The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
3/4/2000 | Baseball
Game #13, Home Game #9 vs. SE Missouri State
Date: Saturday, March 4, 2000
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Stadium: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field
Site: Oxford, Mississippi
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
#26 Lanson Debrock (Sr., RHP), SEMO 2-1, 0.45 ERA vs. #24 Nathan Lyons (Soph., LHP), 2-1, 1.69 ERA
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. BAYLOR
Tuesday: TBA vs. #49 Joey Cramblitt (Sr., R), 3-0, 0.98
Wednesday: TBA vs. TBA
REBELS VS. SEMO: Today's game is the eighth meeting between the Ole Miss Rebels and SE Missouri State Indians ... Ole Miss leads the series 6-1 since its inception in 1996 ... all seven of the previous meetings have taken place at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field ... Ole Miss has outscored the Indians 44-28 all-time in the series ... the two teams have combined for just 17 runs in the last three meetings.
SCOUTING SEMO: Last night's loss snapped an eight-game winning streak for the Indians ... SEMO is 8-3 on the year, 2-3 on the road ... The Indians are hitting .282 (103-365) as a team with 10 HRs, and have outscored their opponents 60-41 ... senior OF Jeremy Johnson leads the team in hitting with a .385 average (15-39) ... senior OF Phil Warren is the Indians' RBI leader with 14 after driving in SEMO's lone run last night ... Warren is also tied for the team lead in HRs with two ... SEMO has stole 28 bases in 31 attempts ... Indian pitchers have a team ERA of 3.35 and opponents are hitting .246 against them with seven HRs ... They are 1-3 against the SEC this season, losing two-of-three at Arkansas to start the season and to Ole Miss last night.
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" ... SEMO received six votes in the latest Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 to finish in a tie for 20th among "Others Receiving Votes."
AFTER 12 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 6-6 through 12 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .318 (137-431) with 18 HRs, 27 doubles, six triples and 73 RBIs ... they had outscored the opposition 83-64 ... Ole Miss had stole 10 bases in 16 attempts and grounded into six double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 4.76 ERA (104.0 IP, 55 ER), allowing 94 hits, including 13 HRs, walked 45 and had struck out 74 ... Ole Miss had a .970 fielding percentage with 13 errors.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
The 9-3 start equals fourth-year head coach Pat Harrison's first team in 1997 for the best 12-gamestart under Harrison.
The Rebels are hitting .367 (89-243) with five HRs in eight home games this season, while opponents are hitting just .172 (41-239) at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Ole Miss has recorded 10 or more hits in 10-of-12 games this season, while holding opponents to less than 10 hits in 10-of-12 games.
Ole Miss has won 28 of its last 34 home games (.824 winning percentage).
Rebel pitchers have allowed three or less runs in nine of the 12 games.
The Rebels are 8-2 in the last 10 games.
Since 1998, Ole Miss is 52-8 (.867) when leading after seven innings and 56-4 (.933) when leading after eight innings.
Ole Miss is 56-20 (.737 winning percentage) all-time versus teams from the Ohio Valley Conference.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#24 Nathan Lyons, Soph., LHP
(Kennett, Mo./Kennett H.S.)
Is making his fourth start of the season.
Is 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA (16.0 IP, 3 ER) and has registered 12 strikeouts.
Has won his last two outings against Louisiana Tech (2/19) and South Alabama (2/26).
Worked a career-long seven innings in his start against the Jaguars, allowing one unearned run on a career-low three hits and two walks.
Struck out a season-high five against Louisiana Tech
Career Numbers
Is 6-6 with a 3.81 ERA (80.1 IP, 34 ER) in 26 appearances, including 12 starts.
Has recorded one career save.
LAST START: Worked a career-long seven innings against South Alabama last Saturday 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.
PRIOR START: Pitched five innings against Louisiana Tech (2/19) in earning his first win of the season ... allowed two runs on four hits and three walks, while fanning five ... threw 87 pitches, 43 of them for strikes ... Craig Montgomery opened the game by lining his first pitch to left for a single, and advanced to second on an error by Kris Cox ... he then walked Jeff Roman and T.J. Soto hit an RBI single a batter later to make it 1-0 ... Roman then scored from third on a RBI ground out to short by Jake Adams ... worked his way out of a second and third situation with no outs in the third inning by striking out Adams and Fraser Innouye, then coaxing Tim Meadows to ground out to short ... retired nine of the last 10 hitters he faced before being relieved by Ronnie Goodwin at the start of the sixth.
LYONS AND SE MISSOURI STATE: This will be Lyons' first career appearance against the Indians.
LYONS AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 2-2 with a 3.81 ERA (30.2 IP, 13 ER) in 11 career appearances, including four starts, against non-conference opponents.
LYONS MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Is 3-1 in his career at home with a 3.26 ERA (30.1 IP, 11 ER).
Is 1-1 at home this season with a 3.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 3 ER) in two starts.
Is 1-0 on the road this season with a 0.00 ERA (7.0 IP, 0 ER) in one start.
Has a career road record of 2-2 with a 4.41 ERA (32.2 IP, 16 ER) in 13 appearances, including four starts.
Lyons was 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA (16.2 IP, 5 ER) last March in nine appearances, including one start.
In day games, Lyons is 5-5 in his career with a 3.78 ERA (66.2 IP, 28 ER) in 20 appearances, including 11 starts.
