NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Belmont (20-20) travels to Southern Indiana (16-24) Tuesday afternoon for some midweek non-conference action. First pitch from the USI Baseball Field in Evansville, Indiana is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT. Fans can tune into the game on iHeartRadio or follow along with live stats.
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Belmont: Caleb Guisewite (Jr. / RHP): 1-0, 7 APP, 1 GS, 6.35 ERA, 11.1 IP, 5 K, 4 BB
USI: Peyton Brown (Jr. / RHP): 0-1, 12 APP, 6 GS, 7.88 ERA, 24 IP, 20 K, 17 BB
BRUINS BULLETS
- Caleb Guisewite will make his second career start Tuesday against Southern Indiana. The junior made his first career start last week on April 16th vs. North Alabama. He tossed five innings, allowed six hits and three runs (two earned), recorded three strikeouts and walked no Lions.
- Brodey Heaton keeps his eyes set on becoming the program's all-time RBI leader. His 202 career RBI are the second most in program history. He needs 11 RBI to surpass Derek Wiley's ('09) 212 career RBI.
- Mason Landers leads the Bruins in hits (55), home runs (14), RBI (45) and slugging percentage (.669). Landers finds himself on the MVC statistical leaderboard in several categories. He ranks third in hits and RBI, tied for third in home runs and seventh in slugging percentage.
- Belmont has the best road record in the MVC (10-5, .667).
- The Bruins are batting .306 as a team on the road this season. Landers leads the team with a .463 batting average, 10 home runs and 32 RBI in 15 road games. Three other Bruins are batting above .300 away from E.S. Rose Park: Landon Godsey (.352), Sam Slaughter (.350) and Brodey Heaton (.333).
- Blake Barton and Jack Rando lead the Bruins with 16 hits in their last 10 games. The duo has combined for seven doubles, 20 RBI, and seven bases.
- Heaton has drawn a team-high 23 walks with 10 coming in his last 10 games.
SCOUTING REPORT: SOUTHERN INDIANA SCREAMING EAGLES
- USI is 16-24 in their second season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
- Ren Tachioka leads the team with a .371 batting average in 30 games.
- Jack Ellis leads the team with seven home runs and is tied for second in RBI (24).
- Terrick Thompson-Allen leads the team with 18 multi-hit games.
- Head coach Tracy Archuleta is 560-375 in 18 years as the Screaming Eagles' skipper
LAST SEASON'S MEETING
- The Bruins won last year's meeting on March 21st at E.S. Rose Park 6-3.
- Belmont scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to secure the victory.
- Max Jones delivered a clutch single in the eighth that brought home two runs.
- Jeff Clarke had two hits in the game including a double.
- Jett Thielke picked up his third win of the season behind his three innings of work. He allowed two runs on three hits with five strikeouts.
- The Screaming Eagles stranded 11 runners on base in the game.
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