Game #59; SEC Tournament vs. Florida

May 18, 2001

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Friday, May 18, 2001 * Hoover Metropolitan Stadium * Birmingham, AL * 3:00 PM CDT

RECORDSTEAM     W  L  T  PCT.    HOME   ROAD  NEUTRAL    SEC  NON-CONF.  STREAKFlorida 34 24  0  .586   26-10   7-13      1-1  16-14      16-9       W1REBELS   37 20  1  .647  25-8-1  11-10      1-2  17-13    19-6-1       L1
TODAY'S PITCHING MATCH-UP                                                                CAREER VS.TEAM  NO.  NAME         Yr.  L/R    IP  W  L  SV  BB  SO   ERA  OPPONENTUF    21   Alex Hart    So.  R    41.2  3  2   0  43  33  6.26  0-1, 10.39 (4.1 IP, 5 ER)UM    23   Dan McShea   Sr.  R    51.2  4  5   0  17  37  5.23  0-1. 7.86 (18.1 IP, 16 ER)

REBELS VS. HART: Cox 2x2 (1.000), Tolbert 2x2 (1.000), Hutchinson 1x2 (.500), Robinson 1x2 (.500), Christian 1x3 (.333), Jones 0x3 (.000), Sterbens 0x3 (.000), Lafferty 0x3 (.000), Farrar 0x1 (.000)

GATORS VS. McSHEA: Davidson 2x2 (1.000), Estrada 1x1 (1.000), Shealy 2x3 (.667), Siegel 2x3 (.667), Goss 3x5 (.600), Nystrom 3x5 (.600), Dill 0x6 (.000), Klebonis 0x3 (.000), Osborn 0x2 (.000), Kiger 0x1 (.000), Rose 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 ... The Rebels are 10-14 (.417 winning percentage) all-time in the SEC Tournament, including 3-2 versus Florida ... The last time the Rebels and Gators met in the SEC Tournament was in 1982 in Gainesville, Fla., with Florida winning 8-7 ... Ole Miss and Florida met three times in the 1977 SEC Tournament in Oxford. After the Gators defeated the Rebels 5-4 to send them into the loser's bracket, Ole Miss rebounded to beat the Gators twice, 7-6 and 7-4, for its first and only SEC Tournament championship ... the Rebels are 6-6 in elimination games in the SEC Tournament ... 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.

THE GOOD AND THE BAD: Ole Miss has been on both sides of a game called after seven innings due to the 10-run rule in this tournament. After opening the tourney with a 17-6 rout of Tennessee on Wednesday, the Rebels were 10-runed by LSU yesterday, 13-2. The 17 runs scored represented the most by an Ole Miss team in the postseason (SEC Tournament, NCAA Tournament or College World Series), and the 11-run margin of victory was Ole Miss' largest ever in the SEC Tournament. While yesterday's 13 runs scored by LSU was the second-most allowed by an Ole Miss team in the SEC Tournament, behind the 21 scored by Vanderbilt in a 21-0 win during the 1980 SEC Tournament. The 11-run defeat was also the Rebels' second worse defeat in SEC Tournament play, behind the 21-0 loss to the Commodores in 1980.

REBELS TURN TRIPLE PLAY: Ole Miss turned its first triple play since May 29, 1999 against Monmouth (NJ) in the NCAA Regionals during the sixth inning of yesterday's game with LSU. With runners on first and second, senior 3B Lance Jones snagged a line drive off the bat of Wally Pontiff. He then stepped on third to double off David Raymer before firing over to first to beat Ryan Theriot back to the bag.

LAST TIME OUT: LSU's first six batters of the game reached base safely with Mike Fontenot and Zeph Zinsman both hitting three-run home runs to ignite the Tigers to a 1-2 win over Ole Miss, in a game called after seven innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. Lane Mestepey allowed one unearned run on three hits and one walk, while striking out four to earn the win. Adam Yates (7-3) suffered the loss, allowing six runs on six hits and two walks in just an inning. All nine Tiger starters recorded a hit as they out-hit the Rebels 13-4.

