2005 Ole Miss Postgame Notes

April 8, 2005

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PREGAME NOTES
TIME OF FIRST PITCH: 6:34 p.m.
WEATHER: 66 F; Partly Cloudy; Wind- NW 2 mph

SERIES INFORMATION

Alabama leads the series 176-127-2
The Crimson Tide now holds a 91-67-2 advantage in Oxford, however, Alabama is 10-12 at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field since the facility opened in 1989.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Alabama: #22- Collegiate Baseball; #24- Sports Weekly/ESPN
Ole Miss: #9- Baseball America; #13- Sports Weekly/ESPN; #15- NCBWA; #23- Collegiate Baseball

HOME RUN DISTANCES

ALABAMA NOTES

Brian Pettway's solo HR to lead off the second inning snapped junior RHP T.J. Large's consecutive scoreless inning streak at 17.
Senior LF Gabe Scott extended his hitting streak to 19 games with a single in the fourth inning.
Scott hit two HRs tonight to record his first career multi-HR game.
With two HRs tonight, Scott has four HRs in the last four games.

OLE MISS NOTES

Junior 1B Stephen Head became the seventh player in school history to hit 30 career HRs with his two-run HR in the sixth inning.
Head made his first relief appearance tonight, coming in for starter Mark Holliman in the eighth inning.
Junior RHP Mark Holliman struck out four to move into sixth place on the school's career list for strikeouts with 218.
Ole Miss is now 3-6 in one-run games this season.
Tonight's loss marked the first time in 22 games that the Rebels have lost when leading after seven innings. Ole Miss is now 21-1 when leading after seven innings this season.
Junior RF Brian Pettway went 2x4 to give him at least one hit in 29-of-30 games.

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