Salukis open mid-week play at Austin Peay

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (3-0) AT AUSTIN PEAY (2-1) // Feb. 22 // 4 p.m. CT // Clarksville, Tenn. (Hand Park)

Southern Illinois travels to Austin Peay for a mid-week battle with the Governors on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. CT. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 21, but was pushed back a day due to forecasted rain.

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PITCHING PROBABLES

SIU RHP Allen Montgomery (First appearance)
APSU LHP Josh Rye (0-0, 5.40 ERA, 1.2 IP)

AROUND THE HORN

SIU went 3-0 on opening weekend and Austin Peay went 2-1. Both offenses shined; SIU averaged 7.3 runs per game and Austin Peay scored nine runs each of its three games.
Austin Peay was picked third in the preseason poll in the 11-team OVC. The Govs earned five of 22 first-place votes and trailed only co-favorites Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri, who are also on SIU's schedule this year.
Outfielder Chase Hamilton was a preseason All-OVC pick for APSU.
SIU has played APSU as a mid-week opponent annually since 2013, and the games have traditionally been high scoring.
In the four games played at APSU since 2013, the lowest scoring game was SIU's 14-4 win in 2014.
The four games have averaged nearly 20 combined runs per game in the four games at APSU.
The winning team has scored at least 11 runs in all four games between the teams at APSU.
In the eight games overall (4 at APSU, 4 at SIU), the winning team has scored double-digit runs seven times, with the lone exception being SIU's 3-0 win at home in 2014.
Southern Illinois is 3-0 for the first time since 1979. The Salukis swept a three-game series to open the season for the first time since 1974.
Southern's starting pitchers have an 0.54 ERA (1 ER in 16.2 innings). After Stetson scored twice in the second inning on Friday, SIU starters threw 15 consecutive scoreless innings.
SIU finished opening weekend with an MVC-best .991 fielding percentage. The Salukis committed only one error, which was in the second inning of the first game. Since then, Southern has played 25-straight errorless innings.
SIU stole an MVC-high nine bases on opening weekend.
The Missouri Valley Conference went 16-6 on opening weekend, the second-best mark of any conference in the nation. The top three conferences on opening weekend were the SEC (33-12 // .733), MVC (16-6 // .727) and PAC12 (22-9 // .710).