Here you go, iukareb1. Ole Miss is at AutoZone tonight at 6:30, Murray State in Oxford tomorrow at 6:30 and at MSU for the weekend.
Errol hit .538 for the week and has provided some efficiency at the bottom of Ole Miss' batting order lately. That's something that's really needed with Overbey in an extended slump and no one else hitting for a high average down there. Second-half-of-the-order efficiency is a huge thing for this team. Defensively he needs to be more consistent. He continues to move to his left very well but is rushing throws and firing high because of rushed footwork mostly. It's correctable, and he's just a freshman, but he needs to regain a little consistency defensively. He's above average moving to his left, struggles more playing into the hole.
I think the sweep was just huge. At 6-6 you still needed to find a game, but 7-5 is great shape. These next nine are rough, and I'd predict LSU, MSU, UK in that order as for winnable series. Those road environments are tricky. State will be bouncing off the walls for Super Bulldog Weekend and Kentucky is very, very good at home, and Ole Miss typically doesn't play well there. However, the Rebels' lineup with bigger left-handed bats could play better at Cliff Hagan this time. I'm excited about Saturday's pitching matchup this week with Ross Mitchell and Christian Trent. Being realistic the Rebels need to go no worse than 4-5 over the next nine SEC games. That puts them 11-10 with manageable series against Georgia, Arkansas and A&M remaining.
I'm disappointed in the SEC for leaving Trent off the pitcher of the week list yesterday. The other three guys were outstanding and had more strikeouts, but if you're going to do the cop out and pick three, you don't leave off a fourth with a complete game shutout -- only one of two on the weekend. I'm not a conspiracy theorist at all, and it doesn't really matter, but Ole Miss loses every tiebreaker on these things. What a kid did last year or on the season should have zero impact on player of the week. Also Errol hit 100 points higher than the kid from Alabama who win freshman of the week.
I love what Ole Miss is getting from Sikes Orvis right now. Sure he strikes out, but the extra-base potential is being realized, and he's played very well while Will Allen has cooled off recently. You'll take the bad because of the good.
Hearing Aaron Greenwood tweaked something around his abdominal over the weekend. Hopefully it's nothing, but that's always a little scary because it can linger. I'll ask Mike before the weekend. He's riding a 19-inning scoreless streak.
Ole Miss needs to beat Memphis tonight. I hardly ever think a midweek game matters, and losing this one isn't painful to the resume, but the Rebels host lost six straight against Memphis, MSU and USM in the midweek. They've also lost three straight and five of seven to Memphis. Break the streak. Keep momentum going in the current schedule. Memphis had a huge lead late in the game to win a series against Louisville Sunday and blew it.
Jeremy Massie is listed as Ole Miss' starter tonight. Memphis is starting freshman left-hander Ryan Garner. He's got a 5.20 ERA with eight strikeouts and eight walks in 27.2 innings. Opponents are hitting .260 off him. Never seen the kid, but I bet he doesn't break 90. Just a hunch. Ole Miss needs to stay back and not overswing.
Couple interesting stats. Last year Allen finished the season with four home runs and 23 RBI. Orvis finished the year with three home runs and 21 RBI. As a team Ole Miss had 23 home runs. This year Allen is at four and 35. Orvis is at six and 23, and Ole Miss has hit 22 home runs through a couple games past half the season.
This post was edited on 4/8 7:04 AM by Chase Parham
Errol hit .538 for the week and has provided some efficiency at the bottom of Ole Miss' batting order lately. That's something that's really needed with Overbey in an extended slump and no one else hitting for a high average down there. Second-half-of-the-order efficiency is a huge thing for this team. Defensively he needs to be more consistent. He continues to move to his left very well but is rushing throws and firing high because of rushed footwork mostly. It's correctable, and he's just a freshman, but he needs to regain a little consistency defensively. He's above average moving to his left, struggles more playing into the hole.
I think the sweep was just huge. At 6-6 you still needed to find a game, but 7-5 is great shape. These next nine are rough, and I'd predict LSU, MSU, UK in that order as for winnable series. Those road environments are tricky. State will be bouncing off the walls for Super Bulldog Weekend and Kentucky is very, very good at home, and Ole Miss typically doesn't play well there. However, the Rebels' lineup with bigger left-handed bats could play better at Cliff Hagan this time. I'm excited about Saturday's pitching matchup this week with Ross Mitchell and Christian Trent. Being realistic the Rebels need to go no worse than 4-5 over the next nine SEC games. That puts them 11-10 with manageable series against Georgia, Arkansas and A&M remaining.
I'm disappointed in the SEC for leaving Trent off the pitcher of the week list yesterday. The other three guys were outstanding and had more strikeouts, but if you're going to do the cop out and pick three, you don't leave off a fourth with a complete game shutout -- only one of two on the weekend. I'm not a conspiracy theorist at all, and it doesn't really matter, but Ole Miss loses every tiebreaker on these things. What a kid did last year or on the season should have zero impact on player of the week. Also Errol hit 100 points higher than the kid from Alabama who win freshman of the week.
I love what Ole Miss is getting from Sikes Orvis right now. Sure he strikes out, but the extra-base potential is being realized, and he's played very well while Will Allen has cooled off recently. You'll take the bad because of the good.
Hearing Aaron Greenwood tweaked something around his abdominal over the weekend. Hopefully it's nothing, but that's always a little scary because it can linger. I'll ask Mike before the weekend. He's riding a 19-inning scoreless streak.
Ole Miss needs to beat Memphis tonight. I hardly ever think a midweek game matters, and losing this one isn't painful to the resume, but the Rebels host lost six straight against Memphis, MSU and USM in the midweek. They've also lost three straight and five of seven to Memphis. Break the streak. Keep momentum going in the current schedule. Memphis had a huge lead late in the game to win a series against Louisville Sunday and blew it.
Jeremy Massie is listed as Ole Miss' starter tonight. Memphis is starting freshman left-hander Ryan Garner. He's got a 5.20 ERA with eight strikeouts and eight walks in 27.2 innings. Opponents are hitting .260 off him. Never seen the kid, but I bet he doesn't break 90. Just a hunch. Ole Miss needs to stay back and not overswing.
Couple interesting stats. Last year Allen finished the season with four home runs and 23 RBI. Orvis finished the year with three home runs and 21 RBI. As a team Ole Miss had 23 home runs. This year Allen is at four and 35. Orvis is at six and 23, and Ole Miss has hit 22 home runs through a couple games past half the season.
This post was edited on 4/8 7:04 AM by Chase Parham
