The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
2/24/2000 | Baseball
Feb. 24, 2000
Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 25-27, 2000
Times: 4:00/1:00/1:00 p.m.
Stadium: Stanky Field
Location: Mobile, Alabama
FRIDAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
Jeff McAvoy, UM (Sr., RHP), 2-0, 1.80 ERA vs. Eric Janecek, USA (Sr., LHP), 0-0, 1.80 ERA.
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS
Saturday: Nathan Lyons, UM (Soph., LHP), 1-1, 3.00 vs. Casey Almond (Jr., RHP), 1-0, 4.15 or Peter Cooke (Sr., RHP), 0-1, 9.82.
Sunday: Joey Cramblitt, UM (Sr., RHP), 2-0, 0.87 vs. Layne Meyer (Sr., RHP), 0-0, 5.40.
JAGUARS VS. McAVOY: Calahan .333 (1-3), Gretz 1.000 (1-1), Merritt .000 (0-3), Pugh .000 (0-1).
JAGUARS VS. LYONS: Calahan .000 (0-1), Gretz .000 (0-2), Groom .000 (0-1), Merritt .000 (0-1), Touchstone .000 (0-1).
JAGUARS VS. CRAMBLITT: Calahan .333 (1-3), Gretz .333 (1-3), Groom .500 (1-2), Merritt .000 (0-2), Touchstone .000 (0-1).
REBELS VS. JANECEK: Hill .667 (2-3), Huisman .333 (1-3), Nugen .667 (2-3), Voltz .000 (0-4).
REBELS VS. COOKE: Hill .000 (0-1), Huisman 1.000 (1-1),Lafferty .000 (0-1), Voltz .000 (0-1).
REBELS VS. MEYER: Hill .500 (1-2), Huisman .000 (0-2), Hutchinson .000 (0-1), Voltz .500 (1-2), HR.
REBELS VS. SOUTH ALABAMA: This weekend's series marks the 18th, 19th and 20th meetings between the two teams dating back to 1971 ... The Jaguars lead the all-time series 11-6, though, the Rebels have won three of the last four ... The two teams played a three-game series last year in Oxford with the Rebels taking two-of-three games ... They outscored USA 22-11 and out-hit the Jaguars 35-24 during the three-game set ... Ole Miss is 0-8 against USA in Mobile and has been outscored 64-28 ... The last time the two schools met in Mobile was in 1990 with the Jaguars winning two games, 8-2 and 6-5.
SCOUTING SOUTH ALABAMA: South Alabama brings a 3-3 record into this weekend's series ... The Jaguars swept a twinbill from Arkansas-Pine Bluff (18-3, 10-3) on Monday and lost 9-4 to Auburn on Wednesday ... USA is hitting .299 as a team with three HRs, and has outscored its opponents 60-40 ... Sophomore SS Tim Merritt leads the team in hitting with a .480 average (12-25) with one HR and five RBIs ... The Jaguars have stole 21-of-25 bases, led by Merritt's eight in nine tries ... USA pitchers have a combined ERA of 2.77, and opponents are hitting just .209 against them.
IN THE POLLS: Ole Miss is unranked in the three major college baseball polls, but did receive 38 votes in this week's Baseball Weekly/ESPN poll to finish ninth among "Others Receiving Votes."
AFTER SEVEN GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 3-4 at this point last season ... The Rebels were hitting .328 as a team (87-265) with 11 HRs, 46 RBIs, 15 doubles and five triples ... They had outscored their opponents 55-48 ... Ole Miss had stole 5-of-8 bases ... Rebel pitchers had a cumulative ERA of 5.95 (59.0 IP, 39 ER), allowing 56 hits, including 10 HRs, 31 walks and struck out 34 ... Through seven games, Ole Miss had a .960 fielding percentage with 10 errors.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
Ole Miss is 99-45 (.688 winning percentage) all-time versus teams currently in the Sun Belt Conference. The Rebels were 4-2 against the Sun Belt Conference last season, defeating New Orleans at the Winn-Dixie Showdown, taking two-of-three from South Alabama in Oxford and splitting a home-and-home with Arkansas State.
The Rebels were 9-16 (.360 winning percentage) on the road last season.
Ole Miss starting pitchers have posted a combined ERA of 1.83 in 34.1 IP through seven games this season, and have allowed opponents to hit just .147 against them. Overall, opponents are hitting .173 against Rebel pitching, and Ole Miss has a team ERA of 2.25.
The Rebels are hitting .409 as a team with runners in scoring position (36-88).
