless, NSU 19 11 .579 2-of-4 (.500)Alex Velazquez, NSU 27 15 .556 3-of-5 (.600)Nathan Lyons, UM 59 26 .441 6-of-16 (.375)Joseph Liberto, UM 43 20 .465 3-of-9 (.333)Brett Young, UM 46 31 .673 8-of-11 (.727)
