Playing For 1800th Win
Game 28• at SIUE • Wednesday, April 9 • 6:00 p.m. CDT
Edwardsville, Ill. • Simmons Baseball Complex

Eighteen will be the theme of the night when Bradley Baseball visits SIU Edwardsville Wednesday ... The Braves will be trying for the 1800th all-time win, 18th win of the season and nation's leading 18th win away from home ... Bradley is tied with Kansas for the most wins away from home this season and the Braves will try for their fifth win in their last six road games Wednesday night.

Series History
Game 31
Bradley leads 17-13
SIUE is 6-5 at home against Bradley

Streak: Bradley has won two straight
Elvis Dominguez vs. SIUE: 5-4
Tony Stoecklin vs. Bradley: 0-2
In the 2000's: Bradley leads 5-4

First Meeting on Record
4/23/1972 Quincy, Ill.   L 2-3

2013 Series
4-24-2013 Dozer Park - 7 W 3-0
          Dozer Park - 7 W 6-5

18 for 1800
Not only will Bradley be playing for its 18th win of the season Wednesday at SIU Edwardsville, but the Braves also will be trying for the 1800th win in the 114-year history of the program ... Bradley enters Wednesday's game with an all-time record of 1,799-1,497-15 (.546) ... Since Bradley's 40-win season in 1996, the Braves earned their 18th win by April 9 in only one other season: 2011 (April 5).

Series Notes
Wednesday's game will be the 31st game in the all-time series between Bradley and SIU Edwardsville ... In keeping with the 18 theme outlined above, Bradley is 17-13 all-time against the Cougars and will be shooting for its 18th win against SIUE ... SIUE is 6-5 all-time at home against Bradley, though the Braves earned an 8-2 road win against the Cougars in their last visit to Edwardsville March 23, 2011 ... Bradley is 5-4 against SIUE since the series resumed in 2009 following a 20-year break.

Road Sweet Road
Bradley will complete a 4-game road swing Wednesday night at SIU Edwardsville ... After taking 2-of-3 games this past weekend at Southern Illinois, Bradley is 10-4 (.714) in true road games and 17-6 (.739) overall away from home ... The 10 true road wins already has surpassed last year's total (8-16) and the 17 wins on away and neutral fields already are the more than the complete season totals in five of the last six years: 2008 (13-20), 2009 (7-21), 2010 (8-25), 2011 (14-19), 2012 (20-18-1), 2013 (11-21) ... Bradley's 17 wins away from home and .739 winning percentage away from home both are the best in the MVC.

NCAA Stats
As the week began, Bradley ranked among the nation's top 40 in nine different statistical categories tracked by the NCAA, including four in the top 10 ... Most notably, Bradley ranked sixth in stolen bases per game (2.17), seventh in doubles per game (2.26) and 10th in on-base percentage (.405) ... Individually, seven different Braves ranked among the nation's top 50 in 11 different stat categories, led by junior CF Isaac Smith, who was sixth nationally in batting and sophomore SS Tyler Leffler, who was seventh in on-base percentage.