Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes

Game #38, Road Game #13 at Mississippi State
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2000
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Stadium: Dudy Noble Field, Polk-Dement Stadium
<> Starkville, Mississippi

TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP
Brett Young, UM (2-1, 6.53 ERA) vs. Tanner Brock, MSU (0-1, 5.73 ERA)

REBELS VS. BROCK: Hill .200 (1-5), Huisman .000 (0-4), Hutchinson .000 (0-2), Robinson .000 (0-2), Voltz .000 (0-3)

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE
Tomorrow: Joey Cramblitt (Sr., RHP, 4-5, 4.08 ERA) vs. Mark Freed (Jr., LHP, 5-0, 2.74 ERA)

REBELS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE: Today's game marks the 387th all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Mississippi State ... the Bulldogs lead the all-time series 212-169-5, however, Ole Miss has won five of the last seven meetings after last night's 4-1 win ... a Rebel win today would give Ole Miss back-to-back SEC series victories for the first time since 1982, when the Rebels won 2-of-3 at Oxford and then 2-of-3 in Starkville later that same season ... Ole Miss won last year's season-series 3-2 ... MSU holds a 107-66-1 advantage in Starkville, while the Rebels are 86-82-3 against the Bulldogs in Oxford ... at neutral sites, Ole Miss holds a 21-19-1 advantage ... the Rebels' last series victory in Starkville came in 1996 when Ole Miss won two-of-three ... fourth-year head coach Pat Harrison is 6-9 against the Bulldogs.

SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE: The Bulldogs are ranked No. 16 by Baseball Weekly and Baseball America, and No. 18 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 after losing three straight one-run games last weekend at No. 2 South Carolina ... they are hitting .306 as a team with 37 HRs, and have outscored the opposition 276-144 ... senior Travis Chapman leads MSU's regulars with a .354 average (46-130), and has driven in a team-leading 40 runs ... junior Jon Knott is hitting .314 (38-121) and has hit a team-high 10 HRs ... Bulldog pitchers have a team ERA of 3.69 (292.2 IP, 120 ER), and opponents are hitting .227 against them with 21 HRs ... Mississippi State entered the weekend as the SEC's top fielding team with a .968 fielding percentage.

AFTER 37 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 21-16 through 37 games in 1999 ... the Rebels were hitting .303 (401-1,325) with 55 HRs, 88 doubles, 12 triples and 241 RBI ... they had outscored the opposition 266-220 ... Ole Miss had stolen 23 bases in 43 attempts and grounded into 21 double plays ... Rebel pitchers had a 5.31 ERA (324.0 IP, 191 ER), allowing 329 hits, including 30 HRs, walked 170 and had struck out 252 ... Ole Miss had a .964 fielding percentage with 51 errors.

RPI WATCH: According to a simulated RPI released on April 10, Ole Miss has a RPI rating of 30, and is one of 10 SEC teams ranked in the top 50. The other SEC teams include: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 5 LSU, No. 14 Auburn, No. 21 Florida, No. 22 Alabama, No. 24 Georgia, No. 29 Mississippi State, No. 32 Kentucky, and No. 43 Tennessee. Also ranked in the top 50 are Ole Miss opponents Baylor (No. 18), and Louisiana-Monroe (No. 50). In total, 10 opponents on this year's schedule are rated in the top 50.

REBEL BULLET POINTS:

Ole Miss has won six of its last seven, and is 7-3 in the last 10 games.

In the Rebels' two wins against Mississippi State this season, Ole Miss has scored seven runs on seven hits. Ole Miss pitchers have yielded 16 hits, but have allowed just three runs.

A win today would put Ole Miss 10 games above the .500-mark for the first time since March 12, 1997 when the Rebels were 14-4.

Ole Miss is 7-2 in April, and is 22-7 (.759) in the month of April dating back to last season.

Rebel pitchers have allowed five earned runs or less in 10 of the last 11 games, posting a 3.24 ERA (100.0 IP, 36 ER) during that stretch.

Ole Miss has homered in three straight games, and in four of the last five games.

Justin Huisman recorded his 22nd career save in last night's game to tie South Carolina's Rob Mosser and Florida's Danny Wheeler and Josh Fogg for eighth-place on the SEC's all-time list.

TONDAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#33 Brett Young, Fr., RHP
(Westminster, Calif./Calvary Chapel H.S.)

Is making his 13th appearance of the year, including his fifth start.

Is 2-1 with a 6.53 ERA (40.0 IP, 29 ER)

Has walked just 11 of 180 batters he's faced.

Worked three innings of relief in his first career appearance against Nicholls State (2/12), striking out four.

Also struck out four against Abilene Christian (2/17) and Tennessee (3/18).

Drew first career start at Southern Miss (2/29), working five innings and receiving no decision.

Registered first career save vs. SEMO (3/4).

Went a season-long six innings in earning his first career win during his start against Vanderbilt on March 25 (5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO).

The Rebels are averaging 9.25 runs per game in Young's four starts this season.

PRIOR START: Last just 1.1 innings in his shortest start of the season last Saturday against Auburn ... allowed seven runs, five earned, on six hits and one walk ... struck out one ... Todd Faulkner hit a two-out, two-run HR in the first ... Hayden Gliemmo and Heath Higgins opened the second with back-to-back singles ... Young then picked off Gliemmo at second, however, an error on Banks Robinson off the bat of Jonathan Schuerholz loaded the bases ... Dominic Rich followed with a two-run single, and Mailon Kent and Gabe Gross singled and walked, respectively, to load the bases again ... was relieved by Nathan Lyons after the walk to Gross.

LAST START: Pitched five-plus innings at Kentucky (4/1) ... allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits and one walk en route to earning the win ... struck out three ... Kentucky scored a run in the fourth when Adam Green scored on John Wilson's double-play grounder ... gave up a lead-off double to Beau Moore in the sixth and then a bunt single to Green before being lifted for Nathan Lyons.

YOUNG VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE: This is Young's first career appearance against the Bulldogs.

YOUNG VS. SEC OPPONENTS: Is 2-1 with a 9.00 ERA (20.0 IP, 20 ER) in five appearances, including three starts.

YOUNG VS. THE SEC WEST: Is 0-1 with a 33.83 ERA (1.1 IP, 5 ER) in one appearance against the SEC Western Division.

YOUNG MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
Opponents are hitting .327 (53-162) against them.

Is 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA (23.1 IP, 15 ER) and one save in eight appearances, including two starts, at home.

Is 1-0 with a 7.56 ERA (16.2 IP, 14 ER) on the road in four appearances, including two starts.

Is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12.0 IP, 3 ER) with one save in four appearances, including one start, during the day.

Is 1-1 with a 8.36 ERA (28.0 IP, 26 ER) in eight appearances at night, including three starts.

Is 1-1 with a 9.95 ERA (6.1 IP, 7 ER) in two starts during April.

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