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BILLIKENS RESUME A-10 PLAYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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The Billikens hit the road for their first A-10 road series when they head to St. Bonaventure, New York, to take on the St. Bonaventure Bonnies.
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SLU leads the all-time series 25-12 against the Bonnies. The Bills have won five in a row and nine of the last 10. The Billikens last traveled to St. Bonaventure during the 2018 campaign.
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QUICK HITTERSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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Saint Louis is riding a four-game winning streak. The Billikens were the only team in the A-10 to sweep on opening weekend when they took all three games against UMass at the Billiken Sports Center.
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SLU is coming off a 19-14 win over SIUE on Tuesday. Every batter in the Billiken starting lineup scored at least one run and registered at least one hit.
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Patrick Clohisy has reached base in all but one game this season and leads the Billikens in home runs (nine), RBIs (28), runs scored (33) and stolen bases (12).
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Cole Smith is one of the hottest hitters in the Billiken lineup. He is riding an 11-game hitting streaks and is batting .339. He has totaled four doubles in the last two games.
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Ethan Sitzman is third on the squad with a .318 average.
Cam Redding has appeared in the last five games after missing the first 21 due to a wrist injury. He has homered twice this season, including a bomb to left on the first pitch he saw this year in his first appearance against SIUE last week.
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The Billikens had a 10-game winning streak earlier this season, which included series sweeps against Big 10 foes Minnesota (three games) and Northwestern (two games).
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WALK-OFF WINNERS
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Saint Louis has shown a flare for the dramatic with four walk-off wins so far this season.
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The first came March 3 when
Knox Preston was plunked with the bases loaded, completing a three-run 13th inning to give SLU the walk-off win against St. Thomas.
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The Billikens posted back-to-back thrilling walk-off wins against Lamar at the USA Baseball Complex in Millington, Tennessee, March 17-18. In the first game on Friday with the Billikens trailing 7-3 in the bottom of the ninth,
Ethan Sitzman blasted a game-tying grand slam. Then, two pitches later,
Tyler Fogarty lifted a solo shot to the opposite field to give the Billikens the improbable come-from-behind victory. 6-4-3 Charts listed a win probability of 99.9% in favor of Lamar prior to Sitzman's grand slam. In Saturday's second game, Fogarty again provided the late-game heroics when he singled home
Dominic Cusumano for the winning run in the bottom of the 10th.
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SLU's fourth walk-off win of the year came April 1 at the BSC against UMass. Saint Louis scored six unanswered runs in the final three innings to complete a come-from-behind, walk-off win over the Minutemen.
Ethan Sitzman delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth.
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BILLIKENS IN THE A-10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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This is the 18th season of the Bills competing in the A-10. SLU was picked tied for third in this year's preseason poll.
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Saint Louis owns four A-10 tournament titles since joining the league in 2006, the most of any other program during that span. The Bills have claimed at least a share of the A-10 regular season crown five times.
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WHAT'S NEXT?
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Saint Louis travels to Evansville, Indiana, for a midweek tilt against Southern Indiana on Tuesday. The Billikens return to the Billiken Sports Center next weekend when they host Saint Joseph's.
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