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Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
2/16/2001 | Baseball
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DATE: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2001
STADIUM: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field
SITE: Oxford, Miss.
TIME: 2 p.m.
RECORDSTEAM W L PCT. HOME ROAD NEUTRAL CONF. NON-CONF. STREAKSE Missouri State 3 0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3REBELS 4 1 .800 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 W3REBELS VS. THOMAS: Lafferty 1.000 (1x1), Cochet .000 (0x1), Cox .000 (0x1), Farrar .000 (0x1), Nugen .000 (0x1), Robinson .000 (0x1)
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP CAREER VS.TEAM NO. NAME Yr. L/R IP W L SV BB SO ERA OPPONENTSEMO 32 Tommy Thomas Sr. R 5.2 0 0 0 3 8 0.00 0-0, 0.00 ERA (2.1 IP, 0 ER)UM 6 Pete Montrenes Jr. R 6.0 1 0 0 2 7 0.00 First appearance
SUNDAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UPS
Game 1: #33 Todd Pennington (Jr., RHP, 0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. #18 Mike Gray (Jr., LHP, 0-0, 1.35 ERA)
Game 2: #2 Brad Purcell (Jr., RHP, 1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. #32 Ronnie Goodwin (Sr., RHP, 1-0, 10.12 ERA)
MAYOR'S TROPHY TICKETS: Tickets for the March 28 Mayor's Trophy game versus Mississippi State can be purchased by calling 1-601-981-1414 or sending a check to: OVERTIME SPORTS, 1200 LAKELAND DRIVE, JACKSON, MS 39216. Ticket prices are $10 for grandstand chairback and $6 for all other seats.
LAST TIME OUT: Ole Miss hit a combined eight home runs in Wednesday's doubleheader against SE Louisiana, and freshman RHP Adam Yates tossed a seven-inning one-hitter in the nightcap as the Rebels swept the Lions, 20-9 and 9-0. In game one, Ole Miss overcame a 6-1 deficit by scoring nine runs in the third inning. Josh Christian, Matt Tolbert and Kris Cox all homered in the inning. Tolbert's home run was three-run shot to tie the game at 6-6, and he later added another three-run blast in the sixth to finish the game 3-for-4 with seven RBI. In game two, Yates faced the minimum as he allowed just a one-out single in the second and walked one batter in earning his first career win during his first career start. Yates got all the run support he needed in the second when Burney Hutchinson led-off the inning with a solo home run and Charlie Waite later added a RBI single.
SCOUTING THE INDIANS: SEMO is 3-0 on the year after sweeping Iowa State last weekend in Cape Girardeau. The Indians batted .268 in the series with one HR and 11 RBI. Junior 2B Clemente Bonilla went 6-for-9 against the Cyclones, and sophomore SS Zach Borowiak was 6-for-10 to pace SEMO at the plate. SEMO pitching held Iowa State to just six runs in the series, with only four earned. The Cyclones batted .159 and struck out 19 times in the three games.
SERIES INFO: Today's meeting will be the ninth all-time between Ole Miss and SEMO dating back to 1996 ... The Rebels lead the series 7-1, with all eight meetings having taken place in Oxford ... Ole Miss swept last year's two-game set, 5-1 and 7-4 on March 3-4 ... SEMO's lone win in the series was 1-0 on Feb. 24, 1999 ... Ole Miss has outscored SEMO 51-32 in the series.
OLE MISS VS. THE OHIO VALLEY: The Rebels are 51-11 all-time versus teams from the Ohio Valley Conference. Ole Miss went 4-1 against the OVC last season, sweeping two games from SEMO, splitting two games with UT-Martin, and defeating Austin Peay once. The following chart shows Ole Miss' record against individual teams from the OVC:
School Record Pct.Austin Peay 6-2 .750Eastern Kentucky 7-1 .875Morehead State 15-4 .789Murray State 7-2 .778SE Missouri State 7-1 .875UT-Martin 9-1 .900AFTER FIVE GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 4-1 after five games last season ... The Rebels had a .355 batting average (60-169) with three HRs, 30 RBI, eight doubles and one triple ... Ole Miss had outscored its opponents 35-14 ... The Rebels stole 7-of-9 bases and had hit into four double plays ... Ole Miss pitchers had a 2.36 ERA (42.0 IP, 11 ER), allowing 26 hits, including two HRs, walked 20 and struck out 30 ... The Rebels had committed five errors through five games.
REBEL DIAMOND NOTES
* The five home runs hit by Ole Miss in game one of Wednesday's doubleheader was the most by the Rebels in a single game since hitting six in a 20-15 loss at UAB on March 2, 1999.
