Friday, March 4
Little Rock, Ark.
3 P.M.
Southern Illinois University
at
Little Rock
Photo by: Will Becque
Saluki Baseball travels to Little Rock for three-game series
03/03/2022 | 10:25:00 | Baseball
The Southern Illinois University baseball team heads to Little Rock, Ark. for a three-game series against the Trojans. The Salukis enter the weekend winners of seven-straight after it swept Central Arkansas and followed with a decisive victory over Western Illinois on Tuesday. Southern's seven-game win streak is tied for the 15th-longest win streak in the nation.
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Around the Horn
• SIU has never played at Little Rock. The Salukis are 7-3 versus the University of Arkansas (all games were played in Fayetteville) and 51-26 versus Arkansas St. (21-17 at Jonesboro). SIU plays at ASU on Wednesday, March 9th.
• SIU's won seven games in a row after losing the season opener 1-0 at Louisiana-Monroe.
• SIU is averaging 9.7 runs per game during the winning streak.
• The Salukis have scored 10+ runs in five of their eight games this season. They scored 10+ runs in 27 of the 86 games played during the Coach Lance Rhodes Era (31% of the games).
• SIU's hit 15 home runs in eight games this season. Southern's hit 109 homes in the 86 game Rhodes Era.
• Winning pitcher Jordan Bloemer struck out a Saluki season-high 10 hitters in Monday's 8-4 win over UCA.
• Four Saluki pitchers combined to no-hit Austin Peay in a 10-0 SIU win on 2/22. SP Ben Riffe (6 IP) combined with relievers Tanner Lewis, Jordan Gould and Kaden Peterson-one inning apiece-to hold the Governors hitless. The Govs stranded 9 baserunners and SIU committed three errors. It was Rife's first SIU start and was also Gould and Peterson's SIU debuts.
• For his efforts, Rife, was named last Monday as the MVC's first Pitcher of the Week for 2022. Rife got a no-decision in his second SIU start, a 14-5 win over Western Illinois Wednesday.
• SIU hit four home runs in Wednesday's win over WIU. It was the Salukis' first four home run game since Mar. 12, 2021 vs. Evansville.
• SIU's hit three homeruns in four games this season (APSU, UCA (2X), and WIU)
• Newcomers C Zack Jensen, SS Kaeber Rog and LF Pier Olivier-Boucher are off to hot starts. Jensen's driven in a team-high 10 runs and scored eight. Rog's driven in seven runs and scored nine runs in seven games. Boucher's driven in seven runs and scored 11 runs.
• Returning CF/1B JT Weber is SIU's top hitter among its returning players having hit four home runs, driven in nine runs and scored 11 runs. Weber have three home runs in his last three games.
• RP Trey McDaniel (Senior; Williamsville, Mo.) is in third place in career saves (29). The record belongs to Ryan Netemeyer (2015-18) with 37. McDaniel also was the winning pitcher in SIU's 10-9 win at Louisiana-Monroe.
• The Salukis return four pitchers who made at least two MVC starts in 2021: Noah Farmer (2021 MVC: 7/5 1-2, 2.18), Ben Chapman (2021 MVC: 7/7 3-4, 4.02), Mike Hansell (2021 MVC: 6/6 0-2, 9.19) and Tanner Lewis (2021 MVC: 7/2 2-1, 3.86).
• SIU was picked to finish in a third-place tie with Illinois St. in the Missouri Valley Conference pre-season coaches poll.
• OF JT Weber (2021 All-MVC first team) and 3B Cody Cleveland (2021 All-MVC 2nd team) were chosen for the MVC's 2022 All-Conference pre-season first-team.
• 2022 Roster breakdown: 11 returning players (5 position players, 6 pitchers) from SIU's winningest team since 1990 (40-20). 20 newcomers (12 position players, 8 pitchers).
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Game Times
Friday, March 4 - SIU at Little Rock - 3 p.m. - Live Stats
Saturday, March 5 - SIU at Little Rock - 2 p.m. - Live Stats
Sunday, March 6 - SIU at Little Rock - 1 p.m. - Live Stats
Starting Pitchers
March 4Â SIU RHPÂ Ben ChapmanÂ
              UALR RHP Hayden Arnold
March 5 SIU RHPÂ Noah Farmer
            UALR RHP Jacob Weatherly
March 6 SIU LHPÂ Jordan Bloemer
            UALR RHP Erik McKnight
Around the Horn
• SIU has never played at Little Rock. The Salukis are 7-3 versus the University of Arkansas (all games were played in Fayetteville) and 51-26 versus Arkansas St. (21-17 at Jonesboro). SIU plays at ASU on Wednesday, March 9th.
• SIU's won seven games in a row after losing the season opener 1-0 at Louisiana-Monroe.
• SIU is averaging 9.7 runs per game during the winning streak.
• The Salukis have scored 10+ runs in five of their eight games this season. They scored 10+ runs in 27 of the 86 games played during the Coach Lance Rhodes Era (31% of the games).
• SIU's hit 15 home runs in eight games this season. Southern's hit 109 homes in the 86 game Rhodes Era.
• Winning pitcher Jordan Bloemer struck out a Saluki season-high 10 hitters in Monday's 8-4 win over UCA.
• Four Saluki pitchers combined to no-hit Austin Peay in a 10-0 SIU win on 2/22. SP Ben Riffe (6 IP) combined with relievers Tanner Lewis, Jordan Gould and Kaden Peterson-one inning apiece-to hold the Governors hitless. The Govs stranded 9 baserunners and SIU committed three errors. It was Rife's first SIU start and was also Gould and Peterson's SIU debuts.
• For his efforts, Rife, was named last Monday as the MVC's first Pitcher of the Week for 2022. Rife got a no-decision in his second SIU start, a 14-5 win over Western Illinois Wednesday.
• SIU hit four home runs in Wednesday's win over WIU. It was the Salukis' first four home run game since Mar. 12, 2021 vs. Evansville.
• SIU's hit three homeruns in four games this season (APSU, UCA (2X), and WIU)
• Newcomers C Zack Jensen, SS Kaeber Rog and LF Pier Olivier-Boucher are off to hot starts. Jensen's driven in a team-high 10 runs and scored eight. Rog's driven in seven runs and scored nine runs in seven games. Boucher's driven in seven runs and scored 11 runs.
• Returning CF/1B JT Weber is SIU's top hitter among its returning players having hit four home runs, driven in nine runs and scored 11 runs. Weber have three home runs in his last three games.
• RP Trey McDaniel (Senior; Williamsville, Mo.) is in third place in career saves (29). The record belongs to Ryan Netemeyer (2015-18) with 37. McDaniel also was the winning pitcher in SIU's 10-9 win at Louisiana-Monroe.
• The Salukis return four pitchers who made at least two MVC starts in 2021: Noah Farmer (2021 MVC: 7/5 1-2, 2.18), Ben Chapman (2021 MVC: 7/7 3-4, 4.02), Mike Hansell (2021 MVC: 6/6 0-2, 9.19) and Tanner Lewis (2021 MVC: 7/2 2-1, 3.86).
• SIU was picked to finish in a third-place tie with Illinois St. in the Missouri Valley Conference pre-season coaches poll.
• OF JT Weber (2021 All-MVC first team) and 3B Cody Cleveland (2021 All-MVC 2nd team) were chosen for the MVC's 2022 All-Conference pre-season first-team.
• 2022 Roster breakdown: 11 returning players (5 position players, 6 pitchers) from SIU's winningest team since 1990 (40-20). 20 newcomers (12 position players, 8 pitchers).
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