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RECORDSTEAM     W  L  T  PCT.    HOME    ROAD  NEUTRAL    SEC   NON-CONF.  STREAKLSU 38 18  1  .675    24-9  12-9-1      1-0  18-12     19-6-1   W1REBELS   37 19  1  .658  25-8-1   11-10      1-1  17-13     19-6-1   W2
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP                                                                     CAREER VS.TEAM  NO.  NAME            Yr.  L/R     IP   W  L  SV  BB  SO   ERA  OPPONENTLSU   46   Lane Mestepey   Fr.  L    107.1   9  3   1  32  58  3.61  1-0, 2.00 (9.0 IP, 2 ER)UM    31   Adam Yates      Fr.  R     65.2   7  2   4  36  59  3.29  1-0, 5.07 (5.1 IP, 3 ER)

REBELS VS. MESTEPY: Robinson 2x3 (.667), Jones 2x4 (.500), HR, Hutchinson 2x4 (.500), Nugen 1x4 (.250), Christian 1x4 (.250), Farrar 1x4 (.250), Lafferty 0x4 (.000), Sterbens 0x4 (.000), Tolbert 0x3 (.000), Conley 0x1 (.000).

TIGERS VS. YATES: Moore 1x1 (1.000), Zinsman 1x1 (1.000), Thibodeaux 1x2 (.500), Heath 1x2 (.500), Theriot 1x3 (.333), Pontiff 1x3 (.333), Wright 0x3 (.000), Linden 0x2 (.000), Fontenot 0x2 (.000), Raymer 0x1 (.000), Barker 0x1 (.000)

TV/RADIO: Today's game will be televised by College Sports Southeast with Barry McKnight (play-by-play) and Kevin Hays (color analyst). Check local listings to see if College Sports Southeast is carried by your local cable or satellite dealer. Today's game, and all Ole Miss SEC Tournament games, can be heard on stations along the Ole Miss Radio Network with David Kellum and Gary Darby. Air time is 15 minutes prior to first pitch. Check local listings for an affiliate in your area. The Ole Miss broadcast can also be heard over the internet at www.OleMissSports.com.

REBEL SEC TOURNEY NOTES: Ole Miss is making its eighth appearance in the Southeastern Conference Tournament since the event started in 1977 ... The Rebels missed qualifying for last year's tournament, finishing a half-game behind Kentucky for the eighth and final spot ... Yesterday's 17-6 win over Tennessee snapped Ole Miss' four-game losing streak in SEC Tournament openers ... The Rebels are 10-13 (.435 winning percentage) all-time in the SEC Tournament, including 0-1 against LSU ... The only meeting between the two schools in the SEC Tournament was in the 1993 SEC Western Division Tournament at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., a 6-3 Tiger win ... The 17 runs scored by Ole Miss against Tennessee marked the most the Rebels have scored in a postseason game, including the NCAA Regionals and College World Series. Ole Miss' previous high was 15 against Florida in the 1960 SEC Championship Series ... The 11-run margin of victory is Ole Miss' largest in the SEC Tournament. The Rebels' previous largest margin of victory was eight against Mississippi State in the 1977 tournament, winning 11-3 ... Ole Miss has not won two games in the tournament since 1977, when the Rebels went 4-1 en route to their only tournament championship.

LAST TIME OUT: Ole Miss broke open a 4-1 lead with an eight-run third inning en route to a 17-6 win over Tennessee in yesterday's SEC Tournament opener. All eight of the runs in the third came with two outs as nine straight batters reached base safely. Sophomore SS Chad Sterbens went 3x5 with two RBIs as Ole Miss out-hit Tennessee 18-8. Clint Farrar and Carl Lafferty also drove in three runs each. Junior RHP Pete Montrenes (10-4) pitched five complete innings in earning the win, allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and no walks.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS: LSU enters today's game 38-18-1 after defeating Florida 10-0 in first-round action of the SEC Tournament yesterday. The Tigers are hitting .322 as a team,and entered the tournament as the SEC's top hitting team. LSU also ranked first in runs scored (485) and team slugging percentage (.509). Junior 1B Bryan Moore leads the team with a .383 (80x209) BA. Junior OF Todd Linden is batting .313 (66x211) and is the team leader in both HRs (16) and RBIs (62). Tiger pitchers have a team ERA of 4.53 (506.2 IP, 255 ER), and opponents are hitting .266 against them with 40 HRs.

SERIES INFO: Today's meeting is the 281st all-time between Ole Miss and LSU ... the Tigers lead the series 152-128, including a 2-1 series win over the Rebels in Baton Rouge this past April ... LSU is 32-9 against Ole Miss since 1990 ... Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco has a 3-5 career record against him alma mater, LSU, at both McNeese State (1998-2000) and Ole Miss. Bianco played two years at LSU from 1988-89, and was team captain of the 1989 squad that finished third at the College World Series. He later served as an assistant at LSU under Skip Bertman from 199-97, helping the Tigers to three national championships ... Tiger head coach Skip Bertman has posted a 47-14 career mark against the Rebels.

