Southeast Missouri (6-2) vs. Saint Louis (4-2)
This Week's Schedule: Tuesday - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Stadium: Capaha Field
Head Coaches: SEMO:
Steve Bieser (6-2 / First Season); SLU: Darin Hendrickson (160-130 / Sixth Season )
Radio: ESPN 92.9 FM (KLSC). Play-by-Play: Erik Sean
Audio Webcast: GoSoutheast.com
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Weather Forecast:
Tuesday - Cloudy, Chance of Rain, 48 degrees
Complete Southeast Missouri Baseball Game Notes
Setting the Table
The Southeast Missouri baseball team hosts in-state rival Saint Louis Tuesday evening at 5:00 p.m. It is the first of two meetings between the two schools as the Redhawks will complete the home and home series in March. Due in unfavorable weather in the area Monday evening and Tuesday morning the game time has been changed from a 3:00 p.m. first pitch to a 5:00 p.m. first pitch. Freshman
Alex Winkelman (2-1) is expected to get the start for the Redhawks on Tuesday as he opposes Saint Louis right hander Brett Vanover.
Going Streaking
Southeast sophomore
Andy Lennington extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Sunday with a pair of RBI singles. Lennington has hit in all eight games this season and earned a hit in the final two games of 2012. He also leads the OVC in RBI with 12 on the season.
Getting Offensive
Southeast has three player leading the OVC in hits with 12.
Jason Blum,
Cole Bieser and
Andy Lennington have 12 hits on the season. Southeast leads the OVC in hits per game with 11.13 and have earned double digit hits in five of their eight games so far this season.The Redhawks recorded a season-high 13 runs and 18 hits on Sunday in a 13-7 win over North Dakota State. Southeast had six players record multi-hit games in the victory.
Early Blum
Southeast sophomore
Jason Blum leads the Ohio Valley Conference in runs this season with 11. He also ranks fifth in the OVC in batting average at .414.
Preseason OVC Polls
The Southeast Missouri Baseball team was picked eighth in the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll. Austin Peay, the OVC Co-Regular season and tournament champions in back-to-back seasons were picked to win the league with 14 first place votes. Southeast Missouri junior left fielder
Derek Gibson was named Preseason All-OVC after earning First-Team All-OVC last season by the coaches and sports information directors in the OVC.
