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OPPONENT |
DATE |
TIME |
STREAM |
LIVE STATS |
GAME 32 |
vs. Fontbonne |
Wednesday, April 21 |
3 p.m. |
N/A |
StatBroadcast |
GAME 33 |
at Bradley |
Friday, April 23 |
5 p.m. |
ESPN3 |
Sidearm |
GAME 34 |
at Bradley |
Saturday, April 24 |
2 p.m. |
ESPN3 |
Sidearm |
GAME 35 |
at Bradley |
Sunday, April 25 |
1 p.m. |
ESPN3 |
Sidearm |
THE BASICS
• Saint Louis will host Fontbonne for a midweek contest and visit Bradley for a three-game series this weekend, following the postponement of its Atlantic 10 Conference series at Dayton.
• Fontbonne is 17-9 on the season and winners in six of its last seven games.
• Bradley enters the series on a three-game winning streak and a 12-14 overall record. The Braves are 6-5 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
QUICK HITTERS
• The Billikens will play their first contest in 10 days on Wednesday against Fontbonne. Last weekend's series against Richmond was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols in the Spiders' program.
• SLU is 11-20 on the year, with a 3-1 record in Atlantic 10 play. In their most recent series, the Billikens took the final three games at George Mason, after dropping the series opener to the Patriots.
• Head coach Darin Hendrickson picked up career win No. 900 on on April 9 at George Mason. He's in year No. 26 as a head coach, including 14 at the helm of the Billikens. Hendrickson ranks 18th in winning percentage among active Division I coaches in the NCAA.
• Cam Redding boasts a team-best .330 batting average on the season. He also finds himself leading the club in hits (37), runs (25), doubles (10), home runs (4) and RBIs (30).
• Jake Garella has a team-high 11 multi-hit games. He and Kyle Fitzgerald are tied for second on the Billikens with 33 hits on the year. Fitzgerald has a team-best five 3-hit games.
• Rookie Tyler Fogarty owns the team's longest current hitting streak, with six. He's hitting .300 on the season, with three stolen bases.
• Starter Trevor Harris blanked George Mason on April 9, tossing a complete-game shutout, striking out five, while walking none, and scattering five hits. The lefty has the second best ERA (3.16) among Billiken starting pitchers, and he's struck out 30 batters in 37.0 innings pitched.
• Mark Finkelnburg ranks just ahead of Harris with a 3.08 ERA. He's holds a team-best 31 punch outs in 38.0 innings of work.