The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
3/24/2000 | Baseball
Game #23, Home Game #15 vs. Vanderbilt
Date: Friday, March 24, 2000
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Stadium: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field
Site: Oxford, Miss.
TONIGHT'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
#10 Andy Beal (Jr., LHP, 2-3, 3.48 ERA) vs. #34 Jeff McAvoy (Sr., RHP, 4-2, 5.17 ERA)
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. VANDERBILT
Tomorrow: Chris Maultsby (So., RHP, 0-1, 5.54) vs. Brett Young (Fr., RHP, 0-0, 6.18 ERA)
Sunday: Damon Yee (Sr., RHP, 3-2, 2.54) vs. TBA
REBELS VS. BEAL: Farrar .000 (0-1), Hill .200 (1-5), Huisman .333 (2-6, HR), Lafferty .000 (0-2), Voltz .000 (0-0, 2 BB)
COMMODORES VS. McAVOY: Geshke .333 (1-3), Kropf .000 (0-3), Luellwitz .333 (1-3), Nonemaker .333 (1-3), Vanderhoff .500 (1-2, HR)
REBELS VS. VANDERBILT: Tonight's meeting is 76th all-time between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt ... the Rebels lead the all-time series 37-36-2 ... Ole Miss has won four of the last six meetings, winning the 1998 series in Oxford 2-1, and last year's series in Nashville 2-1 ... Vanderbilt's last series win was in 1997 when the Commodores swept the Rebels in Nashville ... Ole Miss is 19-11 against Vanderbilt in Oxford, but is just 5-7 against the Commodores in Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
SCOUTING VANDERBILT: Vanderbilt is 10-12 having dropped its last three games and seven of its last nine ... the Commodores are hitting .283 (214-757) as a team with 19 HRs, and have outscored their opponents 147-141 ... junior Ulises Cabrera leads the team with a .346 (27-78) average ... sophomore OF Karl Nonemaker is hitting .344 (32-93) and leads Vandy in HRs (4) and RBI (22) ... Commodore pitchers have a team ERA of 4.88 (192.0 IP, 104 ER).
AFTER 22 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 11-11 through 22 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .316 (251-794) with 32 HRs, 53 doubles, 11 triples and 153 RBI ... they had outscored the opposition 166-137 ... Ole Miss had stole 17 bases in 28 attempts and grounded into 13 double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 5.67 ERA (189.0 IP, 119 ER), allowing 188 hits, including 18 HRs, walked 101 and had struck out 152 ... Ole Miss had a .965 fielding percentage with 29 errors.
VOLTZ FINALIST FOR SEC ACADEMIC AWARD: Senior 1B Jude Voltz has been named a finalist for the 1999-2000 H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete Award. As a finalist, Voltz will receive a $5,000 scholarship for post-graduate studies. Each SEC school nominated one male and one female for the award, and a selection committe will name an outstanding male and female scholar-athlete, who will in turn receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship, provided by the Alltel Corporation.
INJURY REPORT: Sophomore LHP Nathan Lyons will miss his second straight start Saturday as he not listed on Ole Miss' 25-man dress out roster. Lyons missed his last start against Tennessee due to a sore left arm.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
Fourth-year head coach Pat Harrison is looking to earn his 100th career victory at Ole Miss tonight. Harrison enters tonight's game with a 99-91 (.521) record with the Rebels, and is 233-208- 2 (.528) in eight-plus seasons overall.
Ole Miss has lost three straight for the first time this season, and has dropped four of its last five. The Rebels have not lost four consecutive games since losing six straight last season from Feb. 28 to March 13.
The Rebels are hitting .200 (37-168) over the last five games, and .165 (16-97) with six runs scored during their three-game losing streak.
Ole Miss is 9-5 at home this season with the five losses equaling the Rebels' total from last season when they went 21-5 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
The Rebels are 7-3 versus left-handed starters, compared to 6-6 against right-handers.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#34 Jeff McAvoy, Sr., RHP
(Palmer, Mass./Palmer H.S./Western Carolina)
Is making his seventh start of the season.
Is 4-2 with a 5.17 ERA (31.1 IP, 18 ER).
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.
