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Ole Miss Baseball Game Notes
3/25/2001 | Baseball
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RECORDSTEAM W L T PCT. HOME ROAD NEUTRAL CONF. NON-CONF. STREAKAlabama 17 9 0 .654 14-4 3-5 0-0 4-4 13-5 L2REBELS 20 6 1 .759 14-4-1 6-2 0-0 6-2 14-4-1 W2
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP CAREER VS.TEAM NO. NAME Yr. L/R IP W L SV BB SO ERA OPPONENTALA 12 B.J. Green Jr. R 29.1 3 0 0 7 18 4.91 1-0, 0.00 (1 App., 0.2 IP)UM 32 Ronnie Goodwin Sr. R 39.1 2 1 1 12 18 5.72 0-0, 4.05 (4 App., 6.2 IP, 3 ER)
CRIMSON TIDE VS. GOODWIN: McClanahan 1.000 (1x1), Brown .500 (2x4), Boyd .333 (1x3, HR), Lambert .000 (0x1)
OLE MISS BACK IN NATIONAL RANKINGS: After a one-week absence, Ole Miss returned to the national rankings this week. The Rebels are ranked in all three of the major college baseball polls, receiving a rating as high as No. 19 in Collegiate Baseball's Top 30. Ole Miss is also No. 21 in this week's Baseball America Top 25, and No. 24 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Top 25.
MAYOR'S TROPHY TICKETS: Tickets for Wednesday's 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: Freshman Matt Tolbert's two-out, two-run single to left field capped a six-run eighth inning as No. 19 Ole Miss rallied for an 8-7 win over Alabama yesterday. The Crimson Tide jumped out to a 6-0 lead after four innings, chasing starter Mike Gray after 3.1 innings. Freshman RHP Nick Bradshaw (2-0) worked a season-long 5.2 innings of relief to earn the win. Alabama starter Lance Cormier (4-4) suffered the loss, allowing eight runs, only four earned, on nine hits and three walks, and struck out five. Burney Hutchinson and Josh Christian both homered in the game for Ole Miss, and Hutchinson and Tolbert collected three hits and two RBI each. The Crimson Tide threatened in the top of the ninth with back-to-back two-out hits to put runners on second and third. Bradshaw, however, coaxed Beau Hearod to ground out to second to end the game.
SCOUTING THE CRIMSON TIDE: Alabama enters today's game 17-9 on the year, including 4-4 in the SEC and two games behind Ole Miss and LSU for first-place in the SEC West. The Crimson Tide had won four straight entering this weekend's series. Alabama is hitting .314 as a team (292x929) with 32 HRs. Junior OF Scott McClanahan and junior C Jeremy Brown are hitting .367 (36x98) and .366 (34x93), respectively. Senior 1B Aaron Clark hit his team-best ninth HR of the season Friday night and also leads the Tide in RBI with 34. Alabama pitchers have a team ERA of 3.35 (231.0 IP, 86 ER), and opponents are hitting .261 against them with 22 HRs.
SERIES INFO: Today's meeting is the 303rd all-time between Ole Miss and Alabama ... the Crimson Tide leads the series 180-120-2 dating back to 1895 ... with yesterday's 8-7 win, Ole Miss has now won four of the last seven SEC series between the two schools dating back to 1995, however, Alabama holds an 11-10 series edge since then ... the Crimson Tide won last year's series 2-1 in Tuscaloosa, while the Rebels won the last series played in Oxford, 2-1 in 1999 ... since 1948, Ole Miss is 58-53 against Alabama in Oxford, including 10-8 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field, 50-59 in Tuscaloosa and 1-1 at neutral sites (Baton Rouge, 1-0, Birmingham 0-1) ... Alabama last swept Ole Miss in 1997 in Oxford ... the Rebels last swept the Crimson Tide in 1979 in Oxford ... Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco is 2-0 against Alabama ... Alabama head coach Jim Wells is 11-10 (.550) all-time versus Ole Miss.
LSU ROOTS: Both Alabama head coach Jim Wells and first-year Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco's coaching roots can be traced back to legendary LSU head coach Skip Bertman. Wells served as a graduate assistant coach under Bertman at LSU from 1987-90 before serving as the head coach at Northwestern (La.) State from 1990-94 and then moving on to Alabama. Bianco played at LSU during the 1988 and 1989 seasons, while Wells was coaching at LSU, and then spent two years under Wells as a graduate assistant at Northwestern (La.) State in 1991 and 1992. Bianco then rejoined Bertman as an assistant coach at LSU from 1993-97 before taking the head coaching position at McNeese State (1998-2000). Former Wells assistant Todd Butler moved from Alabama to McNeese State this past summer to replace Bianco after he accepted the Ole Miss head coaching job. Bianco was also a Bertman assistant at LSU when the Tigers defeated Wells' Crimson Tide, 13-6, in the title game of the 1997 College World Series.
REBELS AIMS FOR FIRST SWEEP OF TIDE SINCE `79: A win today would give Ole Miss its first three-game sweep of Alabama since 1979 in Oxford. A victory today would also mark the first time the Rebels have swept back-to-back three-game SEC series since 1972 when they swept three consecutive against Mississippi State in Starkville, Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Mississippi State again, the second time in Oxford.
YATES' STREAK REACHES 31: Freshman RHP Adam Yates pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in two appearance last weekend at Auburn to extend his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 31 dating back to a Feb. 14 start against SE Louisiana. Yates earned the win in both of his appearances against the Tigers and is 4-0 on the season with a 1.60 ERA (33.2 IP, 6 ER), which ranks fourth in the SEC.
