Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball visits SE Missouri State Tuesday
04/13/2009 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
April 13, 2009
By Jeff Honza
www.SIUSalukis.com
Game 34
Southern Illinois (13-20) at SE Missouri State (19-13)
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
First Pitch: 3 p.m., CT
Stadium: Capaha Field (2,000)
Head Coaches: SIU: Dan Callahan (403-410-1/188-222-1 MVC/15th Year); SE Missouri State: Mark Hogan (432-361-1/15th Year)
Radio: WFRX 1300 AM. Mike Reis (Play-by-Play)
Audio Webcast: www.siusalukis.com (Saluki All-Access)
Video Webcast: www.kfvs12.com
Live Stats: www.siusalukis.com
Weather Forecast: Partly Sunny, 57 degrees
Probable Starting Pitchers
RHP Daniel Etienne (3-0, 3.96 ERA) vs. RHP Daniel Schuh (0-0, 13.50 ERA)/RHP Corey Harness (0-1, 7.45 ERA)
Salukis Head to SE Missouri State Tuesday
Southern Illinois University and Southeast Missouri State meet for the second time in less than a week. The Salukis shutout the Redhawks, 7-0, on April 7 in Carbondale.
Free Videostream
KFVS is offering a live internet videostream of Tuesday's baseball game between SIU and SEMO. Video is free to all viewers at www.kfvs12.com.
Versus the Ohio Valley
SIU is currently 3-4 versus Ohio Valley Conference schools this year. The Salukis were recently swept in a doubleheader against the league's preseason- favorite Jacksonville State (4/11). Prior to that, SIU blanked Southeast Missouri (4/7), beat Murray State (4/1) lost to Eastern Illinois (3/4) and split two games with Tennessee-Martin (2/24, 3/3).
Callahan vs. the OVC
The Salukis are 60-31 (.659) all-time against the OVC under head coach Dan Callahan. Callahan's teams have played seven of the current 10 schools in that league. SIU is 6-3 vs. Austin Peay, 8-2 vs. Eastern Illinois, 1-0 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 18-5 vs. Murray State, 11-14 vs. SE Missouri, 16-5 vs. Tennessee-Martin and 0-2 vs. Jacksonville State with Callahan at the helm.
Series History
Tuesday marks the 69th meeting between SIU and SEMO. The Salukis own a 44-23-1 lead against the Redhawks in a series which started in 1923. SIU is 11-14 all-time against SEMO under head coach Dan Callahan. The home team has won seven of the last nine meetings between these teams. The Dawgs have lost four of their last six games in Cape Girardeau.