Allowed just one hit and two runs in six innings of work in his start against Louisiana Tech (2/18).
Struck out a season-high seven against the Bulldogs.
Worked a season long 6.1 innings at Florida (3/10), allowing four runs on six hits and one walk to earn the win.
Career Numbers:
Has made 42 career appearances, including 35 starts.
Is 17-13 with a 5.46 ERA (232.1 IP, 141 ER).
LAST START: Worked six innings, allowing six runs, only two earned, on nine hits and one walk, while striking out two against Tennessee (3/17) ... suffered his first loss at home since April 4, 1998 against South Carolina, snapping a string of nine straight wins ... Ole Miss staked McAvoy to a 2-0 lead with two runs in the first ... Tennessee got a run back in the second on John Massey's two-out single that scored Jeff Christensen, who doubled ... two errors led to four unearned runs in fourth ... Chris Burke plated the Vols sixth run on a sac fly that scored Ryan Case in the sixth inning ... was relieved by Ronnie Goodwin at the top of the seventh.
PRIOR START: Pitched 6.1 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and one walk, and fanned three in earning the win at Florida (3/10) ... retired the first nine batters he faced before Mark Kiger led off the fourth with a solo home run ... following Kiger's home run, McAvoy set down seven straight until Pat Osborn singled through the left side of the infield with one out in the sixth ... Tim Olson hit a lead-off double to spark a three-run seventh ... Tony Soccarras followed with a RBI single to score Olson ... after getting Ryan Shealy to foul out to third, Peter Nystrom drew a walk and Taylor Wood hit a RBI double to right center to cut the Rebel lead to 6-3 ... Ronnie Goodwin then came on to relieve McAvoy.
McAVOY AND VANDERBILT: This will be McAvoy's third career start against the Commodores ... he is 1-0 with a 9.23 ERA (12.2 IP, 13 ER) ... allowed eight runs on 13 hits and one walk, while striking out seven in taking a no decision against Vanderbilt on April 17, 1998 in Oxford ... the Commodores won that game 11-9 ... last year in Nashville, allowed five runs on six hits and one walk, while fanning four in six innings to earn a 7-6 win.
McAVOY VS. SEC OPPONENTS: Has a 10-8 career mark with a 5.10 ERA (166.0 IP, 94 ER) against SEC opponents in 25 career appearances, including 24 starts ... went 5-4 with a 4.00 ERA (87.2 IP, 39 ER) in 12 starts against SEC schools last season ... is 1-1 with a 4.38 ERA (12.1 IP, 6 ER) in two starts this season.
McAVOY VS. THE SEC EAST: Is 3-4 with a 6.49 ERA (79.0 IP, 57 ER) in 12 career starts against SEC East teams ... went 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA (36.0 IP, 18 ER) against the SEC Eastern Division last season ... is 1-1 with a 4.38 ERA (12.1 IP, 6 ER) in two starts against the East this season.
McAVOY MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Opponents are hitting .205 (16-78) against him.
Is 11-3 with a 3.11 ERA (115.2 IP, 40 ER) in 21 career appearances at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Is 3-1 with a 1.71 ERA (21.0 IP, 4 ER) in four starts at home this season.
Has won nine of his last 10 decisions at home, with his loss last Friday against Tennessee being his first since April 4, 1998 against South Carolina.
Is 6-6 with a 8.68 ERA (85.0 IP, 82 ER) in 16 career appearances, including 15 starts, on the road.
Is 1-1 with a 12.19 (10.1 IP, 14 ER) in two starts away from Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field this season.
Is 8-5 with a career 4.83 ERA (110.0 IP, 59 ER) in 19 career outings at night, including 16 starts.
Is 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA (17.1 IP, 6 ER) in three starts at night this season.
Has a 9-8 record with a 6.03 ERA (122.1 IP, 82 ER) in 23 day game outings in his career.
In 2000, he is 2-1 with a 7.71 ERA (14 IP, 10 ER) in three day game starts.
Has a career mark of 5-4 with a 5.53 ERA (66.2 IP, 41 ER) in 13 appearances, including 11 starts, in the month of March.
Is 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA (17.1 IP, 6 ER) during the month of March this season.
