The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Notes
2/28/2000 | Baseball
Feb. 28, 2000
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Stadium: Pete Taylor Park
Site: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
TONIGHT'S PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UP
#33 Brett Young, UM (Fr., RHP), 0-0, 4.50 ERA vs. #14 Colby Calcote, USM (Sr., RHP), 0-2, 5.17
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. SE MISSOURI STATE
Friday: #12 Dan Huesgen (Sr., RHP), 1-0, 3.50 vs. #34 Jeff McAvoy (Sr., RHP), 2-1, 7.71
Saturday: #26 Lanson Debrock (Sr., RHP), 2-1, 0.45 vs. #24 Nathan Lyons (Soph., LHP), 2-1, 1.69
REBELS VS. CALCOTE: Cox 1.000 (1-1), Farrar .000 (0-2), Huisman .000 (0-1), Lafferty .500 (1-2), Nugen .000 (0-2), Voltz .500 (1-2), HR
REBELS VS. SOUTHERN MISS: Tonight's game is 86th meeting between the Rebels and Golden Eagles dating back to 1929 ... Ole Miss holds a 54-31 advantage in the series ... USM won last year's season-series 2-1, outscoring the Rebels 22-12 and out-hitting Ole Miss 36-24 ... Last year's season-series victory by USM was its first since 1995 (2-1) as the two schools split four meetings in 1996, 1997 and 1998 ... Tonight's game is the first of two meetings between the two teams this season, as USM will visit Oxford on March 14 ... Ole Miss is 20-22 all-time in Hattiesburg, 32-8 in Oxford and 2-1 at neutral sites against USM ... The Golden Eagles have won 10 of the last 13 games played in Hattiesburg, including 12-3 last season ... Fourth-year head coach Pat Harrison is 5-6 vs. USM.
SCOUTING SOUTHERN MISS: The Golden Eagles are 5-5 on the year, and have won four of their last five after starting out 1-4 ... USM swept a three-game set from Nicholls State this past weekend, outscoring the Colonels 32-8, and out-hitting them 39-27 ... USM is hitting .263 as a team with 13 HRs, and has outscored its opponents 66-46 ... Senior IF Chris Fishburn leads the team in hitting with a .429 average (15-35) with seven RBIs ... Senior C Chris Finnegan is hitting .306 (11-36) with a team-high four HRs and 11 RBIs ... Golden Eagle pitchers have an ERA of 4.24 (85 IP, 40 ER), and opponents are hitting .276 against them with nine HRs.
IN THE POLLS: Ole Miss is unranked in the three major college baseball polls but did receive 31 votes in the latest Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 poll to finish ninth among "Others Receiving Votes."
AFTER 10 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 5-5 after 10 games last season ... the Rebels were hitting .304 (108-355) with 12 HRs, 56 RBIs, 19 doubles and six triples ... they had outscored the opposition 65-54 ... Ole Miss had stole 7-of-13 bases and hit into six double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a team ERA of 4.71 (86 IP, 45 ER), allowing 75 hits and 39 walks, and had struck out 60 ... opponents were hitting .231 against them with 11 HRs ... Ole Miss had committed 11 errors and had a .970 fielding percentage.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
The 8-2 start is the best under the guidance of fourth-year head coach Pat Harrison and the Rebels' best 10-game start since going 9-1 to begin the 1994 season.
Ole Miss has recorded 10 or more hits in eight of the 10 games this season, while holding the opposition to 10 hits or less in nine of the 10 games.
Rebel hitters have struck out only 47 times in 391 plate appearances through 10 games, compared to 83 times in 393 plate appearances in the first 10 games of last season.
Ole Miss has stole 17 bases in 20 attempts this season. Last season, the Rebels didn't steal their 17th base until March 20 in the 22nd game of the year against Kentucky.
Tonight's game marks Ole Miss' first night game of the season. The Rebels were 18-9 (.667) in night games last season.
The Rebels were 6-4 on Tuesday's in 1999.
Since 1998, Ole Miss is 51-7 (.879) when leading after seven innings, and 55-3 (.948) when leading after eight innings. Last year the Rebels went 28-3 (.903) when leading after seven. One of those losses came at the hands of USM, who rallied for a 6-4 win on March 23 in Jackson by scoring four runs in the top of the eighth inning to take a 6-2 lead.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#33 Brett Young, Fr., RHP
(Westminster, Calif./Calvary Chapel H.S.)
Is making his first career start.
Has made three appearances in relief, going 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 IP.
Pitched a season-long four innings at South Alabama (2/25).
Tied a season-high with four strikeouts against Abilene Christian (2/17) in three innings.
Also fanned four against Nicholls State (2/12) in three innings of work.
Has walked just two of 41 batters he's faced.
YOUNG AND SOUTHERN MISS: This is Young's first career appearance against Southern Miss.
YOUNG AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA (10.0 IP, 5 ER) in three relief appearances against non-conference schools.
YOUNG MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Opponents are hitting .237 (9-38) against him with one HR.
Tonight's game will be his first ever outing at night.
Is 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA (10 IP, 5 ER) in three appearances during the day.
Is 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA (4 IP, 4 ER) in one appearance away from Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
At home, is 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA (6 IP, 1 ER) in two appearances.
