The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
3/7/2000 | Baseball
Game #14, Home Game #10 vs. Baylor
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Stadium: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field
Site: Oxford, Mississippi
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
#12 Steven White (Fr., RHP), BU, 2-0, 3.48 ERA vs. #49 Joey Cramblitt (Sr., RHP), UM 3-0, 0.98 ERA
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. BAYLOR
Tomorrow: Josh Scott (Jr., LHP), 1-1, 8.14 ERA vs. Casey Fuller (So., LHP), 1-0, 7.11 ERA
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. FLORIDA
Friday: Jeff McAvoy (Sr., RHP) 3-1, 5.68 ERA vs. Mike Smalley (Jr., LHP), 3-1, 6.31 ERA
Saturday: Nathan Lyons (So., LHP), 3-1, 1.57 ERA vs. Jay Belflower (So., RHP), 2-1, 9.13 ERA Sunday: Joey Cramblitt (Sr., RHP), 3-0, 0.98 ERA vs. Jeff Cardozo (Jr., RHP), 1-0, 4.72 ERA
BEARS VS. CRAMBLITT: Bubela .333 (1-3), Dorneman .000 (0-3), Loeb .000 (0-1), Underdown 1.000 (1-1), HR, Williams .000 (0-1), Zboril .000 (0-2)
REBELS VS. BAYLOR: Tonight's game will mark the fourth meeting between the Rebels and Bears ... the two schools met for the very first time on the diamond last year in Waco with Baylor taking two-of-three ... despite losing two games, the Rebels out-hit the Bears 36-27 and both teams scored 28 runs each.
SCOUTING BAYLOR: Baylor is 15-3 on the year, including 5-1 inside the Big XII, after sweeping a three-game series from Texas A&M this past weekend ... the Bears are hitting .294 (175-595) as a team with 12 HRs, and have outscored the opposition 124-60 ... freshman Mike Huggins and sophomore Kelly Shoppach lead the team, batting .388 and .385 average, respectively ... Shoppack also leads the team in HRs with three ... Baylor pitchers have an ERA of 2.79 and have recorded four complete games.
IN THE POLLS: Ole Miss is not ranked in any of 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." ... Tonight's opponent, Baylor is ranked No. 4 in Baseball America, No. 6 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll and No. 12 by Collegiate Baseball.
AFTER 13 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 6-7 through 13 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .328 (155-473) with 24 HRs, 33 doubles, six triples and 88 RBIs ... they had outscored the opposition 98-84 ... Ole Miss had stole 11 bases in 18 attempts and grounded into seven double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 6.03 ERA (112.0 IP, 75 ER), allowing 108 hits, including 14 HRs, walked 59 and had struck out 80 ... Ole Miss had a .971 fielding percentage with 14 errors.
REBEL BULLET POINTS:
Ole Miss' 10-3 start equals head coach Pat Harrison's first Rebel team in 1997 for the best 13-game start under Harrison.
The Rebels are hitting .357 (112-314) with five HRs in nine home games this season, while opponents are hitting just .182 (50-274) with two HRs at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Ole Miss has won 29 of its last 35 home games (.829 winning percentage), dating back to last season. The Rebels are 8-1 at home this season after going 21-5 last year.
With its two-game sweep of SEMO, Ole Miss has now won 10 straight home series dating back to 1998. The last time the Rebels failed to win a home series is when they split a two-game set with Southern Miss on April 14-15, 1998.
Since 1998, Ole Miss is 54-8 (.871) when leading after seven innings and 58-4 (.935) when leading after eight innings.
Tonight's game marks the Rebels' first meeting with a ranked team this season. Ole Miss was 12-17 versus ranked opponents last season.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#49 Joey Cramblitt, Sr., RHP
(Meridian, Miss./Mississippi School for Math & Science)
Is making his fourth start of the year
Is 3-0 with a 0.98 ERA (18.1 IP, 2 ER).
Logged a season-long eight innings in his start against South Alabama (2/27), allowing two runs, one earned, on eight htis and no walks.
Pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, in his first start of the year against Nicholls State (2/13).
Career Numbers
Is 17-5 with a 4.75 ERA (153.1 IP, 81 ER) in 42 career appearances, including 20 starts.
.773 career winning percentage is tied for fifth on the school's all-time list (minimum eight wins).
LAST START: Pitched a season-long eight innings at South Alabama (2/27), allowing two runs, one earned, on eight hits and no walks in earning his third consecutive victory ... USA scored a run in the first on two hits and one error with Tony Piccotti's sac fly scoring Scott Calahan ... after retiring the first two batters he faced in the fourth, Craig Remos singled and advanced to second when Jason Gross was hit by a pitch ... Brett Parker then singled to center to score Remos ... was relieved in the top of the ninth by Justin Huisman with Ole Miss leading 3-2.
PRIOR START: Went 5.1 innings against Louisiana Tech (2/20) ... held the Bulldogs to one run on four hits and two walks, and struck out three to earn the win ... threw 74 pitches, 54 of them for strikes (73.0 percent) ... retired 12 straight following a one-out walk to Niko Bouzos in the first inning ... that string was broken by a one-out double in the fifth by Tim Meadows ... loaded the bases in the sixth, allowing a lead-off single to Craig Montgomery, a walk to Scott Abadie and a single to Bouzos ... coaxed T.J. Soto to pop out to short for the first out of the inning and was then relieved by Glen Morris ... Morris got out of the inning allowing just one run to score off a wild pitch ... the run was charged to Cramblitt.
CRAMBLITT AND BAYLOR: This is Cramblitt's second career start against the Bears ... is 0-0 with a 6.24 ERA (4.1 IP, 3 ER) ... worked 4.1 innings in his start last year in Waco, allowing seven runs, though only three were earned, on four hits and three walks.
CRAMBLITT AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 17-2 with a 3.37 ERA (120.1 IP, 45 ER) in 27 career appearances, including 17 starts, against non-conference opponents.
CRAMBLITT MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Opponents are hitting .197 (13-66) against him this season.
Is 9-1 with a 3.91 ERA (76.0 IP, 33 ER) in 20 career appearances, including 10 starts, at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Is 2-0 with a 0.87 ERA (10.1 IP, 1 ER) at home this season in two starts.
Has a 6-3 career record on the road, with a 6.14 ERA (58.2 IP, 40 ER) in 18 appearances, including eight starts.
Is 1-0 on the road this season with a 1.13 ERA (8.0 IP, 1 ER) in one start.
Is 7-2 in day games with a 4.50 ERA (78.0 IP, 39 ER) in 22 career appearances, including 11 starts.
Is 3-0 with a 0.98 ERA (18.1 IP, 2 ER) in day games this season.
Has a 10-3 career record at night with a 5.02 ERA (75.1 IP, 42 ER) in 21 appearances, including 10 starts.
Was 3-0 at night last season with a 5.79 ERA (18.2 IP, 12 ER) in six appearances, including one start.
This will be his first appearance at night this season.
Is 4-1 in his career during the month of March with a 5.55 ERA (47.0 IP, 29 ER) in 14 appearances, including seven starts.
Went 0-1 with a 8.22 ERA (15.1 IP, 14 ER) in five appearances, including three starts, last year in March.
