Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Baseball to close out regular season at Indiana State
05/18/2011 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
May 18, 2011
By Jason Clay
SIUSalukis.com
Indiana State Series: Games 52-54
Southern Illinois (20-31, 9-9 MVC) at Indiana State (25-24, 7-11 MVC)
Game Dates & Times:
Thursday, May 19 - 6 p.m. CT
Friday, May 20 - 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, May 21 - 12 p.m. CT
Location: Terre Haute, Ind. - Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium (2,000)
Radio: Thursday's and Friday's ball games are on WVZA 105.1-FM with the call from Mike Reis and Saturday's game is at WFRX 1300-AM.
Live Stats: SIUSalukis.com
Radio Streaming: Through Game Central at SIUSalukis.com
Weather Forecast:
Thursday - 73 degrees, mostly cloudy
Saturday - 78 degrees, 30 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms
Sunday - 74 degrees, 50 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms
Quick Hits
→ The Southern Illinois baseball team hits the road for four games in what is the last week of the 2011 regular season. SIU beat Saint Louis, 14-4, Tuesday night and heads to Terre Haute, Ind. to face Indiana State in the final Missouri Valley Conference series this year. The Indiana State series begins Thursday night at 6 p.m. from Bob Warn Field.
Saluki fans can listen to the Indiana State series on the Saluki Sports Network with the call of SIU Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Reis. Thursday's and Friday's games are on WVZA 105.1-FM in Carbondale while Saturday's noon game can be found at WFRX 1300-AM. Radio streaming of all three games is available through Game Central at SIUSalukis.com.
→ Southern Illinois has won 20 games this season and 15 of those have come on the road. SIU is 6-3 in Missouri Valley Conference road games.
→ The Salukis were swept in their last three-game series at Indiana State in 2009 and are 8-9 in Terre Haute, Ind. over the past 10 seasons. However, SIU has lost just two of its eight series at Indiana State since 1995.
→ Sophomore pitcher Cody Forsythe can become the first Missouri Valley Conference pitcher to go undefeated in league play since Tim Clubb from Missouri State in 2008. Clubb was 7-0 for the Bears in eight MVC starts. There have been three known Valley pitchers to finish with a conference record of 7-0 or better since 2002 and all three were named the MVC's Pitcher of the Year. Forsythe looks to become the fourth Valley pitcher to go undefeated through league play when he takes the mound Thursday night. Forsythe is 6-0 through six Valley starts with a 1.02 ERA.
→ Southern Illinois can finish anywhere from seventh to second the the final MVC standings. SIU can secure no worse than a No. 5 seed at next week's MVC Tournament with two wins this weekend.
→ Junior outfielder Jordan Sivertsen needs two more RBIs to become the ninth Saluki in the last 20 years to drive in 50 or more runs in a season. Sivertsen is tied for sixth in the MVC with 48 RBIs and he leads the team with his .319 batting average, 15 doubles and nine home runs.
