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Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
2/26/2001 | Baseball
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RECORDSTEAM W L PCT. HOME ROAD NEUTRAL CONF. NON-CONF. STREAKUT-Martin 0 5 .000 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-5 L5REBELS 9 3 .750 7-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 9-3 L1TONIGHT'S PITCHING MATCH-UP CAREER VS.TEAM NO. NAME Yr. L/R IP W L SV BB SO ERA OPPONENTUTM 9 Jason Venczel Jr. R 4.0 0 2 0 6 4 8.75 First appearanceUM 31 Adam Yates Fr. R 19.1 2 0 0 11 14 2.79 First appearanceIN THE POLLS: Ole Miss received 28 votes in this week's Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Top 25 -- 22 more than last week -- to finish tied for ninth among "Other Receiving Votes" -- nine places higher than last week.
ARIZONA GAME TIME CHANGE: Ole Miss' Saturday game versus Arizona in Oxford has been changed from 1 p.m. to 11:30 a.m., due to the Ole Miss-Alabama men's basketball game scheduled for 3 p.m., at Tad Smith Coliseum.
FREE BASEBALL: Tonight is Faculty and Staff Night at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. Ole Miss faculty and staff can attend tonight's game for free by showing their Ole Miss ID at the Swayze Field Ticket Office. In addition to tonight's game, Ole Miss faculty and staff will also have the opportunity to catch these two games for free: Fri., March 9 vs. Kentucky (6:30 p.m.) and Wed., Mar. 14 vs. Murray State (6:30 p.m.). Tickets for these games can be obtained at the Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field Ticket Office on the day of the game.
ORDER SEASON TICKETS ONLINE: Fans can still order season tickets and the SEC season ticket package through the Ole Miss Ticket Office's secured website at http://bruiser.olemiss.edu. Once on the page, click on Ole Miss Ticket Office link.
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: Louisiana Tech jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held on to defeat Ole Miss 7-4 Sunday and salvage the final game of the weekend's three-game series. Josh Christian led off the sixth with a home run to straight away center, and Lance Jones and Burney Hutchinson hit back-to-back homers to start the seventh and pull Ole Miss to within 5-4. The Bulldogs, though, would add two insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh to make it 7-4. Ole Miss out-hit Louisiana Tech 13-10, however, the Rebels stranded 13 runners on base, including 11 in the final six innings.
SCOUTING THE SKYHAWKS: UT-Martin enters tonight's game with an 0-5 record after being swept in a three-game series by Northern Illinois this past weekend in Martin. The Skyhawks are hitting .236 (38x161) as a team with 3 HRs and 15 RBI. Senior 1B Joe Ayers leads the regulars with a .357 (5x14) average with one HR and one RBI. UTM pitchers have a 5.03 ERA (39.0 IP, 28 ER) and opponents are hitting .333 against them with six HRs.
SERIES INFO: Tonight's game is the 11th all-time meeting between UT-Martin and Ole Miss dating back to 1992 ... The Rebels lead the series 9-1 ... The two teams split last year's two-game series, with the Skyhawks recording their first-ever win against Ole Miss, 8-5, on March 28 in Oxford. The Rebels later won the rematch, 14-5, on April 18 in Jackson, Tenn. ... All but one of the previous 10 games have been contested in Oxford, with last year's game in Jackson, Tenn., being the only one not played at Swayze Field ... The Rebels have outscored the Skyhawks 95-18 in the series.
OLE MISS VS. THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE: UT-Martin is third and final Ohio Valley Conference school Ole Miss is scheduled to play this season. The Rebels are 3-1 versus the OVC this season, winning 2-of-3 from SE Missouri State in Oxford, Feb. 17-18, and defeating Austin Peay 4-0 in a rain-shortened, seven-inning game last Wednesday in Oxford. The Rebels are 55-12 (.821 winning percentage) 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 8-2 .800Eastern Kentucky 7-1 .875Morehead State 15-4 .789Murray State 7-2 .778SE Missouri State 9-2 .889UT-Martin 9-1 .900AFTER 12 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 9-3 after 12 games last season ... The Rebels had a .344 batting average (149x433) with 11 HRs, 78 RBI, 27 doubles and one triple ... Ole Miss had outscored its opponents 87-52 ... The Rebels stole 19-of-23 bases and had hit into 10 double plays ... Ole Miss pitchers had a 3.82 ERA (103.2 IP, 44 ER), allowing 87 hits, including eight HRs, walked 50 and struck out 78 ... The Rebels had committed 14 errors and turned eight double plays.
