Salukis host Murray State on Tuesday

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The Southern Illinois University baseball team finishes its four-game homestand on Tuesday, May 3 when it hosts the Murray State Racers. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. The Salukis took game one and two of its weekend series against Valparaiso to clinch its fourth MVC series win in as many tries. The Racers come into Tuesday's contest having won six of their last seven games, which includes a series win over SIUE.

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SIU, alone in second place in the MVC, took two of three at home versus Valparaiso this past weekend. SIU's RPI reached 71 Saturday but fell to 89 following Sunday's loss per warrennolan.com. SIU's NCAA RPI is 91.
Murray St. is in 5^th place in the OVC after taking two of three from SIUE over the weekend.
SIU, which finished first or second in every key MVC offensive stat category in 2021, is 2^nd in the MVC in BA, #3 in HRs, #1 in R, #1 in RBIs, #1 in hits, and #2 in Slug %. The Salukis also lead the MVC in walks and are 2^nd in the MVC in fewest strikeouts.
SIU is averaging 1.46 HR/G in 2022. It averaged 2.1 HR/G enroute to the school's single season home run record of 84 in 2021.
SIU SS Kaeber Rog is tied for 9^th in the nation in hits, 71. CF/1B JT Weber is tied for 21^st with 68. Rog is in 1^st place in the MVC in hits, while Weber is #2.
Weber's 16 home runs this season are tied with Jerry Miller's 16 HRs (1980) for the second most in one season in Saluki history. Nick Neville (2021) owns the record with 17. Weber is 2^nd to Robert Jones (36, 1983-1986) in career homers with 33. Weber's last HR came one week ago today vs. SEMO.
Weber is pre-season First Team All-MVC. He is #3 in the MVC in BA, #1 in R, #2 in hits, tied for #2 in HRs, and 5th in RBIs.
Weber is in 8^th place with 152 career runs scored. He is 10^th in career RBIs with 140.
Rog is #5 in the MVC in BA, #1 in H, #3 in RBIs, tied for #5 in HRs, and is tied for #9 in R.
1B/3B Ryan Rodriguez has delivered two walk off winners in 2022. His 10^th 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 9^th inning at SIU on 4/2/22 driving in the winning run in SIU's 6-5 win. Rodriguez delivered a third game winning hit when he doubled in the winning run 4/22/22 at DBU in the 8^th inning of a 7-6 win.
SIU has 4 walk-off wins this season. In addition to Rodriguez' heroics above, OF Nathan Bandy gave SIU a 7-6 win over SIUE on April 16 with a walk off RBI single. OF Jack Rigoni won the 4/26/22 SEMO game with a walk-off homerun leading off the bottom of the 11^th inning.
Rigoni, starting in CF the last 5 games was 10 for 23 in those games (.435).
Bandy had a 28-game reached base streak snapped at DBU on 4/24. It is tied for 4^th longest streak in SIU history.

14.RP Trey McDaniel leads Saluki pitchers with a 6-0 record, all in relief. McDaniel is 18-12 with 31 saves for his 115 game/5 season Saluki career.
15.The Salukis lead the MVC in wins (31). Per warrennolan.com they are 4^th in the MVC in RPI (89).

Saluki pitchers are #1 in the MVC in IP, #2 in Ks, tied for #3 in fewest walks allowed, and are #5 in fewest runs allowed. They are 3^rd in ERA. They have allowed the most hits among MVC teams. SIU is #6 in opponents' BA.
The Salukis are 4^th in the MVC in fielding %. The Salukis have allowed the most steals and steal attempts in the MVC this season.

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