Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball plays Tuesday matinee at Southeast Missouri State
04/05/2010 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
April 5, 2010
By Jason Clay
www.SIUSalukis.com
Game No. 29: at Southeast Missouri State
Southern Illinois (14-14) at Southeast Missouri State (18-9)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Game Time: 3 p.m. CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Capaha Field - 2,000)
Radio: Saluki Radio Network with Mike Reis and Gene Green on WFRX 1300-AM beginning at 2:45 p.m.
Live Stats: www.SIUSalukis.com
Radio Streaming: Saluki All-Access
Video Streaming: KFVS-12, the CBS Network affiliate serving the Cape Girardeau, Mo./Paducah, Ky./Harrisburg, Ill. television market, is offering a live, multi-camera WebCast at KFVS12.com
Weather Forecast: 80 degrees, windy
Quick Hits:
• Southern Illinois is looking to win more than five consecutive games for the first time since 2007 when SIU had two separate eight-game winning streaks.
• SIU has won four of the last five against SEMO (including both games in 2009) and two of the last three in Cape Girardeau, Mo. SIU leads the all-time series 45-23-1 and head coach Dan Callahan is 12-14 against the Redhawks.
• The Salukis are hitting .332 and average 8.4 runs in non-conference games. In league play, SIU is hitting .262 and averages 4.2 runs.
• SIU has a 5-2 record against Ohio Valley Conference teams this year (2-1 vs. Jacksonville State; 2-0 vs. UT Martin; 1-0 vs. Eastern Illinois and 0-1 vs. Murray State).
• The Dawgs are looking to push their record over .500 for the first time this year and for the first time since 2008 when SIU had a 34-23 record.
• SIU reached its 14th win in six fewer games than they did in 2009. The 14th win in 2009 came in game 34 and was a 4-2 win at SEMO in 10 innings.
