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Southern Illinois hosts Murray State on Wednesday evening at Itchy Jones Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT. The game kicks off a five-game home stand for Southern Illinois, which has only played three home games in the first 20. The Salukis and Racers are meeting for a second time this season, with MSU winning 13-12 in Murray, Ky., two weeks ago.

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SIU RHP Allen Montgomery (0-1, 14.29 ERA, 5.2 IP)
MUR RHP Caleb Arbeiter (1-0, 4.00 ERA, 9.0 IP)

AROUND THE HORN

Southern Illinois hosts Murray State on Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. in Itchy Jones Stadium. SIU will play nine of its next 10 games at home.
SIU and Murray are meeting for the second time this season. Southern took a 12-3 lead into the bottom of the sixth in the first inning, but Murray State scored 10 unanswered runs to win, 13-12.
The Salukis lead the all-time series, 46-21.
Southern and Murray have split two mid-week games every year since 2009, with the exception of 2015, when Murray won both games.
Seven of the last nine SIU-Murray State games have been one-run games, and two of those nine have gone to extra innings.
SIU spent 17 of the first 20 games this season on the road, playing 15 true road games and two neutral-site games.
In true road games, the Salukis are 8-7. Only two other schools in the nation have played 15 true road games this year with a winning record. Purdue is 10-8 on the road and Kent State is 10-5.
SIU closer Ryan Netemeyer is the reigning MVC Pitcher of the Week. Netemeyer pitched 3.2 no-hit innings last week while picking up three saves.
Netemeyer ranks third in the NCAA with seven saves this season. Nobody else in the MVC has more than four.
SIU's single-season saves record is 13 by Al Levine in 1990. Netemeyer had 12 saves last year, which rank second in SIU single-season history.
Netemeyer's 20 career saves...
- Rank second in SIU career history. (Bryant George (2007-10) holds the career record with 30.)
- Rank 12th among active players in Division I baseball
Greg Lambert leads the MVC with 22 RBIs.
The Salukis have stolen 38 bases already in 2017, which is more than twice as many as any other team in the Missouri Valley Conference. SIU ranks 12th in the nation in stolen bases.
Last year, Southern stole 38 bases in 57 games. This year, the Salukis have stolen 38 bases in the first 20 games.
Connor Kopach (11), Greg Lambert (6) and Ryan Smith (6) give SIU three of the top-four base stealers in the MVC.
Kopach ranks 11th nationally in stolen bases. Kopach is coming off a summer in which he set a Northwoods League record for stolen bases with 50. He has reached base safely in all 20 games this season.
Kopach leads the MVC in both doubles (10) and stolen bases (11). He's one of three players in the nation with 10+ double and 10+ steals, joining Mississippi State's Brent Rooker and Niagara's Tanner Kirwer.
Nick Hutchins, Dyllin Mucha and Will Farmer all have three steals this year, giving SIU six of the top 17 base stealers in the MVC.
Since the start of the 2015 season, Southern Illinois has turned 136 double plays in 135 games, the best mark in the MVC. Will Farmer has started all 135 of those games in the middle infield.
Freshman Alex Gutermuth opened his collegiate career with 11 scoreless innings until Illinois' Pat McInerney hit a solo home run. Gutermuth's ERA in his inaugural season is still a miniscule 0.77.

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