AFTER 27 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 16-11 after 27 games last season ... The Rebels had a .292 batting average (279x954) with 20 HRs, 154 RBI, 50 doubles and four triples ... Ole Miss had outscored its opponents 167-146 ... The Rebels stole 33-of-43 bases and had hit into 15 double plays ... Ole Miss pitchers had a 4.79 ERA (236.2 IP, 126 ER), allowing 232 hits, including 19 HRs, walked 106 and struck out 177 ... The Rebels had committed 37 errors and turned 19 double plays.
REBEL DIAMOND NOTES: Ole Miss has won five straight SEC games for the first time since winning five consecutive in 1999 from Apr. 9-17 ... Yesterday's win gave Ole Miss back-to-back SEC series victories for the first time since winning three straight in 1999 against Vanderbilt, Florida and Georgia, and it marked the first the Rebels have won back-to-back series against SEC West opponents since 1995 when they defeated LSU (2-1) and Alabama (2-1) ... The Rebels' last six games have been decided by three runs or less, including three one-run contests, and have gone 5-1 in that span ... Ole Miss recorded four of its seven RBI in yesterday's game with two outs. For the season, the Rebels are hitting .308 (45x146) as a team with 57 RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#32 Ronnie Goodwin (6-2, 177, Sr., RHP)
* Is making his ninth appearance and seventh start of the season.
* Is 2-1 with a 5.72 ERA (39.1 IP, 25 ER) and has one save.
* Opponents are hitting .287 against him (45x157).
* Earned lone save of the year against Arkansas-Little Rock (2/10), working three innings of relief (4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO). * Struck out a season-high five against SE Missouri State (2/18) and Southern Miss (3/4).
* Recorded Ole Miss' first, nine-inning complete game of the season in his start versus Southern Miss on March 4 (W, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 SO).
* Has a 6-8 career record with a 5.09 ERA (141.1 IP, 80 ER) in 48 career appearances, including 13 starts.
LAST START: Worked 4.1 innings last Sunday at Auburn ... Allowed four runs on eight hits and one walk ... Had no decision ... Threw 79 pitches, 46 for strikes ... Retired the side in order in the third for his only 1-2-3 inning ... Gabe Gross hit a two-run home run in the fourth to tie the game 2-2 ... After retiring Jonathan Schuerholz on a pop up to first to start the fifth, allowed three straight hits as Auburn took a 4-2 lead ... Was relieved by Nick Bradshaw ... Ole Miss ended up winning the game 6-5 in 11 innings.
PRIOR START: Pitched into the eighth inning against Kentucky on March 11, taking a no decision ... Allowed six runs on 10 hits and three walks ... Struck out one ... Preston Spencer hit a lead-off home run in the second ... Retired six of the next seven batters before Seth Morris hit a home run to start the fourth ... Beau Moore hit a one-out RBI single in the fifth and Vince Harrison followed with a sac-fly to cut the Ole Miss lead to 6-4 ... Harrison had a RBI double in the seventh to trim the Rebels' lead to 6-5 ... Retired brock Caleb Brock to start the eighth then gave-up a single to Gordon Tyler ... Was then lifted for Nathan Lyons ... Threw 114 pitches, 68 for strikes.
GOODWIN VS. ALABAMA: This will be Goodwin's fifth career appearance, and first start, against Alabama ... Is 0-0 with one save and a 4.05 ERA (6.2 IP, 3 ER) for his career against the Crimson Tide ... Worked two games in relief last season in the series at Tuscaloosa, allowing three earned runs in two innings of work.
GOODWIN AND SEC OPPONENTS: Goodwin is 1-4 with a 6.43 ERA (56.0 IP, 40 ER) and three saves in 24 career appearances, including five starts, versus SEC opponents ... Is 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA (11.2 IP, 10 ER) in two SEC starts this season ... Went 1-3 with a 7.39 ERA (28.0 IP, 23 ER) and two saves last year in 16 appearances, including three starts, versus SEC teams.
GOODWIN VS. THE SEC WESTERN DIVISION: Is 0-2 with two saves and a 6.29 ERA (48.2 IP, 34 ER) in 16 career appearances, including two starts, versus teams from the SEC Western Division ... Was 0-1 with a save and a 10.32 ERA (11.1 IP, 13 ER) in nine appearances, including one start, versus the SEC West last season ... Is 0-0 with a 8.31 ERA (4.1 IP, 4 ER) in one start versus the SEC West this season, that coming last Sunday at Auburn.
GOODWIN MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
* Has a 1-3 career record with two saves and a 5.49 ERA (39.1 IP, 24 ER) in 16 career appearances, including four starts, during March.
* 4-3 career record with four saves and a 4.29 ERA (94.1 IP, 45 ER) in 27 career appearances, including 10 starts at home.
* 2-0 with a save and a 5.04 ERA (30.1 IP, 17 ER) in five appearances, including four starts, at home this season.
* 2-4 career record with one save and a 7.06 ERA (35.2 IP, 28 ER) in 17 career appearances, including three starts, on the road.
* Is 0-1 with an 8.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 8 ER) in three appearances, including two starts, on the road this season.
* Is 3-7 with three saves and a career 6.83 ERA (83.0 IP, 63 ER) in 29 appearances, including eight starts, during the day.
* Is 2-1 with a 5.87 ERA (38.1 IP, 25 ER) and one save in seven appearance, including six starts, during the day this season.
* Is 3-1 with two saves and a 2.62 ERA (58.1 IP, 17 ER) in 19 career appearances, including five starts, at night.
* Is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP, 0 ER) in one relief appearance at night this season.
* As a starter, is 5-3 with a 4.44 ERA (79.0 IP, 39 ER) in 13 career starts.
* Is 2-1 with a 6.11 ERA (35.1 IP, 24 ER) in six starts this season.
