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Final Series, Early Starts

All three games in this week's Missouri Valley Conference series versus Southern Illinois will start at 11 a.m.

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications & Operations Baseball 5/18/2017 8:03:00 AM

BRADLEY BASEBALL GAME NOTES
Games 48-50 | Final Series, Early Starts | Peoria, IL | Dozer Park
Southern Illinois Salukis (26-27, 9-9 MVC) at Bradley Braves (19-28, 5-13 MVC)

The Valley on ESPN3 | Listen (SIU Radio Network) | Live Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday | 11:00 a.m. | Mitch Janssen (So., RHP, 1-2, 7.81 ERA) vs. Chad Whitmer (Sr., RHP, 5-3, 3.65 ERA)
Friday | 11:00 a.m. | Cole Cook (So., LHP, 7-5, 4.50 ERA) vs. Jamison Steege (Jr., LHP, 2-1, 4.46 ERA)
Saturday | 11:00 a.m. | Alex Gray (Jr., RHP, 0-4, 7.28 ERA) vs. Joey Marciano (Sr., LHP, 3-3, 4.70 ERA)

THE OPENING PITCH
• Momentum will be the theme of the final series of the regular season at Dozer Park starting Thursday, when Bradley hosts Missouri Valley Conference rival Southern Illinois for a 3-game set.
• Since taking 2-of-3 games against Illinois State April 21-23, Bradley has dropped nine of its last 10 games and will be trying to regain some momentum heading into next week's MVC Baseball Championship.
• Although the Salukis are coming off a Tuesday night loss to Saint Louis, Southern Illinois swept the Redbirds last weekend and will be trying to keep the momentum going against the Braves.
• Bradley enters the final series of the season seventh in the MVC standings with a chance to climb to sixth by sweeping the Salukis with a simultaneous DBU sweep at Evansville.
• SIU is tied for fourth with Wichita State (at Indiana State) and the Salukis can finish anywhere from tied for third to alone in sixth in the final league standings.

SERIES HISTORY
Games 162-164
Overall: Southern Illinois leads 85-75-1
at Bradley: Bradley leads 36-30
Domingeuz vs. SIU: 11-15
Henderson vs. Bradley: 10-10
2016 Series: Bradley won 3-to-0
• The series against Southern Illinois is the second-most played in Bradley Baseball history, trailing only the 218 games played in the I-74 Rivalry versus Illinois State.
• Although SIU owns an 85-75-1 all-time series lead, Bradley has won the season series each of the last three years, taking seven of the nine meetings.
• The Braves have allowed SIU to score just 10 runs in the last seven meetings.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Mitch Janssen: RHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R

#5 Cole Cook: LHP; 6' 0"; Sophomore; L/L

#25 Alex Gray: RHP; 6' 2"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#21 Mitch Janssen
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R
: RHP

#5 Cole Cook
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#25 Alex Gray
: 6' 2"; Junior; R/R
: RHP

Final Series, Early Starts

All three games in this week's Missouri Valley Conference series versus Southern Illinois will start at 11 a.m.

Players Mentioned

#21 Mitch Janssen

#5 Cole Cook

#25 Alex Gray

Players Mentioned

#21 Mitch Janssen

#5 Cole Cook

#25 Alex Gray