Southeast Missouri State Indians (19-10; 4-2 OVC)

vs.

Southern Illinois Salukis (12-16-1; 6-6 MVC)

April 4, 2001 o 3 p.m.

Carbondale, Ill. o Abe Martin Field

About the Indians: The Missouri Tigers scratched Southeast Missouri State pitching for nine hits and seven earned runs and escaped Cape with a 7-2 win. Southeast only highlight in the contest was 2B Clemente Bonilla's first inning walk to give the junior Southeast's all-time walks record with 118 passes.

The Tigers (20-11-1) fielding was exposed for four errors, but the Indians were able to score just one run off the miscues.

Missouri jumped on the board in the first with one run and the scored one apiece the next two innings to take a 3-0 lead.

Southeast sliced the Tiger's advantage to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth after C Jeff Bourbon led off the inning with a double to right center. He was driven in after RF Tristen McDonald sacrificed to right. McDonald later scored after LF Brice Nicholas reached after the Tiger's first basemen was unable to handle an infield throw.

The Tigers posted three insurance runs in the top of the fifth and one more for good measure in the eighth to finalize the score at 7-2.

3B Denver Stuckey helped extend two Southeast streaks, as his double in the in the first brought his hitting streak to 13-consecutive games and lengthen the team's games with a double to 25-straight.

Missouri held Southeast to just four hits, all of which were recorded by four different Indians.

The Tigers Matt Hobbs notched the win. He is now 6-2, while the Indian's RHP Brandon Smith fell to 1-1.

The Series: This is the 43rd meeting between arch-rivals Southeast Missouri and Southern Ilinois. The Salukis hold a 28-13-1 advantage over the Indians.

Last Time We Met...: Southeast took both meetings last year. The first came in Carbondale, as Jeffrey Hilz entered in relief to collect the 8-6 victory. He picked up his fourth win in that game. In Cape a few weeks later, a slug-fest took place and the Indians escaped with a 19-17 win. Andy Davidson, in relief, notched his first-ever collegiate win.

Commanality: Saluki skipper Dan Callahan coached at Eastern Illinois prior to his appointment at SIU from 1989-94.

Leaders of the Pack: Luke Nelson leads the Salukis with a .355 batting average. The third basemen has played in all 29 SIU games this season, while also leading the team with 44 hits. Catcher Scott Hankey has a team best 21 RBI. The staff ace thus far has been Scott Lucht with an ERA of 3.04.

Top-5 Southeast Notes No Person Should Be Without:

#1 - Walking Away With It: With a walk in the first inning against Missouri, Clemente Bonilla has become Southeast's all-time walks leader with 118 passes.

#2 - Streaking: Leadoff hitter Denver Stuckey is in the midst of a 13-game hitting streak.

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

#4 - Double-Double: Southeast has hit a double in 25-consecutive games this season. The Indians are averaging 2.5 doubles per game.

And #5 - Making the Most Of It: Southeast has earned 67 of its 155 RBI with two outs.

Other Notes Receiving Votes:

Right Frame Of Mind: Right-handed batters are batting .136 (8-of-59) vs. Greg Lunski.

No Lead: Leadoff batters are averaging a team-low .269 against Lunski.

He'll Do In A Pinch: Brad Simmons is Southeast's only pinch hitter (1-of-14) to get a hit.

We Perform Under Pressure: Southeast bats .586 as a team with runners on third and two outs.

No Getting By Him: With runners on, Todd Pennington has allowed just 10-of-72 batters to reach base.

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.

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.

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: 188 t4th

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

Hits: 187 3rd

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

Homers: 31 6th

At Bats: 663 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.

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.

Protecting the Turf: Southeast has dropped just three home contests this season, including the 7-2 loss vs. Missouri.

Hatton the Hero: Vern Hatton has helped Southeast to a 15-5 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.

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).

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 72 teams' 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 doubleheader 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 will host conference opponent Eastern Kentucky for a doubleheader this Saturday starting at 2 p.m. and then the single on Sunday at 2 p.m.