Saint Louis will face No. 1 Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 semifinals. Rhode Island defeated No. 4 Davidson 5-3 after receiving a first-round bye. The Billikens defeated No. 3 George Mason 5-3 after a ninth inning grand slam by Riley Iffrig.
 

BILLIKEN BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Opponent | Date | Time	vs. Rhode Island | Friday, May 23 | 2 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN+

QUICK HITTERS

• Riley Iffrig continues to lead the Billiken offense batting .353 with 65 RBIs.
• Chase Beattie is batting .369 in conference play with a nine extra base hits.
• Hank Gomric has a .312 average adding nine stolen bases and 37 RBIs.
• Brenden Stressler has a team-high 11 home runs; 13 of 14 Billikens with an at bat have hit a homerun this season.
• Hayden Moore is third in the Atlantic 10 in walks with 43, he is also second on the team in on base percentage at .446 and leads the team with 16 stolen bases.
• The Billiken pitching staff has a combined ERA of 5.72, good for third in the A-10.
• Saint Louis has the best fielding percentage of teams that made the tournament at .974.
• Ethan Sitzman was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, Iffrig and Owen Kelly picked up second team honors and Hank Gomric was named to the All-Rookie team.

 
SCOUTING THE RAMS

• Three Rams are batting over .350 this season, led by Reece Moroney at .362 who also adds 24 stolen bases.
• Anthony DePino has smashed 19 home runs this year, Jack Hopko has 15 and DJ Perron adds 13.
• Hopko leads the nation in RBIs with 80.
• DePino and Eric Genther are second and sixth in the country in runs scored with 82 and 77.
• URI might throw Jeremy Urena who posts a 5.32 ERA with a 6-1 record. He has 42 strikeouts and 19 walks.
• The Rams are the only team in the conference with more walks than the Billikens.
• URI leads the conference in scoring with 9.4 runs per game.
• Rhode Island finished the regular season with a 35-20 record.
• Head Coach Raphael Cerrato was named Atlantic 10 coach of the year earlier this week. DePino and Hopko were named first team and Reece Moroney and Joe Sabbath were named second team.