Baseball Set for Midweek Games

Braves visit SIUE Tuesday, host Northwestern Wednesday

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Midweek Notebook (PDF)

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 4/11/2017 2:36:00 PM

PEORIA, IL - Bradley Baseball continues a stretch of 17 games in 24 days by playing a pair of midweek non-conference games in advance of its weekend series versus Wichita State. Bradley (12-16) will visit SIU Edwardsville (17-14) Tuesday for a matchup against former associate head coach Sean Lyons, then will host Northwestern (10-20) Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tilt at Dozer Park. The game against the Wildcats will be the first of three home games versus Big 10 Conference opponents in the next two weeks.

BRADLEY BASEBALL MIDWEEK GAMES
Date	Opponent	Time	Location	Video	Audio	Live Stats
Tuesday, April 11	at SIU Edwardsville	6 p.m.	Edwardsville, IL	N/A	Listen	StatBroadcast
Wednesday, April 12	Northwestern	7 p.m.	Dozer Park	ESPN3	WNUR	Sidearmstats
Twitter: @BradleyBaseball \| @SIUECougars \| @NUCatsBaseball

The Opening Pitch
• Bradley continues a stretch that will see the Braves play 17 games in 24 days by playing a pair of midweek non-conference games.
• The Braves will visit SIU Edwardsville Tuesday night for their first meeting against former Bradley Associate Head Coach Sean Lyons, who is in his first year leading the Cougars program.
• Bradley returns home Wednesday night to host Northwestern in the first of three home games this season versus Big 10 Conference members.
• Tuesday's game in Edwardsville is Bradley's only road game between the April 2 series finale at Missouri State and the Aril 28 series opener at Indiana State.
• Bradley begins the week boasting The Valley's top overall (30) and non-conference (24) strengths of schedule and Tuesday's game at SIU Edwardsville will be its 18th true road game against a team currently boasting a winning record this spring.

Series History
SIU Edwardsville | Game 33
Overall: Bradley leads 18-14
at SIUE: SIUE leads 7-5
Domingeuz vs. SIUE: 6-5
Sean Lyons vs. Bradley: 1st meeting
Current Streak: Bradley W1

Northwestern | Game 12
Overall: Bradley leads 6-5
at Bradley: Bradley leads 3-1
Domingeuz vs. Northwestern: 0-1
Spencer Allen vs. Bradley: 1-0
Current Streak: Northwestern W2

4 Years Away From Home
• Since the start of the 2014 season, Bradley ranks second in the Missouri Valley Conference by accumulating 70 wins away from home.
• Bradley's 70 road (40) and neutral (30) wins away from home the last four seasons represent 69.3 percent of the team's 101 total wins the last four years.
• Bradley now is scheduled to play at least 30 games away from home this season, including the first 18 to start the season.

Road Challenge
• Bradley's schedule includes 28 road games against NCAA Division I opponents.
• The 12 opponents who comprise those 28 road games enter Tuesday's action a collective 89 games over .500 with a cumulative 235-146 (.617) record through April 10.
• Bradley boast The Valley's top overall strength of schedule and the non-conference SOS ranks second in the league.

Home Schedule Softens
• While Bradley's road schedule has been among the nation's toughest, the home schedule does not appear as daunting.
• Bradley is scheduled to play 19 home games versus nine NCAA Division I opponents that have combined for a 117-156 (.429) record.
• The Braves started that home slate by taking 2-of-3 games this past weekend from Milwaukee.

Scheuermann Shines in Pen
• Fifth-year senior RHP Eric Scheuermann entered this season with a 3.45 career earned run average, tied for the fourth-best career ERA for any Bradley pitcher with at least 100.0 innings pitched in the metal bat era (since 1974).
• Of Scheuermann's 50 career appearances entering the season, 43 came out of the bullpen.
• Scheuermann began this season as one of Bradley's weekend starters, but went 0-2 with a 9.41 ERA in his four starts to open the season, while averaging 6.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Since transitioning back to the back end of the bullpen March 15, Scheuermann has made six appearances, going 1-1 with three saves and a 1.50 ERA in his 12.0 relief innings.
• Just as notable, Scheuermann has averaged 15.0 strikeouts per nine innings in his relief role.

Luke Shadid Producing At Top
• Bradley freshman Luke Shadid has turned in a stellar first half of the 2017 season, starting all 28 games to date at the top of the Bradley order, while also holding down the shortstop position.
• Showing no signs of freshman jitters, Shadid leads the Braves and ranks fourth in The Valley with his .340 batting average, he ranks second in the league with 13 stolen bases and he is tied for second on the team with 20 RBI from his leadoff spot.
• Shadid's 13 stolen bases already is tied for the fifth-best single-season total by a Bradley freshman.
• Shadid's current .340 batting average currently ranks seventh-best by a Bradley freshman with at least 100 at-bats and the best since Dan Brewer hit .347 in 2006.

Home Run Count
• Bradley tied the Dozer Park collegiate single-game record with four home runs in Saturday's 11-5 win against Milwaukee, then added three more dingers Sunday against the Panthers to raise its season total to 29 home runs in 28 games.
• Bradley hit just 27 home runs last season and the current total is better than the team's final total in four of the last six seasons.

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Players Mentioned

#15 Eric Scheuermann: RHP; 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

#10 Luke Shadid: IF; 5' 10"; Freshman; R/R

Players Mentioned

#15 Eric Scheuermann
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: RHP

#10 Luke Shadid
: 5' 10"; Freshman; R/R
: IF

Baseball Set for Midweek Games

Braves visit SIUE Tuesday, host Northwestern Wednesday

Players Mentioned

#15 Eric Scheuermann

#10 Luke Shadid

Players Mentioned

#15 Eric Scheuermann

#10 Luke Shadid