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Saturday, May 12, 2001 * Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field * Oxford, MS * 6:30 p.m. CDT

RECORDSTEAM                W  L  T   PCT.    HOME   ROAD   NEUTRAL    SEC   NON-CONF.  STREAKMississippi State  31 20  0   .608   22-12    8-8       1-0  16-12  15-8       W2REBELS              35 18  1   .657  24-7-1  11-10   0-1  16-12    19-6-1       L4
TONIGHT'S PITCHING MATCH-UP                                                                 CAREER VS.TEAM  NO.  NAME          Yr.  L/R    IP  W  L  SV  BB  SO   ERA  OPPONENTMSU   31   Tanner Brock  Jr.  R    79.0  7  1   0  36  64  3.08  2-0, 0.55 ERA (16.1 IP, 1 ER)UM    31   Adam Yates    Fr.  R    63.0  7  1   4  34  55  2.43  0-0, 18.00 ERA (1.0 IP, 2 ER)

REBELS VS. BROCK: Sterbens 2x2 (1.000), Cox 1x2 (.500), Farrar 1x2 (.500), Hutchinson 1x4 (.250), Morris 0x1 (.000), Jones 0x2 (.000), Lafferty 0x2 (.000), Robinson 0x2 (.000).

BULLDOGS VS. YATES: West 1x1 (1.000), Burkley 0x1 (.000), Knott 0x1 (.000), Lewis 0x1 (.000), Brinson 0x0, BB, Gendron 0x0, BB

TV/RADIO: Tonight's game can be heard locally on WTNM Supertalk Mississippi 105.5 FM, and on stations along the Ole Miss Radio Network, with David Kellum and Gary Darby. Air time is 6:15 p.m.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE (TV/RADIO LISTINGS)
Tomorrow: TBA vs. TBA (Ole Miss Radio Network, airtime 1:45 p.m.)

IN THE POLLS: Ole Miss is ranked in all three major college baseball polls for the eighth straight week. The Rebels' highest ranking is No. 20 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30. Ole Miss is ranked No. 22 in the Baseball America Top 25 and No. 23 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Top 25 ... Mississippi State enters this weekend's series unranked in any of the three polls.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Tomorrow's game has been pushed back one hour to 2 p.m., to avoid conflicts with the championship match of the NCAA Men's Tennis Regional, that Ole Miss is hosting at the Palmer-Salloum Tennis Center, scheduled for noon.

LAST TIME OUT: Matthew Brinson went 2x2 with three RBIs and Paul Maholm (6-4) allowed three runs over 7.1 innings to lead Mississippi State to a 6-3 win over No. 20 Ole Miss last night, in the opener of a three-game SEC series. The Rebels took a 2-0 lead, scoring a run in the first and second innings before the Bulldogs rallied for three in the fourth. Brinson's two-run single tied the game at 2-2 and he then scored to give Mississippi State a 3-2 lead on Steve Gendron's sac fly to center. Maholm scattered 11 hits, walked none, and struck out six before giving way to Josh Wooten, who pitched the final 1.2 innings to earn the save. Junior Pete Montrenes (9-4) suffered the loss as he was charged with five runs, four earned, on seven hits and five walks in eight innings. He also struck out seven. Freshman Matt Tolbert went 3x4 with a RBI as Ole Miss out-hit Mississippi State 13-9.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS: Last night's win was only Mississippi State's second SEC win in its last seven conference games. Overall, the Bulldogs are 5-5 in their last 10 games. Mississippi State entered this weekend's series 11th in the SEC in hitting, and comes into tonight's contest with a .277 team batting average. Senior 1B/OF Jon Knott leads the team with a .353 (65x184) average after going 3x5 last night. Knott also has hit eight of the Bulldogs' 29 home runs this season. Senior OF Josh West leads the team with 44 RBIs. Mississippi State pitchers entered the series with the third-best ERA in the SEC, and enter tonight's game with a staff ERA of 3.54 (460.1 IP, 181 ER). Opponents are hitting .242 off Bulldog pitching with 24 HRs.

SERIES INFO: Tonight's game marks the 391st meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Mississippi State ... the Bulldogs lead the series 216-169-5 ... MSU leads the season series 2-0 as the Bulldogs also defeated the Rebels, 15-6, on Mar. 28 in the Mayor's Trophy game in Jackson, Miss. ... the Bulldogs have won 14 of the last 20 meetings since 1996 ... MSU has posted an 11-4 mark against the Rebels at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field since the facility opened in 1989 ... A win tonight would give the Bulldogs their fourth SEC victory over the Rebels in the last five years ... Ole Miss won the last series played in Oxford, two games to one in 1999 ... the Rebels are 86-83-3 against MSU in Oxford, 66-109-1 in Starkville and 17-24 in neutral site games ... Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco is 0-2 against MSU as a collegiate head coach ... MSU head coach Pat McMahon has an 9-6 all-time mark against Ole Miss.

AFTER 54 GAMES LAST YEAR: Ole Miss was 30-24 after 54 games last season ... The Rebels had a .287 batting average (542x1,891) with 57 HRs, 296 RBIs, 88 doubles and 10 triples ... Ole Miss had outscored its opponents 329-316 ... The Rebels stole 44-of-67 bases and had hit into 29 double plays ... Ole Miss pitchers had a 4.87 ERA (474.2 IP, 257 ER), allowing 505 hits, including 45 HRs, walked 227 and struck out 334 ... The Rebels had committed 81 errors and turned 40 double plays.

