GAME DAY LINKS --
McKENDREE vs. SAGINAW VALLEY STATE
Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, 7:30 p.m. (Edwardsville, Ill.)
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, 1 p.m. (Edwardsville, Ill.)
Sunday, Feb. 24, Noon (Edwardsville, Ill.)
LIVE STATS
McKENDREE SEASON STATISTICS
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE SEASON STATISTICS
GLVC STATISTICS
(LEBANON, Ill., Feb. 21)--The McKendree University baseball team will kick off the home portion of its 2019 schedule this weekend with a three-game series against Saginaw Valley State University. Due to wet grounds, the three-game series will take place on the turf field at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The Bearcats and Cardinals are scheduled to meet in single games Friday night at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at noon.
Both McKendree and Saginaw Valley State enter the series with 0-3 records on the young season. The Bearcats were swept down at the University of Alabama at Huntsville in their 2019 debut last weekend.
Hayden Schaefer (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon) had an impressive debut for McKendree, going 6-for-10 at the plate in the three-game set. He, along with
Andrew Aydt (Wildwood, MO/Eureka), blasted home runs down in Alabama for the Bearcats. Aydt and
Levi Brening (Coon Rapids, MN/DuQuoin) were each 3-for-8 at the dish last weekend for McKendree.
Brening also turned in a solid relief effort last weekend for the Bearcats. In 3 1/3 innings of the opener, Brening struck out a McKendree career-high five batters.
The games this weekend serve as the front end of a six-game home stand for McKendree. The Bearcats will take on Quincy University in a three-game, non-conference series next weekend. The Bearcats and Hawks will play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 2, followed by a single game a day later.
ABOUT SAGINAW VALLEY STATE
The Cardinals were swept on their opening weekend by the University of Illinois Springfield. Jordan Swiss starred at the plate for Saginaw Valley State, going 7-for-10 on the weekend. Swiss also drove in five runs against the Prairie Stars. Joshua Riggs was 3-for-9 with two doubles, a home run and a pair of runs batted in.
On the mound, Kyle Henigan was stellar in relief, striking out six of the 16 batters he faced over 4 2/3 innings. Henigan allowed one unearned run on three hits