REBEL DIAMOND NOTES
* Tonight's game is the first of four straight home games for the Rebels. Including tonight's game, Ole Miss will play nine of its next 10 games at home.
* Ole Miss pitchers have recorded nine quality starts (at least 6 IP, 4 ER or less) in 12 games this season. Last year, the Rebels did not receive their 12th quality start until March 25 in the 24th game of the year.
* The Rebels stranded 36 runners on base during this past weekend's three-game series at Louisiana Tech.
* Ole Miss has committed 12 errors in the last five games, including three in Saturday and Sunday's games at Louisiana Tech.
* The Rebels are 23-12 (.657) in February games dating back to 1999.
* This is Ole Miss' first Tuesday game of the season. Last year, the Rebels were 6-4 on Tuesdays.
* The Rebels are 32-1 (.970) when leading after eight innings since last season.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#31 Adam Yates (6-3, 200, Fr., RHP)
* Is making his sixth appearance of the season, including his third start.
* Leads team in appearances (5) and is tied for the team-high in relief appearances (3).
* Has a streak of 16 2/3 scoreless innings dating back to his start against SE Louisiana (2/14).
* Made first career appearance versus Arkansas-Little Rock (2/10), pitching 2.2 innings of relief (5 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 3 SO).
* Drew first career start in game two of a twinbill with SE Louisiana (2/14), throwing a seven-inning, complete game one-hitter to earn his first career win (0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO).
* Faced the minimum through seven innings versus the Lions.
* The one-hit performance was the first complete game one-hitter by an Ole Miss pitcher since Albert Ward one-hit Illinois Wesleyan on March 27, 1980.
* Tossed 6 2/3 scoreless inning in his last start, versus Austin Peay (2/21), to earn the win (4 H, 3 BB, 5 SO).
* Five strikeouts against the Governors is a season-high.
LAST START: Worked 6 2/3 scoreless innings last Wednesday against Austin Peay in the Rebels' 4-0 win, in a game shortened to seven innings due to rain ... Allowed four hits and three walks while striking out a season-high five ... Threw 98 pitches, 57 for strikes ... After retiring Joseph Peer to start the game, issued back-to-back walks to D.W. Blakeman and Scott Kluesner ... A.J. Ellis then flied out to right for the second out, allowing Blakeman to advance to third ... Kluesner moved up to second on a wild pitch, but Yates escaped the inning when he got Michael Johnson to fly out to right ... Did not allow a hit until Johnson's one-out single in the fourth ... Austin Peay threatened in the sixth when Kluesner singled to lead-off the inning and advanced to second on Yates' throwing error on a pickoff attempt at first ... Kluesner moved over to third on Johnson's fly ball to right, but Derrick Dunbar struck out to end the inning ... Was relieved for Joel Lyons after issuing a two-out walk to Peer in the seventh to put runners on first and second.
PRIOR START: Tossed a seven-inning, complete-game, one-hitter of SE Louisiana (2/14) in his first career start to earn a 9-0 win ... The victory was the first of his career ... Used 73 pitches, throwing 49 for strikes ... Struck out a season-high four versus the Lions ... SE Louisiana's only hit was a one-out single to right field by Jake Leba in the second inning ... Retired 10 straight following Leba's base hit until issuing a lead-off walk to Joey Duhe in the sixth ... Duhe was the only other Lion to reach base against Yates ... Faced the minimum 21 batters in his seven innings of work.
YATES VS. UT-MARTIN: This will be Yates' first career appearance versus UT-Martin.
YATES AND NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Yates is 2-0 with a 2.79 ERA (19.1 IP, 6 ER) in five appearances, including two starts, versus non-conference opponents.
YATES' MISCELLANEOUS STATS: Opponents are hitting .162 (11x68) against him ... Is 1-0 with a 4.26 ERA (12.2 IP, 6 ER) in four appearances, including one start, during the day ... 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (6.2 IP, 0 ER) in one start at night ... As a starter, Yates is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (13.2 IP, 0 ER) in two starts ... In relief, he is 0-0 with a 9.52 ERA (5.2 IP, 6 ER) in three appearances.