SCOUTING THE GATORS: Florida enters this afternoon's game with a 34-24 record. LSU blanked the Gators 10-0 on Wednesday in a seven-inning contest, and then Florida defeated Tennessee 9-3 in an elimination game yesterday. The Gators are hitting .313 as a team, with six regulars batting over .300. Senior Jason Dill is leading the team with a .380 (41x106) average. Junior OF Matt Goss is second on the team with a .356 (69x194) average, and leads the team in both HRs (11) and RBIs (53). Florida pitchers have a team ERA of 6.10 and opponents are hitting .292 against them with 61 HRs.

SERIES INFO: Today's meeting is the 59th all-time between Ole Miss and Florida ... the Gators lead the series 32-26 ... the Rebels have won nine of the last 10 meetings dating back to 1998, including a three-game sweep of this season's SEC series in Oxford, Apr. 20-22 ... the sweep marked Ole Miss' third straight SEC series victory over Florida ... Ole Miss is 18-13 all-time against Florida in Oxford, and is 8-19 in Gainesville ... Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco is 3-0 versus Florida ... Florida head coach Andy Lopez is 8-10 against the Rebels.

REVIEWING THE 2001 FLORIDA SERIES: Ole Miss recorded a sweep of the Gators, Apr. 20-22 in Oxford, winning by scores of 9-1, 12-9 and 4-0. Ole Miss hit .305 (30x97) as a team in the series, led by Burney Hutchinson, who went 4x9 (.444) with a HR and four RBIs. The Gators batted .243 (25x103) led by Matt Goss, who was 6x14 (.429) with a RBI. Junior RHP Pete Montrenes fired a complete-game two hitter and the Rebels scored nine runs in their final two at-bats to take the series-opener. In game two, Ole Miss scored eight runs in the sixth to erase a 5-0 deficit, and after Florida tied the game at 8-8 in the seventh, the Rebels scored a run in the bottom of the inning and tacked on three more in the eighth for the 12-9 victory. In the series-finale, Mike Gray and Nick Bradshaw combined on a seven-hit shutout.

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 ... Florida is unranked.

REBEL DIAMOND NOTES: With four hits yesterday, Ole Miss surpassed the 600-hit mark for the second time in the past six years ... The Rebels are 5-11 (.313 winning percentage) the last two seasons during the month of May ... The Rebels' 49 home runs this season is their lowest total since hitting only 27 in 1996. Ole Miss has hit at least 60 HRs in three of the last four seasons ... A win today would tie the 1986 team for the second-most wins in school history at 38. The record is 40 set in 1995.

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER
#23 Dan McShea (6-5, 212, Sr., RHP)

* Is making his 13th start and appearance of the season.
* Is 4-5 with a 5.23 ERA (51.2 IP, 30 ER) with 37 strikeouts and 17 walks.
* Opponents are hitting .319 (68x213) against him with four HRs.
* Ole Miss is 6-6 in games he's started this season, averaging 6.0 runs per start.
* Saw his first action after missing the 2000 season, when he underwent shoulder surgery in a start against Arkansas-Little Rock on Feb. 10 (L, 1.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO).
* Missed three weeks after developing soreness in his right shoulder following the start against Arkansas-Little Rock.
* Returned to action on Mar. 7 with a start at Arkansas State, working one inning against the Indians before being lifted due to a limited pitch count.
* Worked five scoreless innings against Murray State on Mar. 13 (4 H, 2 BB, 2 SO) to earn his first win since May 29, 1999 against Monmouth (NJ) in the 1999 NCAA Regionals.
* Made his first start on a SEC weekend since 1999 at LSU on Apr. 15, working a season-long 7.2 innings and striking out a season-high six in suffering a 6-3 setback (10 H, 6 R, 1 BB).
* Tied a career-high with seven strikeouts in earning the win at Vanderbilt (6.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 2 BB) on April 28.
* Is making his 73rd career appearance today to rank fourth on Ole Miss' all-time list for appearances.
* 14-11 career record with a 4.99 ERA (213.0 IP, 118 ER) in 72 appearances, including 26 starts.
* Has registered two career saves.

