Southeast Missouri State Indians (19-9; 4-2 OVC)

vs.

Missouri Tigers (19-9-1; 7-8 Big 12)

April 3, 2001 * 6 p.m.

Cape Girardeau, Mo. * Capaha Field

About the Indians: Although Southeast saw its six-game winning streak snapped in game one againt the Throughbreds of Murray State, the Indians found their offense and picked up the final two games.

An RBI-single by Murray State's Brett McCutchan in the sixth inning wiped away Southeast's tying runs in their portion of the sixth, as the Throughbreds took game one, 6-5.

Todd Pennington was handed the loss, which snapped four-consecutive starts with a victory. He was charged with three earned runs, all of which came in the third, when Murray scored five total. Pennington also was charged with nine hits, three walks and struck out four. Prior to the game, Pennington owned a league-leading 0.71 ERA. It now stands at a still conference-low 1.23 and owns a mark of 4-1.

Southeast rode the excellent pitching of RHP's Mark Frazier and Tommy Thomas and took the remaining two games away from the Murray State.

The Indians, who had to complete the rest of Saturday's 2-2 darkness suspended contest, inserted Frazier into the lineup as the game was restarted in the top of the eighth. The Indians used back-to-back doubles from LF Brice Nicholas on Sunday and DH Matt Baldwin, who started game one's ill-fated sixth inning rally, to score the winning run in the ninth.

Starter Thomas was near perfect over his seven innings of work of game three and picked up his first complete game of the season. He allowed seven hits and two earned runs, while walking two and striking out four. Thomas improved his record to 3-5 and has now notched two consecutive victories, while lowering his ERA to 3.02.

The Series: When the series began in 1986, both tea. ms notched one apiece. Since then, the Tigers has won 12 of the next 15 and holds a 13-4 advantage. However, last year Southeast picked up victories in both contests last season.

Scouting The Tigers: Outfielder Lee Laskowski is leading Missouri with a .393 average in 15 games. Laskowski suffered a sprained ankle at the beginning of the season and has just recently returned to the lineup. 1B Mick Weiss is leading with 30 runs, while C Jon Williams has a team-best 30 RBI. The staff ace is Jon Harris, who is 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA. Matt Hobbs has collected a team-high five wins.

We Won It With The Long Ball: When Southeast hosted the Tigers last year at Capaha, catcher Jeff Bourbon exploded for three home runs as the Indians rolled to a 14-8 win. Also in that victory, Charlie Marino recorded two dingers and four RBI. A Jeremy Johnson three-run homer in the eighth lifted Southeast over Mizzou last year at Taylor Stadium, 9-6.

Us, Two: Missouri and Southeast both have lost just two games on its home field this season. The Tigers are 11-2 at Taylor Stadium, while the Indians are 12-2.

National Notice: Missouri received 14 votes in this week's Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll. The votes place the Tigers 33rd nationally, tied with Texas Tech and UCLA.

Cowboy Shootout: Oklahoma State, which are members of the Big 12 along with Missouri, went 4-0 this season vs. Mizzou and SEMO.

Returning the Favor: Southeast will travel to Columbia on April 17 for a 5 p.m. contest.

Top-5 Southeast Notes No Person Should Be Without:

#1 -- Two-Bagger: With the aid of five doubles last week, Clemente Bonilla has jumped onto the all-time doubles list at Southeast. He now has 35 career two-baggers, which ties him for seventh-place with Brian Schaefer and Kyle Yount.

#2 -- More Two-Bagger: Bonilla, at his current pace of .58 doubles per game, is set to hit 29. That amount would break the current season standard at Southeast, which is 25 by Kevin Meyer in 2000.

#3 -- Double Your Pleasure: Missouri, through 31 games has hit just 53 doubles, compared to Southeast's 70 through 28 games.

#4 -- Double-Double: Southeast has hit a double in 24-consecutive games. The Indians are averaging 2.5 doubles per game.

And #5 -- One Last Double, BB That Is: With a walk today, Bonilla can become the outright all-time walks leader at Southeast.

Other Notes Receiving Votes: Movin' On Up: Senior catcher Jeff Bourbon continues to climb up the Southeast all-time statistics boards. The following are a list of his standings:

Games: 187 5th * Needs one more to move into a tie for 4th place.

Doubles: 52 2nd * Needs 16 more to take over No. 1 spot also held by Jeremy Johnson.

Hits: 186 3rd

RBI: 128 4th * Needs 11 more to move to 3rd place.

Homers: 31 6th

At Bats: 659 3rd

Southern Comfort: Bourbon's first four RBIs this season were off two-out hits.

Pour Another: Seventeen of Bourbon's 23 RBI have come with two outs.

Streaking 2: Bourbon has collected six-straight games with a hit.

Clean-up, Aisle 4: When Bourbon is in the clean-up spot, Southeast is 13-4.

No Match For the Southpaw: Bourbon is 9-for-16 this season against lefties.

