Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball set for seven-day, five-game road trip
03/10/2011 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
March 10, 2011
By Jason Clay
SIUSalukis.com
Jacksonville State Series: Games 12-14
South Illinois (4-7, 0-0 MVC) at Jacksonville State (8-3, 0-0 OVC)
Game Dates & Times:
Friday, March 11 - 3 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 12 - 1 p.m. CT
Sunday, March 13 - 1 p.m. CT
Location: Jacksonville, Ala. - Rudy Abbott Field (1,500)
Radio: All three games are on WFRX 1300-AM. The pregame show begins 15 minutes before first pitch.
Live Stats: SIUSalukis.com
Radio Streaming: Through Game Central at SIUSalukis.com
Weather Forecast:
Friday - 58 degrees, sunny
Saturday - 69 degrees, sunny
Sunday - 69 degrees, mostly sunny, 10 percent chance of precipitation
Quick Hits
→ The Southern Illinois baseball team embarks on a seven-day, five-game road trip beginning this weekend when the Salukis play a three-game weekend series at Jacksonville State, March 11-13. Friday's game from Rudy Abbott Field in Jacksonville, Ala. is at 3 p.m. while Saturday and Sunday's contests are at 1 p.m. CT. Fans can listen to the Saluki baseball action over the Saluki Radio Network with the call from "Voice of the Salukis" Mike Reis. All three games can be heard on WFRX 1300-AM. Radio streaming of all three games is available at SIUSalukis.com through Game Central.
→ Friday's first pitch has been changed to 3 p.m. because of expected low evening temperatures.
→ Last season SIU took 2-of-3 games from Jacksonville State in a high-scoring series at Rudy Abbott Field. The two teams combined for 99 hits and 81 runs in the three-game series.
→ Jacksonville State enters the weekend with a 8-3 record and is 5-1 at home. The Gamecocks have won five-straight and eight of its past nine since opening up with two losses to start the year. JSU swept Middle Tennessee, SIU's next opponent, in a three-game series during the second weekend of the season.
→ Because of injuries, SIU only has three upperclassmen in its lineup. Brian Bajer, Chris Murphy and Jordan Sivertsen are the three and they are Southern's top three hitters this year. The trio has a combined batting average of .339 and is responsible for 26 of Southern's 45 RBIs this season.
→ Junior outfielder Jordan Sivertsen continues to carry the Saluki offense. He is batting .350 this year and leads the team with nine RBIs and seven extra-base hits. Sivertsen hit his second home run of the season on Wednesday in a 10-9 loss to Le Moyne.
→ Chris Murphy registered SIU's first four-hit game of the season on Wednesday against Le Moyne. He was 4-for-5 in the game with two doubles, three runs scored and one driven in. It was the third four-hit game of his career.
→ The Salukis have struck out 9.7 times on average over their last seven games.