LAST START: Pitched into the seventh inning last Sunday against Mississippi State in Oxford ... Allowed three runs, one earned, on seven hits and two walks in earning the win ... Struck out six, one shy of his career high ... Threw 97 pitches, 61 for strikes ... Allowed an unearned run in the first when Michael Brown reached base safely on an error by second baseman Clint Farrar to begin the game and later scored on Jason Burkley's RBI single ... Retired 10 consecutive following a Josh West single in the first until Steve Gendron hit a two-out single in the fourth ... The Bulldogs took advantage of another Ole Miss error in the fifth to score two runs to go up 3-0 ... Was relieved with two outs in the seventh by Nathan Lyons after allowing a single by Brent Lewis, followed by a walk to Jason Burkley with the Rebels leading 5-3.

PRIOR START: Was relieved after 1 2/3 innings last at Tennessee on May 5 ... Allowed four runs on five hits and two walks ... Struck out one ... Threw 42 pitches, 23 for strikes ... Gave up three runs on three hits, a walk, and one hit batsmen in the first inning ... Chris Burke hit a one-out double in the second and later scored on Brandon Hopkins' RBI single to make it 4-1 ... Was relieved by Nick Bradshaw after the Hopkins single.

McSHEA AND FLORIDA: Is making his fifth career appearance, including his third start, against the Gators ... Is 0-1 with a 7.86 ERA (18.1 IP, 16 ER) ... Took a no decision in his start against Floida on April 21 in Oxford, allowing four runs on eight hits and three walks, while striking out one in 4.1 innings ... Ole Miss would win that game 12-9.

McSHEA AND SEC OPPONENTS: Is 9-7 with a career 5.27 ERA (135.0 IP, 79 ER) in 39 career appearances, including 16 starts, against SEC opponents ... Is 2-3 with a 6.75 ERA (30.2 IP, 23 ER) in six starts versus SEC teams this season, including the March 28 Mayor's Trophy game with Mississippi State in Jackson, Miss. ... Was 2-2 with a 6.75 ERA (26.2 IP, 20 ER) in five starts during conference games this season.

McSHEA VERSUS THE SEC EASTERN DIVISION: Is 7-3 with a 4.81 ERA (73.0 IP, 39 ER) in 21 career appearances, including nine starts, against the SEC Eastern Division ... Went 1-1 with a 9.49 ERA (12.1 IP, 13 ER) in three starts versus SEC Eastern Division teams this season.

McSHEA AND THE POSTSEASON: Is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (12.0 IP, 0 ER) in two career postseason starts ... Pitched a complete-game three hitter in a 2-0 shutout of South Carolina on May 20, 1999 in his only start in the SEC Tournament ... Was named to the SEC All-Tournament team for his performance against the Gamecocks.

McSHEA MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
* Is 4-3 with a 3.67 ERA (41.2 IP, 17 ER) in eight career appearances, including seven starts, during the month of May.
* Has an 8-5 career record at home with a 4.14 ERA (119.2 IP, 55 ER) with one save in 40 appearances, including 14 starts.
* Is 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA (24.0 IP, 9 ER) in five starts at home this season.
* Has a 3-4 career road record with a 6.90 ERA (73.0 IP, 56 ER) and one save in 25 appearances, including nine starts.
* Is 1-3 with a 6.85 ERA (23.2 IP, 18 ER) in six road starts this season.
* Is 2-2 with a 3.10 ERA (20.1 IP, 7 ER) in seven career appearances, including three starts, at neutral sites.
* Is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA (4.0 IP, 3 ER) in one start at a neutral site this season, that coming against Mississippi State in the Mar. 28 Mayor's Trophy game at Jackson, Miss.
* Has a 10-7 career record in the day with a 4.62 ERA (134.1 IP, 69 ER) and two saves in 42 appearances, including 17 starts.
* Is 1-3 with a 7.59 ERA (21.1 IP, 18 ER) in five starts during the day this season.
* Is 4-4 in his career with a 5.61 ERA (78.2 IP, 49 ER) in 30 appearances, including nine starts at night.
* Is 3-2 with a 3.56 ERA (30.1 IP, 12 ER) in seven starts at night this season.
* As a starter, has a 9-9 career mark with a 5.21 ERA (119.1 IP, 66 ER) in 26 starts.
* Is 4-5 with a 5.23 ERA (51.2 IP, 30 ER) in 12 starts this season.

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