REBEL DIAMOND NOTES: Ole Miss enters tonight's loser of four straight and five of its last six ... The four-game skid is the Rebels' longest of the season ... Last night's loss marked Ole Miss' fifth straight SEC loss to mark the Rebels' longest conference losing streak since dropping five consecutive during the 1998 season ... Ole Miss has scored only 15 runs in its last five SEC games and is hitting .238 (39x164) as a team with just three extra-base hits (2 2Bs, HR) ... The Rebels' 13 hits last night was the first time they have recorded more than seven during the five-game SEC skid ... Ole Miss is fielding at a .921-clip in the last five conference games, having committed 14 errors and has turned only two double plays ... The Rebels are 3-9 (.250 winning percentage) during May the last two years, including 2-4 at home ... Ole Miss is still one win shy of tying school record for SEC wins in a season with 17, set by the 1999 team that finished 17-13 ... The Rebels can finish no lower than third in the SEC Western Division, which will be their highest finish since the 1995 season when they were fourth ... Ole Miss can still claim a share of the SEC Western Division title, however, the Rebels must win tonight and Sunday and LSU must lose twice to Auburn ... Last night's loss and Georgia's win over Kentucky eliminated the Rebels from contention for the overall SEC championship ... Ole Miss pitchers enter tonight's game averaging 3.22 walks per game this season, the lowest since the 1986 team issued an average of 3.2 bases on balls in 55 games.

TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER
#31 Adam Yates (6-3, 200, Fr., RHP)

* Is making his team-leading 22nd appearance of the season tonight, including his fourth start.
* Is 7-1 with a team-best 2.43 ERA (63.0 IP, 17 ER) and has recorded four saves.
* Recorded 17.2 scoreless innings in his three starts versus SE Louisiana (2/14), Austin Peay (2/21) and Mississippi Valley State (5/1).
* Unscored upon in 11-of-18 relief appearances.
* 2.43 ERA ranked second in the SEC entering the weekend.
* Opponents are hitting .181 (40x221) against him, ranking as the lowest batting-average-against in the SEC entering the weekend.
* Has a .219 (23x105) batting-average-against in 10 SEC appearances.
* Left-handers are hitting .176 (13x74) against him, and right-handers .184 (27x147).
* Limited opponents to a .200 (13x65) batting-average-against with runners in scoring position.
* Converted 4-of-4 save opportunities, to rank tied for fifth in the SEC in saves entering the weekend.
* Averaging 7.86 strikeouts and 4.86 walks per 9.0 IP.
* Fired a seven-inning, complete-game, one-hit shutout versus SE Louisiana (2/14) in his first career start to earn his first career win.
* Recorded a school-record streak of 31.1 consecutive scoreless innings from Feb. 14-Mar. 25.
* Earned his first collegiate save at Arkansas State (3/7), pitching two scoreless innings of relief (2 H, 0 BB, 2 SO).
* Earned two wins in two relief appearances at Auburn on Mar. 17 and 18.
* Pitched 43.2 innings to start the season before allowing his first HR of the season to LSU's Wally Pontiff on April 14.
* Struck out eight last Sunday at Tennessee in 6.2 IP (2 H, 1 R, 4 BB) in suffering his first loss of the season.

LAST START: Pitched four scoreless innings against Mississippi Valley State in Oxford on May 1 to earn the win ... Allowed two hits and one walk, while striking out one ... 37 pitches, 26 for strikes ... Both of the Delta Devils' hit came in the first inning ... Sean Hill led of the game with a single and Kelbert Fagan doubled a batter later ... Retired nine of the last 10 batters he faced after Fagan's double ... Was relieved in the top of the fifth by Jon Dickens with Ole Miss leading 10-0.

PRIOR START: Worked 6 2/3 scoreless innings against Austin Peay on Feb. 21 ... Earned a 4-0 win as the 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.

YATES VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE: This will be Yates' second career appearance and first start against Mississippi State ... Is 0-0 with a 18.00 ERA after allowing two runs in an inning of relief against the Bulldogs in the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game in Jackson, Miss.

YATES VERSUS SEC OPPONENTS: Is 4-1 with a 3.41 ERA (29.0 IP, 11 ER) in 11 relief appearances versus SEC teams this season, including the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game with Mississippi State ... Is 4-1 with a 2.89 ERA (28.0 IP, 9 ER) in 10 appearances in conference games.

YATES VERSUS SEC WEST OPPONENTS: Is 3-0 with a 4.61 ERA (13.2 IP, 7 ER) in six relief appearances against teams from the SEC Western Division this season, including the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game versus Mississippi State.

YATES' MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
* Is 4-0 with a 2.04 ERA (35.1 IP, 8 ER) and two saves in 11 appearances, including three starts, at home.
* Is 3-1 with a 2.36 ERA (26.2 IP, 7 ER) and two saves in nine relief appearances on the road.
* Is 0-0 with an 18.00 ERA (1.0 IP, 2 ER) in one relief appearance at a neutral site, that coming in the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game versus Mississippi State.
* Is 2-0 with a 2.29 ERA (19.2 IP, 5 ER) and three saves in seven appearances, including two starts, at night.
* Is 5-1 with a 2.49 ERA (43.1 IP, 12 ER) and one save in 14 appearances, including one start, during the day.

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