Salukis travel to SIUE to take on Cougars on Tuesday

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The Southern Illinois University baseball team, fresh off a three-game sweep of Missouri State, will look to keep its winning streak alive when it heads to Edwardsville, Ill. to take on the SIUE Cougars. First pitch for tomorrow's midweek is set for 5 p.m.

Game Notes

SIU stopped a 2-game losing streak when it swept a three-game series at Missouri St. last weekend.
SIU is 8-3 vs. OVC teams this season. Tonight's game is its final game vs. an OVC opponent this season.
SIU's NCAA RPI is 82. SIUE's is 157.
SIU is the winningest road team in the MVC (14), and it leads the MVC in overall wins (34).
SIU has 26 MVC wins total the last three seasons (there was no 2020 MVC season). SIU won 25 MVC games the previous three years (2017-19).
SIU, which finished first or second in every key MVC offensive stat category in 2021, is 2^nd in the MVC in BA, #1 in HRs, #1 in R, #1 in RBIs, #1 in hits, and #3 in Slug % in 2022. The Salukis also lead the MVC in walks and are 2^nd in the MVC in fewest strikeouts.
SIU is averaging 1.4 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 10^th in the nation in hits, 76. CF/1B JT Weber is tied for 30^th with 71. Rog is in 1^st place in the MVC in hits and Weber is #2.
Weber's 17 home runs this season are tied with Nick Neville (2021) for the school's single-season HR record. Weber is 2^nd to Robert Jones (36, 1983-1986) in career homers with 34. Weber's last HR came 5/7/22 at Mo. St.
Weber is pre-season First Team All-MVC. He is #5 in the MVC in BA, #1 in R, #2 in hits, tied for #2 in HRs, and tied for 3^rd in RBIs.
Weber is in 8^th place at SIU with 154 career runs scored. He is 9^th in career RBIs with 142.
Rog is #3 in the MVC in BA, #1 in H, tied for #3 in RBIs, #5 in HRs, and is tied for #12 in R. Rog leads the MVC in BA in MVC-only games (.424).
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.
OF Nathan 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. He is hitting .368 in MVC-only games.
RP Trey McDaniel leads Saluki pitchers in wins with 7. McDaniel is 19-13 with 31 saves in his 117 game, 5 season Saluki career.
Saluki pitchers are #1 in the MVC in IP, #2 in Ks, #4 in fewest walks allowed, and #4 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 (after committing 7 errors in 3 games at MSU over the weekend) have slipped to 5^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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Trey McDaniel

Nick Neville

Jack Rigoni

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