Southeast Missouri (16-30, 7-11 OVC) vs. Jacksonville State (20-23, 12-6 OVC)
Series Schedule: Friday-Sunday (2 pm/2 pm/1 pm)
Location: Jacksonville, Ala.
Stadium: Rudy Abbott Field
Head Coaches: SEMO: Mark Hogan (519-449-1 / 18th Year); JSU: Jim Case (11th Season)
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Audio Webcast: GoSoutheast.com
Weather Forecast:
Friday- Chance of Storms, 85 Degrees
Saturday- Chance of Storms, 86 Degrees
Sunday- Sunny, 86 Degrees
Complete Southeast Missouri Game Notes
Quick Hits
Game Time Changes
Due to graduation on the campus of Jacksonville State University on Friday gametime between the Redhawks and Gamecocks has been moved to 2:00 p.m., CT from 6:30 p.m., CT..
Shae Simmons will oppose Aaron Elias in the opening game of the series.
Gibson Picks Up National Awards
Southeast Missouri sophomore
Derek Gibson was named CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Player of the Week Wednesday afternoon. It's the second National Player of the Week honor for Gibson this week after being named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Hitter of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.
Gibson Named OVC Player of the Week
Southeast Missouri sophomore
Derek Gibson was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week on Monday afternoon by the conference office. Gibson is the second Redhawk to earn Player of the Week honors after
Trenton Moses garnered the honor earlier this season. Gibson, a native of Bonne Terre, Mo. extended his hitting streak to 29-games during Southeast's four contestslast week. He finished the week with a .571 batting average with three home runs and 13 RBI. Gibson slugged 1.143 on the week. The sophomore tied a school record with three doubles on Friday evening at UT Martin. The three doubles tied a school record last reached last by
Brett Russell on May 5, 2010 against Mid-Continent. On Saturday and Sunday he added three home runs. In Saturday's 13-1 win over the Skyhawks he hit his first career grand slam and the Redhawks' third in three weeks. In Southeast's 14-2 win on Sunday he finished the day 4-for-5 with two three-run home runs. He added an RBI single later in the contest as he finished the day with seven RBI.
900 Wins
Head coach Mark Hogan reached 900 wins in his career after the Redhawks 5-3 win over Arkansas State. Hogan has coached at the NJCAA (Lurleen B. Wallace), NCAA Division II (West Alabama) and NCAA Division I level (Southeast). Hogan has 519 wins at Southeast Missouri. Hogan collected his 500th career win against Eastern Illinois last season on May 20, 2011. In 2007, he passed Southeast legendary coach
Joe Uhls as the schools all-time wins leader.
Record Watch
Senior shortstop
Kenton Parmley tied Southeast Hall of Famer Jeremy Johnson's school record for hits in a career with a single in his final at-bat on Tuesday against SLU. He is also one at-bat away from tying and two at-bats away from breaking Zach Borowiak's school record for at-bats in a career (830).
Watch Out
Senior
Trenton Moses was named to the USA Baseball 60-man midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List on Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Spikes Award goes to the top amateur baseball player in the country. Moses leads the Country and the Ohio Valley Conference in numerous categories. He is tied for the national lead in home runs with 17 on the season. He leads the nation and OVC in on-base percentage (.551) and slugging percentage (.825). The Advance, Mo. native ranks fourth in the nation in batting average at .434. He also ranks seventh in the nation in RBI with 52 on the season.