The 8-0 Saint Louis Billikens will begin their home schedule this weekend with three games against Le Moyne. (Photo: Thomas Grove)
SLU Baseball – Gameday Info
Games No. 9-11 – Le Moyne Dolphins (2-5) at SLU Billikens (8-0)
Date/Time – Game 1 – March 1, 2024 – 3 pm
Date/Time – Game 2 – March 2, 2024 – 2 pm
Date/Time – Game 3 – March 3, 2024 – 12 pm
Location – Billiken Sports Complex — St. Louis, MO
Live Stats – Live Stats
Cedric Williams
Senior Editor
ST. LOUIS, MO — After traveling to different parts of the country for the first couple weeks of the season, the Saint Louis University baseball team will play its first set of games at home this weekend, when it welcomes Le Moyne University to the Billiken Sports Complex.
The Billikens and Dolphins will play three games at the BSC, beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. The teams will meet again, Saturday at 2 p.m., and then finally, Sunday at noon.
The three-game set is the beginning of an eight-game homestand for Saint Louis, which over the next couple of weeks will also play Western Illinois, Loyola Marymount, and Missouri State.
The Billikens are off to a blue-hot start to begin this season. Saint Louis is 8-0 for the first time since 1966 and will come into the weekend’s action as one of the top power hitting teams in the country.
SLU has hit 20 home runs in its first eight games, including a program-record seven in its most recent win, a 13-8 slugfest over SIU-Edwardsville on Tuesday. Those 20 homers has the Billikens tied for seventh-most in the country of all NCAA Division I teams.
Scoring-wise, SLU has scored 117 runs and is averaging 14.6 runs per game in its eight games. Both those totals are second-most in the nation, behind only Arkansas-Pine Bluff, which has scored 121 runs and averages 15.1 runs/game.
Seven different Billiken players have at least two home runs already this year, led by senior 1B/DH Drew Winters, who has four HRs. Teammates Tyler Fogarty, Hayden Moore, and Austin Neuweg each have three.
Six SLU players have already reached double figures in runs batted in, led by Winters and senior outfielder Cole Smith, who both have 14.
On the mound, pitchers Jackson Holmes, Dawson Smith, Jack Weber, and Jackson Yarberry are all 2-0, while relievers Ethan Bell and Evan Gray both have saves.
Le Moyne comes to town with a 2-5 record, after beginning the year with games against Houston Christian and Radford.
Last year, the Dolphins went 34-22 at the Division II level and won the Northeast-10 Southwest Division championship.
This year will be Le Moyne’s first season playing at Division I. Sophomore catcher Brody Keneston was named Northeast Conference Player of the Week, afer batting .308, scoring two runs, driving in six runs in the Dolphins’ weekend series at Radford.
Keneston leads Le Moyne with nine RBIs so far this year. Teammate Nick Nevins, a fifth-year senior shortstop, leads the Dolphins with a .333 batting average, to go with a home run and five RBIs.
