The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
3/11/2000 | Baseball
March 11, 2000
Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000
Time: 6:00 p.m. (CST)
Stadium: McKethan Stadium
Date: Gainesville, Florida
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHING MATCH-UP
Nathan Lyons (So., LHP), 3-1, 1.57 ERA vs. Jay Belflower (So., RHP), 2-1, 9.13 ERA
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. FLORIDA
Tomorrow: Joey Cramblitt (Sr., RHP), 3-1, 2.22 ERA vs. Jeff Cardozo (Jr., RHP), 1-0, 4.72 ERA
GATORS VS. LYONS: Goss .000 (0-1), Keene .000 (0-2), Klebonis .000 (0-1), Nystrom .500 (1-2), Shealy .500 (1-2), Siegel .000 (0-1)
REBELS VS. BELFLOWER: Cox 1.000 (1-1, BB), R. Davis .000 (0-1, HBP), Hutchinson .500 (1-2, HR), Voltz .000 (0-1, BB).
REBELS VS. FLORIDA: Tonight's meeting is the 56th all-time between the Rebels and Gators ... Florida leads the series 31-24 ... The Rebels have won five straight against the Gators, which is their longest win streak in the series ... Ole Miss has outscored Florida 49-20 during the five-game streak ... Ole Miss is 5-18 all-time versus the Gators in Gainesville.
IN THE POLLS: Ole Miss is not ranked in any of the three major college baseball polls but did receive five votes in the latest Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll to finish 19th among "Others Receiving Votes." ... Florida received one vote in this week's Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches poll.
AFTER 16 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 6-10 through 16 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .310 (178-575) with 25 HRs, 37 doubles, nine triples and 98 RBIs ... they had outscored the opposition 109-108 ... Ole Miss had stole 11 bases in 21 attempts and grounded into eight double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 6.35 ERA (136.0 IP, 96 ER), allowing 138 hits, including 16 HRs, walked 74 and had struck out 107 ... Ole Miss had a .969 fielding percentage with 18 errors.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
Ole Miss has won 18 of its last 25 games against teams from the SEC Eastern Division dating back to the Rebels' last visit to Gainesville in 1998.
Rebel pitchers have held opponents to 10 or less hits in 13-of-16 games this season.
Ole Miss has outscored the opposition 51-19 in the first three innings this season.
Since 1998, the Rebels are 55-8 (.873 winning percentage) when leading after seven innings, and 59-4 (.937 winning percentage) when leading after eight innings.
Ole Miss is hitting .306 (59-193) in five road games this season with seven HRs, compared to .332 (125-377) with seven HRs in 11 home games. Rebel pitchers have posted a 7.01 ERA (43.2 IP, 34 ER) away from home, and opponents are hitting .309 (54-175) against them with seven HRs. Ole Miss has a 2.44 ERA (96.0 IP, 26 ER) at home and have held opponents to a .193 average (66-342) with two HRs.
Through 16 games, the Rebels have stole 24 bases. Last year, Ole Miss did not steal its 24th bases until its 38th game of the season. This year's team is also within 11 steals of last year's total of 35.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#24 Nathan Lyons, Soph., LHP
(Kennett, Mo./Kennett H.S.)
Is making his fifth start of the season.
Is 3-1 with a 1.57 ERA (23.0 IP, 4 ER) and has registered 15 strikeouts.
Has won his last three outings against Louisiana Tech (2/19), South Alabama (2/26) and SE Missouri State (3/4).
Worked a career-long seven innings against South Alabama (2/26) and SEMO (3/4).
Has allowed just two runs, one earned, in his last 14 innings.
Struck out a season-high five against Louisiana Tech.
Career Numbers
Is 7-6 with a 3.61 ERA (87.1 IP, 35 ER) in 27 appearances, including 13 starts.
Has recorded one career save.
LAST START: Pitched seven innings against SEMO last Saturday, tying his longest career outing that was set the week before at South Alabama ... allowed one run on four hits and three walks ... struck out three ... allowed the lone run in the fifth, when Kevin Meyer hit a one-out single, stole second, and Jeremy Johnson hit a RBI single a batter later ... was relieved at the top of the eighth by Joseph Liberto.
PRIOR START: Worked a career-long seven innings against South Alabama (2/26) to earn his second straight win ... limited the Jaguars to just one unearned run on three hits and two walks ... struckout four ... South Alabama scored its only run in the first inning on Kyle Stanky's sacrifice fly to score Scott Calahan, who reached third on a passed ball with one out ... retired 11 in a row from Stanky's sac fly until Craig Remos hit a one-out single in the fifth ... relieved at the start of the eight by Joseph Liberto ... threw 98 pitches in his seven innings of work.
LYONS AND FLORIDA: This will be Lyons' third career appearance and first career start against the Gators ... made two relief appearances in last year's three-game series at Oxford, allowing no runs on three hits in 5.1 innings ... earned the win in the Sunday game (4/11/99), pitching 4.2 innings.
LYONS VERSUS THE SEC: Is 4-4 with a 3.81 ERA (49.2 IP, 21 ER) in 15 career appearances, including eight starts, against SEC schools.
LYONS VERSUS THE SEC EASTERN DIVISION: Is 1-1 with a 4.64 ERA (21.1 IP, 11 ER) in seven career appearances, including three starts, against the SEC Eastern Division.
LYONS MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Is 4-1 in his career at home with a 2.65 ERA (37.1 IP, 11 ER).
Is 2-1 at home this season with a 1.69 ERA (16.0 IP, 3 ER) in three starts.
Is 1-0 on the road this season with a 0.00 ERA (7.0 IP, 0 ER) in one start.
Is 2-2 with a 4.41 ERA (32.2 IP, 16 ER) in 13 career appearances, including four starts, on the road.
Is 2-0 with a 1.90 ERA (23.2 IP, 5 ER) in nine career appearances, including two starts during the month of March.
In day games, Lyons is 6-5 in his career with a 3.42 ERA (73.2 IP, 28 ER) in 21 appearances, including 12 starts.
In night games, Lyons has a career mark of 1-1 with a 3.95 ERA (13.2 IP, 6 ER) in six appearances, including one start.
This will be his first start at night this season.
