Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball hosts Jacksonville State on Easter Weekend
04/08/2009 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
April 8, 2009
By Jeff Honza
www.SIUSalukis.com
Games 32-34
Southern Illinois (13-18) vs. Jacksonville State (17-12)
Dates: Friday-Saturday, April 10-11
Location: Carbondale, Ill.
Series Schedule: Fri. - 1 p.m.; Sat. - Noon (DH), CT
Stadium: Abe Martin Field (2,000)
Head Coaches: SIU: Dan Callahan (403-408-1/188-222-1 MVC/15th Year); Jacksonville State: Jim Case (243-195/8th Year)
Radio: WFRX 1300 AM. Mike Reis (Play-by-Play)
Audio Webcast: www.siusalukis.com (Saluki All-Access)
Live Stats: www.siusalukis.com
Weather Forecast: Friday - Scattered Thunderstorms, 64 degrees; Saturday - Sunny, 61 degrees
Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday - RHP Nathan Forer (0-4, 5.54 ERA)
Saturday - RHP Adam Curynski (1-2, 5.23 ERA); RHP Andrew Dunn (4-3, 3.27 ERA)
Series History
Southern Illinois University and Jacksonville State meet for the first time this weekend. The Gamecocks are the fifth Ohio Valley Conference opponent that the Salukis face this season.
Another OVC Opponent
SIU is currently 3-2 versus OVC schools this year. The Salukis recently shutout Southeast Missouri State, 7-0, on Apr. 7. Prior to that, SIU won at Murray State (4/1), lost at home to Eastern Illinois (3/4) and split two games with Tennessee-Martin (2/24, 3/3).
Callahan vs the OVC
The Salukis are 60-29 (.674) all-time against the OVC under head coach Dan Callahan. Callahan's teams have played six 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 and 16-5 vs. Tennessee-Martin with Callahan at the helm.
