Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball hosts UT Martin Tuesday
03/29/2010 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
March 29, 2010
By Jason Clay
www.SIUSalukis.com
Game No. 25: UT Martin
Southern Illinois (10-14) vs. Murray State (12-11)
Game Time: 3 p.m. CT
Location: Carbondale, Ill. (Abe Martin Field - 2,000)
Radio: Saluki Radio Network with Mike Reis on WFRX 1300-AM (102.5-FM at Abe Martin Field only) beginning at 2:45 p.m.
Live Stats: www.SIUSalukis.com
Radio Streaming: Saluki All-Access
Weather Forecast: 67 degrees, sunny
Quick Hits:
• Southern Illinois beat UT Martin 20-3 on the road, March 23. The Salukis had 23 hits to go along with those 20 runs, which is the most put up since SIU had 25 hits and 22 runs on March 18, 2004 (a span of 347 games). The 17-run victory over UTM is the biggest victory since a 20-3 win at Murray State on April 15, 1998.
• The Southern Illinois pitching staff gave up 10-plus runs in 11 of the first 15 games and had a 9.61 team ERA in that time. Since then, SIU has only allowed one 10-run game and has a team ERA of 4.72 (last nine games). The Salukis only gave up 10 total runs in the three-game series with Creighton last weekend to open up conference play.
• Opponents are only hitting .257 off the Salukis in the last five games.
• Southern Illinois has hit 23 home runs through 24 games this year. That total is eight more than they had at the same point last season.
• Nine Salukis are hitting above .300.
