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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
Miss Valley St
No. 10 Ole Miss Pounds Mississippi Valley State 20-6
2/19/2002 | Baseball
Feb. 19, 2002
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OXFORD, Miss. - No. 10 Ole Miss scored nine runs in the first two innings to cruise to a 20-6 win over Mississippi Valley State Tuesday afternoon at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Junior shortstop Chad Sterbens went 4-for-5 with two RBIs to pace the Rebels at the plate as Ole Miss out-hit the Delta Devils 19-12.
Sophomore right-hander Adam Yates (1-0) pitched two innings to earn the win. He allowed two runs on four hits and one walk, while striking out three.
The Rebels used seven pitchers on the afternoon, and a total of 24 players saw action for Ole Miss.
Josh Hailey (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing nine runs, four earned, on six hits and four walks, and struck out one in 1 1/3 innings of work.
Robert Reynolds went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Mississippi Valley State, including a two-run home run in the first to give the Delta Devils a brief 2-0 lead.
The Rebels answered with three runs in the first, and took advantage of two Delta Devils errors to plate six runs in the second and build a 9-2 lead.
Junior Dustin Cliburn homered in his first career at bat as a Rebel in the sixth, with a two-out solo shot to make it 18-6.
Ole Miss will return action Friday when the Rebels open a three-game series with South Alabama at 3 p.m., at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
Ole Miss 20, Miss. Valley State 6 (Feb 19, 2002 at Oxford, Miss.)----------------------------------------------------------------------Miss. Valley State.. 201 012 000 - 6 12 5 (0-11)Ole Miss............ 360 351 20X - 20 19 2 (4-0)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Miss. Valley State - J. Hailey, T. Wall(2), R. Neely(6), M. Lantrip(7), J. Grantham(8). Ole Miss - A. Yates, N. Lyons(3), K. Bateman(5), M. Gray(6), D. Hall(6), A. Simontis(8),T. Beam(9).Win-A. Yates(1-0) Loss-J. Hailey(0-2) T-3:03 A-1980HR MVSU - R. Reynolds (2).HR UM - D. Cliburn (1).Game notes:NATIONAL RANKINGS- UM: #10 CB, #18 BW, #20 BASterbens (UM) ties career-high with 4 hits.Cliburn (UM) homers in first career AB in the sixth inning.