REVIEWING THE 2001 LSU SERIES: LSU won 2-of-3 from Ole Miss during their three-game SEC series in Baton Rouge, April 13-15. The Tigers took the series by winning the rubber-match, 6-3, after both teams took turns routing each other the first two games. LSU won the series-opener 15-2 while Ole Miss took game two 23-10 behind a 23-hit attack. LSU hit .349 in the series, led by junior SS Ryan Theriot, who went 7x13 (.538) at the plate with seven runs scored. Ole Miss batted .328 as a team, led by senior 3B Lance Jones. Jones was 7x11 (.636) with two HRs and four RBIs. For the series, LSU outscored Ole Miss 31-28.

IN THE POLLS: Ole Miss enters this afternoon's game ranked No. 23 in this week's Collegiate Baseball Top 30. It is the ninth straight week that the Rebels have been ranked in one of the three major college baseball polls ... LSU enters today's game ranked #9 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Top 25, No. 11 by Collegiate Baseball, and No. 12 by Baseball America.

REBEL DIAMOND NOTES: Ole Miss enters today's game having won back-to-back games following a season-long five-game losing streak from May 4-12 ... Ole Miss is two hits shy of reaching the 600-mark for only the second time in the past six years. The 1999 squad recorded a school single-season record of 658 hits in 62 games ... The Rebels recorded five extra-base hits yesterday against Tennessee, one shy of their total in the previous six games against SEC opponents ... The Rebels are 5-10 (.333 winning percentage) the last two seasons during the month of May.

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

* Is making his team-leading 23rd appearance of the season today, including his fifth start.
* Is 7-2 with a team-best 3.29 ERA (65.2 IP, 24 ER) and has recorded four saves.
* Unscored upon in 11-of-18 relief appearances.
* 3.29 ERA ranks seventh in the SEC entering the tournament.
* Limited opponents to a .200 (47x235) batting-average-against, the lowest in the SEC entering the tournament.
* Opponents hit .252 (30x119) against him during 11 SEC appearances.
* Right-handers are hitting .195 (30x154) against him, and left-handers .210 (17x81).
* Converted 4-of-4 save opportunities, to rank tied for fifth in the SEC in saves entering the weekend.
* Averaging 8.1 strikeouts and 4.9 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.
* Has suffered back-to-back losses to Tennessee (5/6) and Mississippi State (5/12).
* Struck out eight during 6.2 innings of relief at Tennessee on May 6, allowing a run on two hits and four walks in a 5-4 loss.
* Made first career SEC start last Saturday versus Mississippi State (L, 2.2 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 4 SO).

LAST START: Made his first career SEC start last Saturday against Mississippi State in Oxford ... Was touched for seven runs on seven hits and two walks in 2.2 innings in suffering the loss ... Stuck out four ... 66 pitches, 43 for strikes ... Mississippi State took a 1-0 lead in the first with Brent Lewis hitting a one-out triple and then scoring on John Burkley's single ... retired five straight following Burkley's single before Matthew Maniscalco singled to start the third ... the single was one of four hits and two walks allowed by Yates in the third as the Bulldogs rallied for six runs in the inning to take a 7-5 lead ... was relieved by Nick Bradshaw after a two-out RBI single by Phillip Willingham put Mississippi State up 6-5.

PRIOR 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.

YATES VS. LSU: This will Yates' second career appearance, and first stat, against LSU ... pitched 5.1 innings of relief versus the Tigers on April 14 in Baton Rouge to earn the win in the Rebels' 23-10 victory ... allowed three runs on six hits and four walks, while striking out three.

YATES VERSUS SEC OPPONENTS: Is 4-2 with a 5.12 ERA (31.2 IP, 18 ER) in 12 appearances, with one start, against SEC opponents this season, including the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game with Mississippi State ... pitched an inning of relief in that game against the Bulldogs, allowing two runs on one hit and two walks.

YATES VERSUS SEC WEST OPPONENTS: Is 3-1 with a 7.71 ERA (16.1 IP, 14 ER) in seven appearances, including one start, versus teams from the SEC Western Division this season, including the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game versus Mississippi State.

YATES' MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
* Is 4-1 with a 3.55 ERA (38.0 IP, 15 ER) and two saves in 12 appearances, including four 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 2-1with a 4.84 ERA (22.1 IP, 12 ER) and three saves in eight appearances, including three 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.
* Is 3-1 in four starts this season with a 3.10 ERA (20.1 IP, 7 ER).
* Is 4-1 with four saves and a 3.38 ERA (45.1 IP, 17 ER) in 18 relief appearances.

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