During its three-game sweep of Louisiana Tech, the Rebels outscored the Bulldogs 26-6, and out-hit them 41-11. During the Rebels' current five-game winning streak, Ole Miss has outscored the opposition 44-15, and has out-hit them 71-25.
Since 1998, Ole Miss is 50-7 (.877 winning percentage) when leading after seven innings, and is 54-3 (.947 winning percentage) when leading after eight innings.
FRIDAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#34 Jeff McAvoy, Sr., RHP
Palmer, Mass./Palmer H.S. (Western Carolina)
Making his third start of the season, is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (10 IP, 2 ER).
Opponents are hitting .088 (3-34) against him.
Allowed just one hit and two runs in six innings of work in his start against Louisiana Tech (2/18) last Friday in Oxford.
Struck out a season-high seven against the Bulldogs.
Pitched four shutout innings against Nicholls State in the season-opener (2/11), allowing two hits and one walk.
Was credited with the win versus the Colonels after being lifted due to a pitch count.
Career Numbers:
Is 15-11 with a 5.33 ERA (211.0 IP, 125 ER) in 38 appearances, including 31 starts.
LAST START: Allowed just one hit in six complete innings against Louisiana Tech (2/18) ... struck out a season-high seven ... retired the first 10 batters he faced before allowing a one-out walk to Travis McElory ... Niko Bouzos then followed with a two-run home run for the Bulldogs' only runs in a 9-2 Ole Miss win ... retired the last eight batters he faced following Bouzos' homer ... faced just two batters over the minimum after six innings ... was relieved by Glen Morris in the top of the seventh, and the game was halted following two pitches from Morris in the seventh ... game was called complete following a 45-minute delay with McAvoy being credited with the win.
PRIOR START: Pitched four scoreless innings against Nicholls State in the season-opener (2/11) ... the Colonels got singles in the second and third innings ... allowed just one runner to reach as far as second ... threw 75 percent of his pitches for strikes (46-of-61) and recorded 12 first-pitch strikes against 16 batters ... relieved by Glen Morris at the top of the fifth ... was credited with the win.
McAVOY AND SOUTH ALABAMA: This will be McAvoy's second career start and appearance against South Alabama ... In his only other appearance against the Jaguars, allowing one run on five hits and struck out eight in 7 1/3 innings to earn the win in a 4-1 Rebel victory during the opening game of last year's three-game series in Oxford.
McAVOY AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 6-4 with a 5.81 ERA (57.1 IP, 37 ER) in 15 career appearances against non-conference opponents, including nine starts.
McAVOY MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Is 10-2 with a 3.27 ERA (104.2 IP, 38 ER) in 19 career appearances at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Has won eight straight decisions at home, with his last home lost coming on April 4, 1998 against South Carolina.
Is 5-5 with a 8.20 ERA (74.2 IP, 68 ER) in 14 career appearances, including 13 starts, on the road.
Went 3-3 with a 7.09 ERA (39.1 IP, 31 ER) in eight appearances, including seven starts, on the road last season.
Has a 9-7 record with a 5.48 ERA (118.1 IP, 72 ER) in 22 day game outings.
Is 6-3 with a 4.11 ERA (50.1 IP, 23 ER) during his Ole Miss career in the month of February.
SATURDAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#24 Nathan Lyons, Soph, LHP
Kennett, Mo./Kennett
Will be making his third start of the year.
Is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA (9 IP, 3 ER) and has registered eight strikeouts.
Opponents are hitting .200 (6-30) against him this season.
Worked five innings last Saturday in earning the win against Louisiana Tech (2/19), allowing two runs on four hits and three walks.
Struck out a season-high five against the Bulldogs.
Career Numbers
Is 5-6 with a 4.17 ERA (73.1 IP, 34 ER) in 25 appearances, including 11 starts.
Opponents are hitting .278 against him, and have hit five HRs.
Has recorded one career save.
LAST START: Pitched five innings against Louisiana Tech last Saturday in earning his first win of the season ... allowed two runs on four hits and three walks, while fanning five ... threw 87 pitches, 43 of them for strikes ... Craig Montgomery opened the game by lining his first pitch to left for a single, and advanced to second on an error by Kris Cox ... he then walked Jeff Roman and T.J. Soto hit an RBI single a batter later to make it 1-0 ... Roman then scored from third on a RBI ground out to short by Jake Adams ... worked his way out of a second and third situation with no outs in the third inning by striking out Adams and Fraser Innouye, then coaxing Tim Meadows to ground out to short ... retired nine of the last 10 hitters he faced before being relieved by Ronnie Goodwin at the start of the sixth.
