The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
3/26/2000 | Baseball
Game #25, Home Game #17 vs. Vanderbilt
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2000
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Stadium: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field
Site: Oxford, Miss.
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
#12 Damon Yee (Sr., RHP, 3-2, 2.54) vs. #49 Joey Cramblitt (Sr., RHP, 3-3, 5.18)
REBELS VS. YEE: Cox .000 (0-1), Hill 1.000 (1-1), Huisman .000 (0-2), Lafferty .000 (0-1), Voltz .000 (0-4)
COMMODORES VS. CRAMBLITT: Flubacker .000 (0-1), Kropf .000 (0-1), Luellwitz .000 (0-1), Nonemaker .000 (0-1)
REBELS VS. VANDERBILT: Today's meeting is 78th all-time between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt ... the Rebels lead the all-time series 39-36-2 ... with last night's win, Ole Miss has now won six of the last eight meetings ... Ole Miss is 21-11 against Vanderbilt in Oxford, including 7-7 against the Commodores in Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field ... with a win today, the Rebels can record their first three-game sweep of Vanderbilt since 1986 in Oxford.
SCOUTING VANDERBILT: Vanderbilt is 10-14 having dropped its last five games and nine of its last 11 ... the Commodores are hitting .275 (225-819) as a team with 20 HRs ... they have scored 152 runs, and have allowed 152 runs ... sophomore OF Karl Nonemaker leads the Commodores in batting average (.333), HRs (4) and RBI (23) ... Vanderbilt pitchers have a team ERA of 4.93 (208.0 IP, 114 ER), and opponents are hitting .261 against them (212-811) with 16 HRs.
AFTER 24 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 12-12 through 24 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .308 (264-858) with 34 HRs, 56 doubles, 12 triples and 158 RBI ... they had outscored the opposition 173-145 ... Ole Miss had stole 19 bases in 31 attempts and grounded into 14 double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 5.48 ERA (207.0 IP, 126 ER), allowing 205 hits, including 19 HRs, walked 113 and had struck out 170 ... Ole Miss had a .962 fielding percentage with 34 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.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
Ole Miss is going for its second sweep of a three-game series this season, and its first in SEC play. The Rebels swept three games from Louisiana Tech Feb. 18-20 in Oxford.
The Rebels entered the Sunday game of an SEC series five times last season with an opportunity to sweep the series, and went 2-3 in those games. Ole Miss swept Kentucky and Florida, while Vanderbilt, Georgia and Mississippi State were able to avoid sweeps by salvaging the final game of the series.
Dating back to last season, Ole Miss is 16-7 (.696) against the SEC Eastern Division, and is 21-8 (.724) dating back to the third game of the 1998 Florida series (4/12/98).
The seven runs by Ole Miss last night marked the first time in five games that the Rebels scored five or more runs. The 12 hits was also the first time in five games that Ole Miss had recorded six or more hits.
The Rebels are 10-2 (.833) when scoring seven or more runs and 12-2 (.857) when recording 10 or more hits in a game.
Since 1998, Ole Miss is 59-8 (.881) when leading after seven innings, and 63-4 (.940) when leadng after eight innings.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#49 Joey Cramblitt, Sr., RHP
(Meridian, Miss./Mississippi School for Math & Science)
Is making his seventh start of the year
Is 3-3 with a 5.18 ERA (33.0 IP, 19 ER).
Opened the year with three straight wins against Nicholls State (2/13), Louisiana Tech (2/20) and South Alabama (2/27).
Has lost his last three starts against No. 4 Baylor (3/7), Florida (3/12), and Louisiana-Monroe (3/21).
Pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, in his first start of the year against Nicholls State (2/13).
Logged a season-long eight innings against South Alabama (2/27), allowing two runs, one earned, on eight hits and no walks in earning the victory.
Tied a career-high with eight strikeouts against the Baylor.
Career Numbers
Is 17-8 with a 5.25 ERA (168.0 IP, 98 ER) in 45 career appearances, including 23 starts.
LAST START: Suffered the loss in the Rebels' 9-2 defeat at Louisiana-Monroe on Tuesday ... pitched four innings, allowing five runs on four hits and five strikeouts ... hit three batters in the first inning, including two of the first four he faced to load the bases ... Toby Childers then singled home two runs to put the Indians up 2-0 and spark a five-run first inning ... Mark Benson followed two batters later with another two-run single to cap the inning ... following Benson's single, Cramblitt retired eight straight until Benson's one-out double in the fourth ... struck out Craig Carter and Scott Cadwallader to end the fourth ... was relieved by Joseph Liberto at the start of the fifth.
PRIOR START: Recorded his shortest start of the season against Florida (3/12), working 4.2 innings ... allowed 10 runs, eight earned, on 11 hits and three walks ... Tim Olson and Peter Nystrom opened the second with back-to-back singles before Cramblitt retired the next three hitters to escape the inning with no runs scored ... Florida scored a run in the third and three in the fourth ... the first three batters in the fourth reached base and later scored in the the inning ... was touched for six runs in the fifth, including a three-run home run by Tony Socarras ... was relieved by Evan Conley with two outs in the fifth.
CRAMBLITT AND VANDERBILT: This will be Cramblitt's second career appearance and first start against the Commodores ... he is 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA after pitching two innings of relief against Vanderbilt last year in Nashville.
CRAMBLITT VS. SEC OPPONENTS: Is 0-4 with a 10.63 ERA (42.1 IP, 50 ER) in 19 career appearances, including six starts, against SEC opponents ... was 0-2 with an 8.48 ERA (28.2 IP, 27 ER) in 11 appearances, including four starts, against SEC schools last season ... is 0-1 with a 15.42 ERA (4.2 IP, 8 ER) in SEC play this season.
CRAMBLITT VS. THE SEC EAST: Is 0-3 with a 10.27 ERA (23.2 IP, 27 ER) in nine career appearances, including four starts, against the SEC East ... went 0-2 with a 6.45 ERA (16.2 IP, 12 ER) in five appearances, including three starts, last year against the SEC East ... is 0-1 with a 15.42 ERA (4.2 IP, 8 ER) versus the East this season.
CRAMBLITT MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Opponents are hitting .282 (37-131) against him this season.
Is 9-2 with a 4.06 ERA (82.0 IP, 37 ER) in 21 career appearances, including 11 starts, at Oxford-University Stadium/hSwayze Field.
Is 2-1 with a 2.76 ERA (16.1 IP, 5 ER) at home this season in three starts.
Has a 6-5 career record on the road, with a 7.08 ERA (67.1 IP, 53 ER) in 20 appearances, including nine starts.
Is 1-2 on the road this season with a 7.27 ERA (17.1 IP, 14 ER) in three starts.
Is 7-3 in day games with a 5.12 ERA (82.2 IP, 47 ER) in 23 career appearances, including 12 starts.
Is 3-1 with a 3.91 ERA (23.0 IP, 10 ER) in four day games this season.
Has a 10-5 career record at night with a 5.38 ERA (85.1 IP, 51 ER) in 23 appearances, including 12 starts.
Is 0-2 with a 8.10 ERA (10.0 IP, 9 ER) in two starts at night this season.
Is 4-4 in his career during the month of March with a 6.71 ERA (61.2 IP, 46 ER) in 17 appearances, including 10 starts.
Is 0-3 with a 10.43 ERA (14.2 IP, 17 ER) in three starts during March this season.
