Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball plays wood bat game against Saint Louis Wednesday
04/24/2007 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
April 24, 2007
By Jeff Honza
www.SIUSalukis.com
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
First Pitch: 7 p.m., CST
Site: GCS Ballpark, Sauget, Ill.
Series History: SIU leads, 53-13
Head Coaches: SIU: Dan Callahan (346-359-1/13th Year).
SLU: Bob Hughes (355-628-1/19th Year).
CALLAHAN GOES FOR 500TH CAREER WIN WEDNESDAY
Dan Callahan is one win away from reaching 500 career victories as a NCAA Division I head coach. Callahan is in his 13th year at the Saluki helm. Prior to SIU, he spent six seasons as head coach at Eastern Illinois University. He holds a career record of 499-518-2 in over 18 years at the Division I level.
ROBERTS LOOKS TO EXTEND 11-GAME HITTING STREAK
True freshman Aaron Roberts is on a double-digit game hitting streak for the second time this season. A native of Chatham, Ill., Roberts hit safely in 11-straight games dating back to April 8. Only one game stops Roberts from being on a 26-game hitting streak at this point in the season. He recorded at least one hit in 14 consecutive games prior to going 0-for-3 at Evansville on Mar. 31. From then on, he hit safely in each of his last 11 contests, making 25 of 26 games where he's gotten a hit. Roberts is fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference with a .395 batting average.
SALUKIS VS. BILLIKENS
SIU and SLU meet for the fifth-straight year in a wood bat game at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. The Salukis have won all four of the previous meetings, outscoring the Billikens, 30-4.
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
SLU has lost 11 of its last 16 games and enters Wednesday's matchup at 10-30 overall. The Billikens started the 2007 season at 1-15. Offensively, SLU is hitting .244 and has been outscored, 277-145, on the year. Pitching wise, the Billikens own a 5.43 ERA. SLU has given up the majority of its runs in the first (46), sixth (44) and eighth (37) innings.