PRIOR START: Worked four innings in his first start of the year against Nicholls State in Oxford on Feb. 12 ... suffered the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits and four walks in a 3-0 loss ... struck out three ... recorded 59 pitches, 26 of them for strikes ... allowed one hit in his first three innings ... issued a lead-off walk to Shane Landry to start the fourth ... after stealing second, Landry advanced to third on a passed ball by Carl Lafferty with one out ... Lyons struck out Glen Hutchinson for the second out of the inning, but then walked Lee Molaison ... Molaison then stole second and Bryan Daigle followed with a two-run single to give the Colonels a 2-0 lead ... was relieved by Joseph Liberto at the start of the fifth.
LYONS AND SOUTH ALABAMA: This will be Lyons' second career appearance and first start against South Alabama ... Lyons pitched three innings of relief in the third game of last year's series in Oxford (2/28/99), allowing one run on three hits and struck out three ... did not factor into the decision.
LYONS AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 1-2 with a 4.94 ERA (23.2 IP, 19 ER) in 10 career appearances, including three starts, against non-conference opponents .
LYONS MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Is 3-1 at home with a 3.26 ERA (30.1 IP, 11 ER).
During the month of February, Lyons is 1-1 in his career with a 3.46 ERA (13.0 IP, 5 ER), four appearances, including two starts.
In day games, Lyons is 4-5 in his career with a 4.22 ERA (59.2 IP, 28 ER) in 19 appearances, including 10 starts.
Last season on the road, he went 1-2 with a 5.61 ERA (25.2 IP, 16 ER) in 12 appearances, including three starts.
SUNDAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#49 Joey Cramblitt, Sr., RHP
Meridian, Miss./Mississippi School for Math & Science
Is making his third start of the year
Is 2-0 with a 0.87 ERA (10.1 IP, 1 ER).
Opponents are hitting .143 (5-35) against him.
Worked 5.1 innings in his start against Louisiana Tech last Sunday (2/20), allowing one run on four hits and two walks, and struck out three.
Pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, in his first start of the year against Nicholls State (2/13).
Career Numbers:
Is 16-5 with a 4.95 ERA (145.1 IP, 80 ER) in 42 career appearances, including 20 starts.
.762 career winning percentage ranks seventh on the school's all-time list (minimum 8 wins).
LAST START: Went a season-long 5.1 innings against Louisiana Tech last Sunday ...held the Bulldogs to one run on four hits and two walks, and struck out three to earn the win ... threw 74 pitches, 54 of them for strikes (73.0 percent) ... retired 12 straight following a one-out walk to Niko Bouzos in the first inning ... that string was broken by a one-out double in the fifth by Tim Meadows ... loaded the bases in the sixth, allowing a lead-off single to Craig Montgomery, a walk to Scott Abadie and a single to Bouzos ... coaxed T.J. Soto to pop out to short for the first out of the inning and was then relieved by Glen Morris ... Morris got out of the inning allowing just one run to score off a wild pitch ... the run was charged to Cramblitt.
PRIOR START: Worked five scoreless innings in his first start of the year against Nicholls State on Feb. 13 in Oxford ... allowed just one hit, while walking three and striking out one in earning the win ... recorded 53 pitches, 30 of them hitting for strikes (56.6 percent) ... the lone hit was a one-out single by Shane Landry in the first inning .... was relieved at the start of the sixth inning by Ronnie Goodwin with Ole Miss leading 8-0.
CRAMBLITT AND SOUTH ALABAMA: This will be Cramblitt's second career appearance and start against the Jaguars ... Cramblitt pitched six innings in game two of last year's three-game series in Oxford, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk, while striking out four in earning an 11-2 win.
CRAMBLITT AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 16-2 with a 3.53 ERA (112.1 IP, 44 ER) in 26 career appearances, including 16 starts, against non-conference opponents.
CRAMBLITT MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Is 9-1 with a 3.91 ERA (76.0 IP, 33 ER) in 20 career appearances, including 10 starts, at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Has a 5-3 career record on the road, with a 6.93 ERA (50.2 IP, 39 ER) in 17 appearances, including seven starts.
Was 2-1 with a 7.52 ERA (26.1 IP, 22 ER) on the road last season in nine appearances, including three starts.
Is 6-2 in day games with a 4.89 ERA (70.0 IP, 38 ER) in 21 career appearances, including 10 starts.
Last year in day games, was 1-2 with a 6.99 ERA (37.1 IP, 29 ER) in 12 appearances, including six starts.
