Friday, April 8
Evansville, Ind.
6 P.M.
Southern Illinois University
at
Evansville
Photo by: Will Becque
Salukis head to Evansville for three-game series
04/07/2022 | 4:26:00 | Baseball
The Southern Illinois University baseball team continues Missouri Valley Conference play this weekend with a three-game series at Evansville. The Salukis have won four of their last five games, most recently defeating Murray State, 8-5 in 11 innings on Tuesday. The Aces, meanwhile, have won five-straight, which includes a three-game sweep of Michigan State. Southern, who won five of the eight meetings between the two programs in 2021, has won five-straight MVC series over Evansville dating back to 2016. The series can be streamed on ESPN3.
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- SIU won 3 of 4 MVC games vs. UE at SIU in 2021. The last time SIU won an MVC series at Evansville was in 2018, 3 game Saluki sweep. The last time UE won an MVC series from SIU was 2015, 2 of 3 at UE. SIU's won 5 consecutive MVC series vs. UE.
- SIU, which finished first or second in every key MVC offensive stat category in 2021, is 2nd in the MVC in BA, T-#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 have struck out the 4th fewest times.
- SS Kaeber Rog is a top MVC newcomer. He is 4th in the MVC in BA (.400), #1 in H, #1 in RBIs, T-#6 in HRs, and T-#6 in R.
- Pre-season first team All-MVC CF/1B J.T. Weber is among the MVC's top returners. He is 2nd in the MVC in BA (.420), #1 in R, #2 in hits, T-#1 in HRs, and #2 in RBIs.
- Weber (37), Cody Cleveland (29), Grey Epps (28) and Rog (26) are 4 of the top 6 in R in MVC.
- Weber (13) and Rog (7) are two of the top 5 HR hitters in the MVC.
- Weber has 30 HRs for his career and is tied for 3rd on SIU's career home runs list.
- Weber (.420) and Rog (.400) 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 the MVC with a .412 batting average. NOTE: Ian Walters hit .411 in the 2020 20 game pandemic season.
- 1B Ryan Rodriguez has two walk off winners in 2022. His 2R HR beat Illinois 7-5 in 10 innings on Mar. 20 in Carbondale. He reached base on a Bradley error in the bottom of the 9th inning at SIU on April 2 driving in the winning run in a 6-5 Saluki win.
- RHP Mike Hansell, leads SIU in victories this season with 5 and is 7-3 for his two-year Saluki career. Hansell, who is 9th in the MVC in Ks, totaled 20 Ks in consecutive relief appearances, Mar. 13th and Mar. 19th.
- The Salukis lead the MVC in wins (21). They are 7th in the MVC in RPI per the NCAA (160).
- 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 3rd in the MVC in fielding percentage (.974). They are tied for the 4th fewest errors committed.
- RP Trey McDaniel (Senior; Williamsville, Mo.) is in 2nd place in career saves (31). #1 is Ryan Netemeyer (2015-18) with 37. McDaniel (4-0-3 in 2022) is SIU's all-time leader in appearances with 110. McDaniel is 7th all-time in MVC career appearances and 5th all-time in MVC career saves.
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