Projected Pitching Matchups
DH Game 1
Bradley: 37 Stephen Toma, So., RHP, 2-2, 5.80 ERA
SIU Edwardsville:  1 Sam Hopkins, Fr., RHP, 1-3, 8.20 ERA

DH Game 2
Bradley:  15 Eric Scheuermann, Fr., RHP, 2-3, 7.50 ERA
SIU Edwardsville:  27 J.D. Williams, Fr., RHP, 0-1, 12.79 ERA

Leading Off
•  With only seven home games to its credit so far this season, Bradley will open a season-long, 12-game home stand Wednesday by hosting SIU Edwardsville in a 3 p.m. doubleheader at Peoria Chiefs Stadium.
•  Wednesday's twinbill is scheduled for two 7-inning games.
•  Bradley is just 17-27 at home since the start of the 2011 season, though the Braves are 9-8 in non-conference home games the last three years.
•  The two pitching staffs enter Wednesday's doubleheader with a combined 6.20 earned run average and the four projected starters have a combined 7.33 ERA and .320 opponent batting average.
•  Bradley senior LF Mike Tauchman enters the doubleheader leading The Valley with a .417 batting average and he has banged out multiple hits in each of the last five games in his current 6-game hitting streak.

Series Notes
Bradley leads 15-13
•  The series took a 20-year hiatus until resuming in 2009 and SIU Edwardsville has won four of the seven meetings in the last five years.
•  Bradley is 7-4 overall at home against SIU Edwardsville, but the teams have split the four meetings at Peoria Chiefs Stadium.