Tuesday, April 27
Carbondale, Ill.
6 p.m.
Southern Illinois University
vs
Murray State
Salukis host Murray State on Tuesday night
04/26/2021 | 2:36:00 | Baseball
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The SIU baseball team (26-12) hosts Murray State (21-16) on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Itchy Jones Stadium. The game will be video streamed nationally on The Valley on ESPN (either ESPN3 or ESPN+).Â
Live Links » ESPN3 or ESPN+ | Listen | TuneIn | Live Stats
Starting Pitchers » SIU RHP Mike Hansell (2-1, 4.83 ERA, 31.2 IP) vs. MUR RHP Quinton Kujawa (1-0, 6.48 ERA, 8.1 IP)
AROUND THE HORN
Live Links » ESPN3 or ESPN+ | Listen | TuneIn | Live Stats
Starting Pitchers » SIU RHP Mike Hansell (2-1, 4.83 ERA, 31.2 IP) vs. MUR RHP Quinton Kujawa (1-0, 6.48 ERA, 8.1 IP)
AROUND THE HORN
- SIU had a game canceled due to lightning against Bellarmine, which brought SIU down to 55 scheduled regular season games. This SIU-Murray State game was added last week and restores SIU's full 56-game regular season.
- The game is SIU's second-to-last midweek game of the season. The Salukis travel to Murray State on May 11.
- SIU ranks among the national leaders in most offensive categories. SIU leads the MVC in batting average, walks, double plays, doubles, hits, home runs, runs scored, sac flies, runs per game, slugging percentage, and triples.Â
- SIU individuals who lead the MVC (stat, national rank):
- Tristan Peters in walks (31, 22nd)
- Peters and Philip Archer in doubles (13, 29th)
- J.T. Weber in home runs (12, 12th)
- Weber in RBIs (42, 22nd)
- Weber in sac flies (5, 10th)
- Trey McDaniel in saves (6, 27th)
- Nick Neville in runs scored (45, 5th)
- Neville in total bases (92, 30th)
- Brad Harrison entered the top-10 in school history in career strikeouts over the weekend. Harrison now has 215 career strikeouts, passing Scott Waltemate (1971-74) for 10th on SIU's all-time strikeouts list.Â
- SIU is 7-11 in its last 18 games after starting the season 19-1.Â
- SIU is 22-6 at Itchy Jones Stadium under head coach Lance Rhodes.Â
- The Salukis are 53-19 at Itchy Jones Stadium in their last 72 home games, dating back to 2018.Â
- Nick Neville has reached base in 22-straight games.
- J.T. Weber has an active six-game hitting streak, the longest active hitting streak on the team.Â
- Five SIU players have 10+ multi-hit games this season: Tristan Peters (14), J.T. Weber (13), Nick Neville (13), Philip Archer (11), and Ian Walters (11). Archer and Weber both also have 11 multi-RBI games.Â
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