Tuesday, March 2
Carbondale, Ill.
3 p.m.
Southern Illinois University
vs
Western Illinois
SIU hosts WIU on Tuesday
03/01/2021 | 3:35:00 | Baseball
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The SIU baseball team hosts Western Illinois at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, at Itchy Jones Stadium. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN+. The Salukis are 7-0, the best start for the program since the 1967 team started the year 11-0. Western Illinois started its season with a huge win over the No. 4-ranked team in the nation, Louisville, on Friday night, Western's first win over a ranked opponent since 2015.
STARTING PITCHERS
SIU LHP Braden Babcock (Oshawa, Ontario)
WIU LHP Johnny Beck (Rochelle, Ill.)
AROUND THE HORN
STARTING PITCHERS
SIU LHP Braden Babcock (Oshawa, Ontario)
WIU LHP Johnny Beck (Rochelle, Ill.)
AROUND THE HORN
- SIU is 7-0 for the second time in program history. The Salukis started the 1967 season 11-0. No other SIU team has started a season better than 4-0.
- SIU is one of just 15 teams in the nation that remain undefeated.
- SIU's seven wins are the second-most in the nation. (Stetson in 9-0)
- SIU has won 12-straight games, dating back to last season, which is the second-longest active winning streak in the nation. (Navy has won 18-straight games.)
- SIU's 12-game winning streak is the longest in the program since 1990, when Itchy Jones guided the Salukis to a 16-game winning streak.
- Even only counting this season's 7-0 start, SIU's seven game winning streak is the longest for the program at any point in a season since 2007.
- SIU is among the national leaders in multiple offensive categories (232Â Division I baseball teams have started their seasons):
- 3rd in home runs (17)
- 7th in slugging percentage (.595)
- 8th in hits (86)
- 9th in runs
- 12th in scoring (9.7 runs per game)
- 13th in batting average (.328)
- 17th in stolen bases (13)
- 18th in doubles (17)
- Salukis in the national rankings individually:Â
- Noah Farmer and Ben Chapman lead the nation in wins (2)
- Trey McDaniel ranks second in saves (3)
- Philip Archer ranks 3rd in doubles (6)
- Archer ranks 4th in total bases (28)
- J.T. Weber ranks 5th in home runs (4)
- Nick Neville ranks 6th in hits (14)
- Archer ranks 8th in RBIs (13)
- Neville ranks 12th in total bases (24)
- Weber ranks 14th in RBIs (12)
- Archer ranks 14th in hits (13)
- Ian Walters ranks 20th in runs scored (10)
- SIU is among the national leaders in multiple offensive categories (232Â Division I baseball teams have started their seasons):
- Philip Archer was named MVC Player of the Week on Monday. Archer went 10-for-16 with four doubles and two home runs for SIU, leading the Salukis to a 4-0 week and a three-game road sweep at Mercer this weekend.Â
- Ian Walters has reached base in 28-straight games, dating back to late in the 2019 season. Archer has reached base in 18-straight games, which dates back to last season.Â
- Nick Neville has an active 11-game hitting streak, dating back to last season. Neville has reached base in 12-straight games dating back to last year.Â
- SIU has 10 players who have already recorded a multi-hit game this season. Tristan Peters, Archer and Walters have all recorded four multi-hit games this year, in just seven games.
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