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Southern Illinois (14-10) at Arkansas State (19-9) // Tuesday, April 2 // Jonesboro, Ark. (Tomlinson Stadium) // SIU Game Notes PDF

The Southern Illinois baseball program travels to Arkansas State for a Tuesday mid-week game against the Red Wolves. Fifteen of SIU's final 28 regular season games are against opponents currently ranked in the top-50 of the RPI, starting with No. 47 Arkansas State on Tuesday.

PROBABLE STARTERS

SIU RHP Mason Hiser (2-0, 4.88 ERA, 24.0 IP)
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AROUND THE HORN

Southern Illinois travels to Arkansas State for a 5 p.m. game in Jonesboro, Ark., on Tuesday, April 2.
Arkansas State is 19-9 and just won a weekend series at nationally ranked Coastal Carolina.
The Red Wolves are #47 in the RPI. Fifteen of SIU's final 28 regular season games are against opponents currently ranked in the top-52 nationally in RPI. Nineteen of the final 28 games are against top-100 competition.
Each of the last two games between SIU and Arkansas State have gone into extra innings. Last year, SIU overcame a four-run ninth-inning deficit, but fell in 11 innings. J.T. Weber hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning during SIU's rally.
SIU and Arkansas State will play 21 days later in Carbondale (April 23).
SIU starter Mason Hiser's strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.00:1) leads the MVC and ranks 22nd nationally. His walk rate (1.9%) ranks 10th in the nation and also leads the MVC.
SIU has stolen 71 bases, which ranks fourth in the nation. Nikola Vasic (27th), Will LaRue (34th), Addison Fugitt (87th) and Ian Walters (93rd) all rank in the top-100 nationally in stolen bases per game. SIU stole six bases in the game against Arkansas State last year.
SIU has hit 20 sacrifice flies, which ranks fourth the nation. Ian Walters ranks second in the nation with six sacrifice flies.
Trey McDaniel ranks 11th in the NCAA with seven saves, which also leads the Missouri Valley Conference. SIU bullpen coach Ryan Netemeyer led the MVC in saves each of the past two seasons. If McDaniel leads the MVC in saves this year, SIU will be the first Valley program since Wichita State (1997-01) to have a player leads the MVC in saves three-straight seasons.
SIU is 5-1 in mid-week games this year. Dating back to the start of the 2018 season, Southern Illinois is 15-4 in mid-week games.
Dawg Bites: SIU is 13-4 in its last 17 games against unranked opponents ... SIU is outscoring opponents 37-14 in the first two innings. The Salukis are 11-4 when they score first ... Philip Archer, Ian Walters, and Addison Fugitt have all reached base in six-straight games, the longest active streaks on the team ... Alex Lyon is 5-for-9 with two doubles, three RBIs, and three stolen bases in the last two games ... SIU is 13-1 when tied or leading after six innings.

MVC LEADERS

Team in stolen bases (71)
Team in sac flies (20)
Team in fewest doubles allowed (29)
Team in catching opponents stealing (12)
Ian Walters in sac flies (6)
Trey McDaniel in saves (7)
Mason Hiser in strikeouts-to-walk ratio (8:1)

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Philip Archer

Addison Fugitt

Mason Hiser

Will LaRue

Alex Lyon

Trey McDaniel

Ryan Netemeyer

Nikola Vasic

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J.T. Weber

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