The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
2/13/2000 | Baseball
Feb. 13, 2000
Game #3, Home Date #3, vs. Nicholls State
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000
Time: 1:30 pm
Stadium: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field Site: Oxford, Mississippi
REBELS VS. NICHOLLS STATE: This is the 20th meeting in the series dating back to 1962, and this weekend's three-game series is the first encounter between the two schools since 1991 ... Ole Miss leads the series 10-8-1, with the lone tie coming in 1975 (2-2 in Oxford) ... Ole Miss is 7-6-1 versus the Colonels in Oxford, and is 2-2 against Nicholls State at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
SCOUTING NICHOLLS STATE: Junior 1B Doug Gill is leading the Colonels in hitting through three games with a .500 average. Gill also leads the squad in HRs with two and RBIs with three. Sophomore C Jon Boruch is hitting .444 (4-9) with two RBIs. As a team, Nicholls State is hitting .232 and has a team ERA of 3.81.
PRE-SEASON RANKINGS: Ole Miss is ranked No. 40 in the preseason Collegiate Baseball Top 40 - one of five teams from the SEC Western Division to make the top 40 - and was listed among "Others Receiving Votes" in the USA Today/Baseball Weekly Coaches preseason Top 25 poll.
THE FIREMAN: Junior Justin Huisman comes into the 2000 season needing one save to become Ole Miss' all-time save leader. In his first two seasons at Ole Miss, Huisman has registered 13 saves to tie him with Skipper Wright (1983-1986) as the school's all-time leader in saves. Huisman converted on 10-of-14 save opportunities last season to break Rory Ferrell's 1977 single-season record of nine.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
Today's starting pitcher, senior RHP Joey Cramblitt is 14-2 in his career against non-conference opponents.
At Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field, Cramblitt has posted a 7-1 career mark with a 3.79 ERA.
Ole Miss was 5-8 in Sunday games last season.
The Rebels were 24-6 last season when scoring seven or more runs in a game, and are 1-0 this season. When scoring less than seven runs in a game last year, Ole Miss went 10-22 and is 0-1 in 2000.
The Ole Miss pitching staff opened the season with 13 2/3 scoreless innings before Nicholls State plated two runs in the fourth inning yesterday.
SCHEDULE CORRECTION: The start time for next Friday's home game against Louisiana Tech is incorrectly listed on the 2000 Ole Miss schedule cards and posters as 4:00 p.m. The actual start time is 3:00 p.m.
