Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball set for pair of midweek games
04/11/2011 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
April 11, 2011
By Jason Clay
SIUSalukis.com
Saluki Baseball Midweek Action
Game No. 31 - Southeast Missouri State (17-14, 4-4 OVC) at Southern Illinois (11-19, 3-0 MVC)
Game Date & Time: Tuesday, April 12 - 1 p.m.
Location: Carbondale, Ill. - Abe Martin Field Field (2,000)
Game No. 32 - Southern Illinois (11-19, 3-0 MVC) at Illinois (11-15, 3-3 Big Ten)
Game Date & Time: Wednesday, April 13 - 6 p.m.
Location: Champaign, Ill. - Illinois Field (1,500)
Live Stats: SIUSalukis.com
Radio: With Mike Reis on WFRX 1300-AM for Tuesday's game and on WVZA 105.1-FM Wednesday.
Radio Streaming: Through Game Central at SIUSalukis.com
Video Streaming: Through Game Central at SIUSalukis.com for Tuesday's game only. Video streaming for Wednesday's game at Illinois is available at BigTenNetwork.com
Weather Forecast:
Tuesday - 67 degrees, sunny
Wednesday - 66 degrees, partly cloudy
The Southern Illinois baseball team plays five games this week and four of the five are at home. SIU hosts Southeast Missouri State Tuesday at 1 p.m. and then travels to Illinois for a 6 p.m. game Wednesday at Illinois Field. Over the weekend, SIU looks to stay hot in Valley play as the Salukis host Missouri State for a three-game series, April 15-17.
The Hill behind the first base dugout at Abe Martin Field will be closed to vehicles for Tuesday's game.
Quick Hits
• The Salukis own a 46-24-1 record over SEMO and have won four out of their last five against the Redhawks. That one loss was a 13-1 defeat at home last season on April 20.
• Southern Illinois is 28-23 all-time against the Illinois Fighting Illini. Illinois defeated the Salukis, 8-2, in 12 innings in Carbondale back on March 20. SIU won at Illinois Field last season, 3-2.
• In four games last week, SIU's four starting pitchers combined to allow just four runs (three earned) in 29.1 innings and all four starters went at least six innings. The eight runs that the entire Saluki pitching staff (including relievers) has allowed in the last four games are the fewest since the final four games of the regular season in 2008, when SIU gave up just seven runs in four-straight wins.
• The Salukis have won a season-high four-straight games and the Dawgs did not trail in any of those four wins.
• SIU scored 19 runs off of 33 hits in the sweep of Evansville last weekend. Southern hit 12 doubles and five home runs in the series.
