The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Notes
3/31/2000 | Baseball
Game #28, Road Game #10 at No. 23 Kentucky
Date: Friday, March 31, 2000
Time: 6:00 p.m. (EST)
Stadium: Cliff Hagan Stadium
Site: Lexington, Kentucky
TONIGHT'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
Jeff McAvoy, UM (Sr., RHP, 5-2, 4.02) vs. Brandon Webb, UK (Jr. 5-0, 3.47)
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. KENTUCKY
Saturday: Brett Young (Fr., RHP, 1-0, 5.88) vs. Scott Wade (Fr., RHP, 5-1, 2.66)
Sunday: Joey Cramblitt (Sr., RHP, 3-4, 4.91) vs. Mark Michael (Fr., RHP, 3-0, 1.84)
REBELS VS. WEBB: Hill .250 (1-4), Huisman .000 (0-4), Lafferty .500 (2-4), Morris .000 (0-3), Voltz .250 (1-4)
WILDCATS VS. McAVOY: Green .200 (1-5), McGlone .333 (2-6), McInnis .000 (0-3), Moore .500 (2-4), Price 1.000 (3-3, HR), Wilson .333 (2-6), Wolfe .000 (0-3)
REBELS VS. KENTUCKY: Tonight's game marks the 37th meeting all-time between Kentucky and Ole Miss ... the Rebels lead the series 22-14 ... Ole Miss has won the last three series with the Wildcats, winning seven of the last nine games played ... the Rebels swept Kentucky last year in Oxford ... Kentucky's last series win was in 1996 when the Wildcats swept the Rebels in Lexington ... the Rebels are 14-4 against the Wildcats in Oxford, 8-10 in Lexington.
SCOUTING KENTUCKY: The Wildcats entered the week ranked 23rd by Baseball Weekly and No. 27 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 ... Kentucky is hitting .307 as a team with 34 HRs, ranking second in the SEC in HRs entering the week, and has outscored the opposition 225-116 ... senior Andy Green leads the team in hitting with a .402 average (43-107) ... senior John Wilson is hitting .378 (37-98) and leads the Wildcats in HRs (11) and RBI (34) ... Wildcat pitchers have a team ERA of 3.84.
AFTER 27 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 13-14 through 27 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .305 (294-965) with 38 HRs, 62 doubles, 12 triples and 170 RBI ... they had outscored the opposition 187-165 ... Ole Miss had stole 20 bases in 33 attempts and grounded into 15 double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 5.59 ERA (232.0 IP, 144 ER), allowing 231 hits, including 21 HRs, walked 128 and had struck out 188 ... Ole Miss had a .962 fielding percentage with 38 errors.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
The Rebels have scored five or less runs in seven of the last eight games.
The Rebels are hitting .227 (77-339) as a team over the last 10 games.
Ole Miss pitchers have held the opposition to 10 or less hits in five of the last six games.
Since last season, Ole Miss has won nine of its last 13 SEC series-openers with tonight's starter, Jeff McAvoy, having started all 13 of the games.
Dating back to last season, Ole Miss is 16-8 (.667) against the SEC Eastern Division, and is 21-9 (.700) dating back to the third game of the 1998 Florida series (4/12/98).
The Rebels have turned a double play in three of the last four games, including a season-high three in last Saturday's 7-5 win over Vanderbilt.
Ole Miss enters tonight's game with an 8-8 record during the month of March. The Rebels have not had a losing record in March since going 7-11 in 1997.
Since 1998, Ole Miss is 64-4 (.941) when leadng after eight innings.
Since going seven games over .500 on March 4 (10-3), Ole Miss has gone 6-8.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#34 Jeff McAvoy, Sr., RHP
(Palmer, Mass./Palmer H.S./Western Carolina)
Is making his eighth start of the season.
Is 5-2 with a 4.02 ERA (40.1 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.
Fired a four-hit shutout of Vanderbilt last Friday in Oxford, walking three and fanning five.
The shutout marked the third straight season McAvoy has recorded a shutout during SEC play (LSU on 5/9/98 and Florida on 4/9/99).
Career Numbers:
Has made 43 career appearances, including 36 starts.
Is 18-13 with a 5.26 ERA (241.1 IP, 141 ER).
LAST START: Tossed a complete-game, four-hit shutout of Vanderbilt last Friday in Oxford ... the complete game was the fifth of his career, and it was his second career complete-game shutout ... retired the first eight batters he faced before issuing a two-out walk to Scott Vanderhoff in the third ... held the Commodores hitless through the first five innings until Vanderhoff singled to start the sixth.
PRIOR 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.
McAVOY AND KENTUCKY: This will be McAvoy's third career start against the Wildcats ... he is 0-0 with a 4.91 ERA (14.2 IP, 8 ER) ... in his only start in Lexington on March 14, 1998, worked 7.2 innings, allowing six runs, four earned, on eight hits and two walks ... struck out six ... took a no decision as the Wildcats rallied for a 7-6 win ... last year in Oxford, pitched seven innings, taking a no decision, allowing six runs, four earned, on eight hits and two walks.
McAVOY VS. SEC OPPONENTS: Has an 11-8 career mark with a 4.83 ERA (175.0 IP, 94 ER) against SEC opponents in 26 career appearances, including 25 starts ... is 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA (21.1 IP, 6 ER) in three starts this season ... his 2.53 ERA during SEC play ranks fourth in the conference.
McAVOY VS. THE SEC EAST: Is 4-4 with a 5.83 ERA (88.0 IP, 57 ER) in 13 career starts against SEC East teams ... is 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA (21.1 IP, 6 ER) in three starts against the East this season.
McAVOY MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Opponents are hitting .222 (34-153) against him.
Is 12-3 with a 2.89 ERA (124.2 IP, 40 ER) in 22 career appearances at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Is 4-1 with a 1.20 ERA (30.0 IP, 4 ER) in five starts at home this season.
Has won 10 of his last 11 decisions at home, with his loss against Tennessee (3/17) 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 9-5 with a career 4.46 ERA (119.0 IP, 59 ER) in 20 career outings at night, including 17 starts.
Is 3-1 with a 2.05 ERA (26.1 IP, 6 ER) in four 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 6-4 with a 4.88 ERA (75.2 IP, 41 ER) in 14 appearances, including 12 starts, in the month of March.
Is 3-1 with a 2.05 ERA (26.1 IP, 6 ER) during the month of March this season.