* The 20 runs scored by the Rebels in that first game Wednesday was the first time Ole Miss had scored 20 runs in a game since a 22-0 blanking of Morehead State on March 17, 1999.
* Freshman RHP Adam Yates' complete game, seven-inning one-hitter in the nightcap of Wednesday's doubleheader, was the first complete game one-hitter by an Ole Miss pitcher since Albert Ward blanked Illinois Wesleyan 4-0 on March 27, 1980.
* The last time Ole Miss recorded a one-hitter was against Morehead State on March 17, 1999 when Chad Mead, Glen Morris and Dan McShea combined on one.
* Ole Miss starting pitchers have recorded three quality starts (at least 6 IP, 4 ER or less) in the first five games. Last year, the Rebels did not get their third quality start until the 13th game of the season on March 4.
* The Rebels are 31-8 (.795 winning percentage) when receiving a quality start since 1998, and are 35-15 (.700 winning percentage) since 1998 when their starter goes six innings or more.
* Including Wednesday's doubleheader, the Rebels have failed to record at least 10 hits in eight of their last 11 games dating back to May 5, 2000, and they have failed to score at least seven runs in 12 of their last 15 games dating back to April 28, 2000. Ole Miss scored 20 runs on 14 hits in game one Wednesday versus SE Louisiana, and scored nine runs on 11 hits in the nightcap.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#6 Pete Montrenes (6-3, 206, Jr., RHP)
* Is making his second start of the season.
* Is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 0 ER) after throwing six scoreless innings and allowing just one hit in his first career start at Ole Miss against Arkansas-Little Rock last Saturday (2/10).
* Struck out a career-high seven versus the Trojans, breaking his previous high of six set against Loyola Marymount on March 21, 2000 while at USC.
* Six innings of work tied his career longest outing set against Cal State Los Angeles, while pitching for USC, on March 9, 1999.
LAST START: Worked six shutout innings in his Ole Miss debut against Arkansas-Little Rock last Saturday, in the first game of a doubleheader ... Allowed just one hit and two walks, and struck out a career-high seven in earning the win ... The six innings of work tied his career longest outing set against Cal-State Los Angeles on March 9, 1999 while at USC ... John Gragg III led-off the game with a single and only two other Trojans reached base against Montrenes ... Aaron Robbins reached on an error in the fourth and Luke Mercado drew a lead-off walk to start the fifth ... Threw 88 pitches, 52 for strikes.
PRIOR START: Started for USC on March 28, 2000 at San Diego State ... Lasted just 2/3 of an inning as he was touched for four runs -- only two earned -- on two hits and two walks ... Was also hurt by a Trojan error that led to two unearned runs ... Left trailing 4-3, however, he took a no decision as USC rallied for an 11-4 win.
MONTRENES VS. SE MISSOURI STATE: This will be Montrenes' first career appearance versus Southeast Missouri State.
MONTRENES AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Is 3-1 with a 4.76 ERA (56.2 IP, 30 ER) in 28 career appearances, including five starts, versus non-confernece opponents in his career at USC and Ole Miss ... was 2-1 with a 5.33 ERA (50.2 IP, 30 ER) in 27 career appearances, including four starts, versus non-conference opponents during his two years at Southern California ... last season, Montrenes was 1-1 with a 5.74 ERA (26.2 IP, 17 ER) in 14 appearances, including four starts, versus non-conference opponents.
MONTRENES MISCELLANEOUS STATS: Is 5-1 in his career with a 4.03 ERA (51.1 IP, 23 ER) in 28 career appearances, including two starts, at home in his career at both USC and Ole Miss ... is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 0 ER) in one career start at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field ... was 4-1 with a 4.57 ERA (45.1 IP, 23 ER) and two saves in 27 career appearances, including one start, at home while with USC ... is 2-0 with a 4.55 ERA (27.2 IP, 14 ER) in 14 career appearances, including four starts, during February .... was 1-0 with a 3.65 ERA (12.1 IP, 5 ER) and one save last year in seven appearances, including two starts, during February ... during day, Montrenes is 4-0 with a career 5.89 ERA (55.0 IP, 36 ER) in 36 career appearances, including six starts ... is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 0.00 ER) in one daytime start this season ... was 2-0 with a 5.00 ERA (27.0 IP, 15 ER) in 18 appearances, including three starts, last year at USC in day games ... as a starter, Montrenes has a 2-0 career record with a 4.39 ERA (28.2 IP, 14 ER) in eight starts at USC and Ole Miss.