Nice To See You: Tommy Thomas and Missouri's Jon Harris were teammates at Maple Woods J.C. The Tiger's Garrett Broshuis of Advance and the Indian's Denver Stuckey played against one another during their prep careers. Rookies Mike Mitchell of Missouri and John Bridges of Southeast were 2000 products of Fort Zumwalt South in St. Charles, Mo.

Protecting the Turf: Southeast has dropped just two home contests this season.

Hatton the Hero: Vern Hatton has helped Southeast to a 15-4 mark when batting in the five-hole.

Hatton the Conquering Hero: Against William Woods, Hatton tied a school record with five hits in a game.

Sixth Is Best: The Indians score more runs -- 29 -- in the sixth inning than any other.

Streaking: Leadoff hitter Denver Stuckey is in the midst of a 12-game hitting streak. Welcome Back: RHP Mike Robinson made his first start in two years today as he took the mound for the Indians. He ended with two hits, no runs charged, two walks and four strikeouts over three innings. Robinson was a victim of a shoulder injury and has been steadily making a comeback after being red-shirted last year at Chemeketa C.C. in Oregon.

Producing Under Pressure: Mark Frazier had a career-best outing in the nightcap win over Lipscomb in game two. He ended the game with a career-high 10 strikeouts, while allowing just four hits over seven innings. This was his second win of the season.

Snapped!: Zach Borowiak`s 18-game hitting streak was broken in game one against Lipscomb. The All-American short stop wasted no time starting a new one as he stroked a single in the first inning of game two.

Iron Man Rusts: Borowiak missed his first game in an Indian uniform due to strep throat this past Wednesday vs. SLU. After banging out two hits vs. the Billikens on Tuesday, Borowiak was diagnosed with the throat ailment early Wednesday. He returned to the lineup at Murray.

Special K: Pennington has now tossed more strikeouts, 50, this season, than his two previous combined (44).

Put Him On The Mound: Southeast is 5-2 when Pennington starts.

Taking One For the Team: Vern Hatton has taken a team-high nine hit-by-pitches this season.

Prime Time Player: Hatton not only leads the team in the HBP category, but also sets the standard with homers (4), triples (2) and ties with stolen bases (5) and fewest errors (1).

Leader of the Pack: Clemente Bonilla is currently in his fifth-consecutive week of leading the OVC with his .444 batting average.

Killer B's: Bonilla has a team-leading 13-multi hit games.

More on Zach: Borowiak leads the team with seven-multi RBI games.

Killer B's Spread: Borowiak, Bonilla and Bourbon have combined to hit 34 of the 70 team doubles this season.

Beat That: Brad Beatty has hit in the two-spot and from the 5-hole through nine. He is 4-for-10 when hitting out of the nine spot.

Senior Michael Mitchell Leaves: Catcher and DH Michael Mitchell has left the Southeast Missouri State baseball team. Mitchell started on game this season, while going 0-for-2 from the plate. Mitchell opted to the leave the team for personal reasons. Senior catcher Jeff Bourbon will now be backed by freshman Brad Beatty and rightfielder Tristen McDonald.

I Don't Know Is On Third, But We Want Borowiak at the Plate: With a runner on third and two outs, short stop Zach Borowiak is 12-for-17.

Pitching Prowess: With blankings against ASU, Harris Stowe and Central Oklahoma, Southeast pitching recorded 27-consecutive innings without allowing a run.

Still No Free Passes: Reliever Andy Davidson through five appearances has yet to yield a walk.

Fielding of Dreams: Senior Kenny Gaebler brings a perfect fielding average into this season's campaign. In 71 career games, Gaebler has yet to commit an error.

Walk-On: Bonilla needs just seven more walks this season to become the program's all-time walks leader with 118. Jeremy Johnson currently resides in the No. 1 spot.

Doing the Dishes: Short stop and All-American Zach Borowiak recorded 146 assists last season. The number ranks him fifth on Southeast's season assist list.

Take a Bow: Last year against Iowa State, Jeremy Johnson became the all-time hits champions with a single in game one of the doublehea der against the Cyclones. The fourth inning hit against Cyclone righty, Charley Bigwood, broke Kyle Yount's career total of 215. Johnson ended his career with 287 hits. Yount's mark of 215 was set just a year prior in 1999.

Bigwood, Big Problems: ISU righty Charly Bigwood would probably like to never pitch against Southeast again. In Southeast's opener he served up junior Tristen McDonald's first career hit, which equaled an RBI double.

"Spille"ing Over: Southeast's only other win over Mississippi was a 1-0 win back in 1999. All-American Ryan Spille picked up his second win of the season in the two-hitter.

The Whammy: Ole' Miss has been a part of just 45 1-0 games over its 100-year history. The Rebels are 22-25 in those games, including last weekend's 1-0 win over the Indians.

De-clawed: Before Southeast got ahold of Jackson State hitters, the Tigers were batting an impressive .321. Between Mark Frazier and reliever Andy Davidson, JSU went 9-for-35 from the plate.

Next Up: The Indians travel to Southern Illinois tomorrow for a 3 p.m. date in Carbondale.