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2005 Ole Miss Baseball Postgame Notes

3/18/2005 | Baseball

March 18, 2005

Recap | Box Score

GAME #19; HOME GAME #16: VS. FLORIDA GATORS
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005 • 6:30 P.M.
OXFORD-UNIVERSITY STADIUM/SWAYZE FIELD (3,500) • OXFORD, MISS.

PREGAME NOTES
TIME OF FIRST PITCH: 6:30 p.m.
WEATHER: 53 F; Wind- SE 6 mph; Clear

SERIES INFORMATION

  • Florida now holds a 35-34 lead in the all-time series.
  • The Rebels are 21-13 all-time versus the Gators in Oxford.
  • Tonight's 5-4 win by Florida snapped the Rebels' six-game win streak in the series.
  • This was also the Gators' first victory in Oxford since a 4-3 win on March 30, 1997. snapping a 10-game losing streak at Swayze Field.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

  • Florida: #6- Baseball America; #9- NCBWA; #10- Collegiate Baseball; #13- Sports Weekly/ESPN
  • Ole Miss: #14- Baseball America; #15- Sports Weekly/ESPN; #17- NCBWA; #20- Collegiate Baseball

HOME RUN DISTANCES

  • Stephen Head (UM) 395' - 3rd inning off Bryan Ball
  • Brian Pettway (UM) 381' - 3rd inning off Bryan Ball
  • Matt LaPorta (FLA) 366' - 7th inning of Matt Maloney

FLORIDA NOTES

  • CF Jeff Corsaletti extended his hitting streak to a season-best 11-game after going 2-for-3 this evening.

OLE MISS NOTES

  • Stephen Head and Brian Pettway hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning to mark the second time this season that they have hit back-to-back HRs in a game. Head and Pettway also hit back-to-back HRs in the fourth inning of the March 5 game versus Purdue.
  • LHP Matt Maloney has now stranded 9-of-9 inherited baserunners for his career after stranding one inherited runner when he entered the game in the sixth inning tonight in relief of starter Mark Holliman.
  • Pettway extended his hitting streak to a career-best 19 games, two shy of the Ole Miss school record of 21 set by Kary Bridges in 1992 and Chad Sterbens in 2002.
  • Head extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games.
  • Tonight's 5-4 loss snapped Ole Miss' win streak at 10 games.
  • The Rebels are now 1-4 in one-run games this season.

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