2005 Ole Miss Baseball Postgame Notes

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GAME #11; HOME GAME #8: VS. PURDUE BOILERMAKERS
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2005  1:30 P.M.
OXFORD-UNIVERSITY STADIUM/SWAYZE FIELD (3,500)  OXFORD, MISS.

PREGAME NOTES
TIME OF FIRST PITCH: 1:33 p.m.
WEATHER: 62 F; Clear; Wind NW 4 mph

SERIES INFORMATION

Ole Miss leads the all-time series 2-0.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Purdue - NR
Ole Miss: #16- Baseball America; #16- NCBWA; #17- Sports Weekly/ESPN; #20- Collegiate Baseball

HOME RUN DISTANCES

Stephen Head 461' - 4th inning off Martin Havens
Brian Pettway 364' - 4th inning Jay Buente

PURDUE NOTES

SS Mitch Hilligoss went 4-for-5 to record his first career four-hit game.

OLE MISS NOTES

Junior 2B Cooper Osteen has scored at least one run in seven consecutive games after scoring three runs this afternoon.
Junior OF Brian Pettway hit a two-run single in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games.
Pettway went 2-for-4 with a HR and tied his career high with four RBI, set twice previously against New York Tech (3/9/2003) and Arkansas State (2/15/2004).
The back-to-back HRs by Stephen Head and Brian Pettway in the fourth inning marked the first time the Rebels have hit back-to-back HRs since Burney Hutchinson and Josh Christian hit back-to-back HRs at South Carolina on May 5, 2002.
Ole Miss scored nine runs in the second and five in the fourth and have now scored five or more runs in an inning six times this season.
The Rebels' seven hits in the second inning tied their season high for hits in an inning, set twice previously against Arkansas State (2/15) and Belmont (2/22).
Senior OF Miles Franklin went 3-for-6 to record his first career three-hit game.
The Rebels have now turned a double play in nine straight games after turning one in the sixth inning.
Sophomore OF John Morgan Mims recorded his first career RBI with a single in the seventh inning to score Justin Henry.
The 20 runs this afternoon were the most by the Rebels since scoring 24 in a 24-0 win over New York Tech on March 9, 2003.
The 20 hits this afternoon were the most by Ole Miss since recording 21 in a 16-6 win over SE Louisiana on April 16, 2003.
The Rebels have now recorded 10 or more hits in eight consecutive games.
Ole Miss hitters drew eight walks this afternoon and have drawn 25 in the last three games.
The Rebels have now won eight straight games against the Big 10 Conference since a 5-0 loss to Minnesota on Feb. 23, 1992 in Oxford.
Ole Miss is 34-19 (.642 winning pct.) all-time against teams currently in the Big 10 Conference.
Today's win gives the Rebels their first three-game win streak of the season.

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