Tuesday, April 12
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
6 P.M.
Southern Illinois University
at
Southeast Missouri
Photo by: Will Becque
Salukis head to SEMO for Tuesday Showdown
04/12/2022 | 11:01:00 | Baseball
The Southern Illinois University baseball team heads to Cape Girardeau, Mo. to renew its regional rivalry with the SEMO Redhawks. Tuesday's first pitch is set for 6 p.m. The Salukis enter Tuesday's midweek after having won three of their four games a week ago, which includes a series win over Evansville this past weekend. The Redhawks, meanwhile, have won 17-straight home games and have the highest RPI (No. 39) of any team Southern has faced this season.
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- Southeast Missouri has the highest NCAA RPI SIU's faced in 2022, 39 (Quadrant 1). SIU is 0-0 in Quad 1 games. The Redhawks are SIU's first top 50 opponent of the season. SIU's NCAA RPI is 139 (Quadrant 3). The Redhawks are 3-0 in Quad 3 games this season.
- SIU, which finished first or second in every key MVC offensive stat category in 2021, is 2nd in the MVC in BA, #1 in HRs, #1 in R, #1 in RBIs, #1 in hits, and #2 in Slug % in 2022. The Salukis also lead the 2022 MVC in walks and are tied for the 3rd fewest strikeouts in the MVC.
- SS Kaeber Rog is 2nd in the nation in hits, 59. CF JT Weber is tied for 3rd place national in hits with 55.
- Weber, who is tied for 8th in the nation in HRs, has not homered in 4 consecutive games. His longest stretch without a HR this season is 5 games.
- Weber is pre-season First Team All-MVC. He is 2nd in the MVC in BA (.417), #1 in R, #2 in hits, #2 in HRs, and #2 in RBIs.
- Rog is 3rd in the MVC in BA (.407), #1 in H, #1 in RBIs, #6 in HRs, and #4 in R.
- Weber (42), Cody Cleveland (33), Rog (31) and Grey Epps (29) are 4 of the top 6 in R in MVC.
- Weber has 30 HRs for his career and is tied for 3rd on SIU's career home runs list, one HR shy of #2. He has never homered vs. SEMO encompassing 6 games.
- Weber (.417) and Rog (.407) are 1-2 in batting average for SIU. The last time a Saluki hit .400+ for a full season was 1994 when Braden Gibbs led SIU and the MVC with a .412 batting average. NOTE: Ian Walters hit .411 in the 2020 20 game pandemic season.
- RF Nathan Bandy had a season-high and an SIU-high 5 hits at Evansville Sunday in 5 at-bats. He was 9 for 13 in the three-game series.
- 1B Ryan Rodriguez has delivered two walk off winners in 2022. His 10th inning walk off 2R HR beat Illinois 7-5 on 3/20/22 in Carbondale. He reached base on a Bradley error in the bottom of the 9th inning at SIU on 4/2/22 driving in the winning run in SIU's 6-5 win.
- RP Trey McDaniel and SP Mike Hansell lead the Salukis in pitching victories with 5 apiece. McDaniel's 5th came in a career-best 5 innings of relief Sunday at Evansville as SIU won 14-5.
- The Salukis lead the MVC in wins (23). They are 6th in the MVC in NCAA RPI (139).
- Saluki pitchers lead the MVC in IP, are #1 in Ks, #5 in walks allowed, and are #3 in most runs allowed. They're 5th in ERA (5.03) and have allowed the 2nd most hits in the MVC.
- Fielding: SIU is T-#2 in the MVC in fielding % (.974). The Salukis have committed the 4th most errors in the MVC.
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