Tuesday, April 24
Carbondale, Ill.
5 p.m.
Southern Illinois University
vs
Southeast Missouri
Salukis host SEMO on Tuesday
04/23/2018 | 3:54:00 | Baseball
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (20-20) at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (20-20) // April 24, 2018 // 5 p.m. // Carbondale, Ill. (Weather) // Itchy Jones Stadium (2,000 // Turf) // SIU Game Notes PDF
Southern Illinois will host SEMO on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. in Itchy Jones Stadium. The game is Saluki Baseball's "Green Up Game," which raises awareness about organ, eye, and tissue donation. SIU will wear its special blue and green jerseys for National Donate Life Month.
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PROBABLE STARTERS
SIU RHP Dylan Givens (3-0, 3.10 ERA, 29.0 IP)
SEMO RHP Ashton Holyfield (1-1, 5.12 ERA, 19.1 IP)
Southern Illinois will host SEMO on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. in Itchy Jones Stadium. The game is Saluki Baseball's "Green Up Game," which raises awareness about organ, eye, and tissue donation. SIU will wear its special blue and green jerseys for National Donate Life Month.
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PROBABLE STARTERS
SIU RHP Dylan Givens (3-0, 3.10 ERA, 29.0 IP)
SEMO RHP Ashton Holyfield (1-1, 5.12 ERA, 19.1 IP)
AROUND THE HORN
- Southern Illinois hosts Southeast Missouri at 5 p.m. on Tuesday in Itchy Jones Stadium.
- SIU has won five-straight games against Southeast Missouri and is trying to sweep a mid-week home-and-home series with the Redhawks for a second-straight season.
- SIU has won six-straight home games against the Redhawks. SEMO's last win in Carbondale came in 2011.
- After starting the year 5-14, Southeast Missouri has won 15 of its last 21 games, including five-straight wins.
- Since March 5, SIU is 16-4 against unranked opponents.
- SIU will wear special blue uniforms for Donate Life Month, which encourages organ and tissue donation and celebrates donors.
- Logan Blackfan enters the games with an active 20-game hitting streak, the longest for any SIU player since Chris Serritella had a 24-game hitting streak in 2012.
- Blackfan's 20-game hitting streak is the third-longest active hitting streak in the nation.
- His 20-game hitting streak is tied for the fifth-longest in SIU history. With a hit Tuesday vs. SEMO, Blackfan would move into a tie for fourth.
- Nikola Vasic has reached in 37 of the last 38 games. He was one of 31 players nationally to reach base in every game in the month of March.
- Dylan Givens is slated to make his fifth career start. He pitched seven shutout innings against Belmont last Tuesday.
- Givens has a 2.42 ERA in six appearances during mid-week games. He has struck out 19 and walked just six in 26.0 innings.
- SIU is 9-1 in mid-week games this year. The Salukis were 3-10 in mid-week games last season.
- During mid-week games, Southern Illinois is outscoring its opponents 92-44 in 10 games. The Salukis have stolen 34 bases, compared to opponents five steals.
- SIU ranks 11th in the nation with 24 sacrifice flies.
- SIU ranks fourth in the nation with 92 stolen bases.
- Last year's SIU team stole 100 bases, which led the MVC by 42 and ranked 14th nationally.
- This year's team is on pace to challenge the school record of 139 stolen bases.
- Connor Kopach ranks 14th in the nation with 21 stolen bases. Kopach has 72 career stolen bases, which ranks second among all active players in the country.
- Four of the top six base stealers in the MVC are Salukis. Kopach (1st), Alex Lyon (2nd), Addison Fugitt (4th), Nikola Vasic (6th).
- Last year's SIU team stole 100 bases, which led the MVC by 42 and ranked 14th nationally.
- During mid-week games, Austin Ulick is hitting .412 (7-17). Alex Lyon is hitting .371 (13-35) with 13 RBIs and is 6-for-6 stealing bases.
- SIU has led the MVC in double plays turned in four of the last five years. SIU currently leads the MVC in 2018, which would be the fifth time in the last six seasons the Salukis led the league in turning double plays.
MVC LEADERS
- Logan Blackfan in hits (59)
- Blackfan in RBIs (48)
- Blackfan in total bases (97)
- Connor Kopach in stolen bases (21)
- Trey McDaniel in appearances (19)
- Team in hits (375)
- Team in triples (10)
- Team in sacrifice flies (24)
- Team in stolen bases (92)
- Team in fielding double plays (35)
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