ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University baseball (26-10, 8-4) continues its season Tuesday afternoon playing a mid-week nonconference game at Lindenwood (13-26, 6-9). First pitch is set for 3 p.m. (CST).
 

Billiken Baseball at Lindenwood (St. Charles, Mo.)
Opponent | Date | Time	Lindenwood | Tuesday, April 23 | 3:00 p.m. (CST)
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Leading Off…

• SLU enters the weekend on a two-game losing streak after dropping its last two of a three-game series at Fordham over the weekend.
• The Billikens sit just outside the top-100 in RPI in 113th place (.51662) with a record of 26-10.
• Out of their 15 remaining games, SLU will play eight of them on the road including an eight-game road stand which began Friday against the Fordham Rams.
• The Billikens rank 10th in the NCAA in batting average (.323), 15th in on-base percentage (.428), and 18th in scoring averaging 8.9 runs per game.
• SLU also ranks 26th in fielding percentage (0.978) and leads the conference in the category.
• Patrick Clohisy's 1.25 runs per game this season leads the A-10 and ranks 49th in the NCAA.
• Clohisy's 45 runs, 42 RBIs and 1.17 RBIs per game also lead the A-10.
• Tyler Fogarty ranks second in the conference in RBIs per game (1.11).
• Ethan Bell's five saves on the mound rank second in the conference and rank just outside the top-50 of the NCAA in 51st place.
• The Billikens are 8-4 in Atlantic 10 Conference play four A-10 series' in. 
• The Billikens won their three-contests against Davidson two weeks ago marking their first A-10 series sweep of the year.
• Head coach Darin Hendrickson reached 500 wins at SLU in the Billikens' win over Saint Joseph's on April 5, 2024. He is five victories away from 1,000 in his career.
• The Billikens had won their conference opener three out of the last five seasons defeating Saint Joseph's (2018), Fordham (2022) and UMass (2023) while dropping A-10 openers to Dayton (2019) and George Mason (2021). The Billikens won their 2024 conference opener against Rhode Island, 3-2.
• Cole Smith's 228 career hits rank 96th in the NCAA and 36 in the A-10 among active players.

Scouting the Lions

• Lindenwood enters the matchup with an overall record of 13-26 and a 6-9 Ohio Valley Conference mark.
• The Lions, like the Billikens, come into Tuesday's game on a two-game losing skid.
• The Lions home record sits at .500 on the season with seven wins and seven losses at the Lou Brock Sports Complex.
• The team's faced off earlier this year, ending in a 10-2 win in favor of the Billikens.
• The Lions are under the direction of head coach P.J. Finigan who is in his first season at the helm of the program.

Series History

• The Billikens and Lions have faced off a total of nine times in program history.
• The teams first met on May 2, 1981, ending in a 18-7 win for the Billikens.
• SLU holds the all-time record with Lindenwood, 7-2.
• The Billikens and Lions met three times during the 2023 season.
• The team's faced off earlier this year, ending in a 10-2 win in favor of the Billikens.
• Tuesday's game against the Lions is the Billikens' second of three against the St. Charles-based team this season.