Le MOYNE DOLPHINS STARTING LINEUP
| Player Name – Position | Yr. | BA | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jacob Sullivan – RF | So. | .160 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 Brody Keneston – 3B | So. | .192 | 1 | 9 |
| 28 Dewey Roden – 1B | Gr. | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 Benji Ries – C | Jr. | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nick Nevins – SS | Sr. | .333 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 Wyatt Patchett – CF | Jr. | .316 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 Brady Fureno – DH | Sr. | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Mike Whelehan – 2B | Fr. | .238 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 Jason Boule – LF | Sr. | .300 | 0 | 1 |
SLU BILLIKENS STARTING LINEUP
| Player Name – Position | Yr. | BA | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Hayden Moore – CF | Jr. | .308 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 Ethan Sitzman – 2B | Jr. | .355 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 Patrick Clohisy – RF | Jr. | .433 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 Cole Smith – 1B | Sr. | .400 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 Tyler Fogarty – LF | Sr. | .324 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 Drew Winters – DH | Sr. | .333 | 4 | 14 |
| 25 Graham Mastros – 3B | Fr. | .321 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 Knox Preston – C | Sr. | .412 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 Austin Neuweg – SS | So. | .379 | 3 | 13 |
Le MOYNE DOLPHINS PROBABLE PITCHERS
| Player Name – Position | Yr. | ERA | W-L | Hits | BBs | Ks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Max Parker – LHP | Sr. | 4.15 | 0-0 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 Jordan Goldmann – RHP | Jr. | 7.71 | 0-1 | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| 30 Jacon Crystal – LHP | Jr. | 4.50 | 0-1 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
SLU BILLIKENS PROBABLE PITCHERS
| Player Name – Position | Yr. | ERA | W-L | Hits | BBs | Ks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Charlie Weber – RHP | So. | 6.14 | 0-0 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 16 Dawson Smith – RHP | Sr. | 7.71 | 2-0 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| 88 Jackson Holmes – RHP | Jr. | 9.00 | 2-0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS 2024 BASEBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Home | Le Moyne | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 2, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Home | Le Moyne | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 3, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Home | Le Moyne | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 5, 2024 (Tuesday) | 3 pm | Home | Western Illinois | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 8, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Home | Loyola-Marymount | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 9, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Home | Loyola-Marymount | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 10, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Home | Loyola-Marymount | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 12, 2024 (Tuesday) | 3 pm | Home | Missouri State | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 15, 2024 (Friday) | TBA | Away | Southeastern Louisiana | Hammond, La. |
| March 16, 2024 (Saturday) | TBA | Away | Southeastern Louisiana | Hammond, La. |
| March 17, 2024 (Sunday) | TBA | Away | Southeastern Louisiana | Hammond, La. |
| March 18, 2024 (Monday) | 6:30 pm | Away | Tulane | New Orleans, La. |
| March 22, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Home | Cincinnati | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 23, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Home | Cincinnati | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 24, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Home | Cincinnati | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 26, 2024 (Tuesday) | 3 pm | Away | Kansas | Lawrence, Kan. |
| March 28, 2024 (Thursday) | 3 pm | Home | Rhode Island | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 29, 2024 (Friday) | 2 pm | Home | Rhode Island | Billiken Sports Complex |
| March 30, 2024 (Saturday) | 12 pm | Home | Rhode Island | Billiken Sports Complex |
| April 2, 2024 (Tuesday) | 3 pm | Home | SIU-Edwardsville | Billiken Sports Complex |
| April 5, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Away | Saint Joseph’s | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| April 6, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Away | Saint Joseph’s | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| April 7, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Away | Saint Joseph’s | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| April 9, 2024 (Tuesday) | 3 pm | Home | Southern Indiana | Billiken Sports Complex |
| April 12, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Home | Davidson | Billiken Sports Complex |
| April 13, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Home | Davidson | Billiken Sports Complex |
| April 14, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Home | Davidson | Billiken Sports Complex |
| April 19, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Away | Fordham | New York, N.Y. |
| April 20, 2024 (Saturday) | 1 pm | Away | Fordham | New York, N.Y. |
| April 21, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Away | Fordham | New York, N.Y. |
| April 23, 2024 (Tuesday) | 3 pm | Away | Lindenwood | St. Charles, Mo. |
| April 26, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Away | George Washington | Washington, D.C |
| April 27, 2024 (Saturday) | 1 pm | Away | George Washington | Washington, D.C |
| April 28, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Away | George Washington | Washington, D.C |
| April 30, 2024 (Tuesday) | 4 pm | Away | Butler | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| May 3, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Home | George Mason | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 4, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Home | George Mason | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 5, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Home | George Mason | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 7, 2024 (Tuesday) | 4 pm | Home | Lindenwood | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 10, 2024 (Friday) | 3 pm | Home | Dayton | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 11, 2024 (Saturday) | 2 pm | Home | Dayton | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 12, 2024 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Home | Dayton | Billiken Sports Complex |
| May 16, 2024 (Thursday) | 3 pm | Away | UMass | Amherst, Mass. |
| May 17, 2024 (Friday) | 1 pm | Away | UMass | Amherst, Mass. |
| May 18, 2024 (Saturday) | 12 pm | Away | UMass | Amherst, Mass. |
| May 21, 2024 (Tuesday) | TBA | Neutral | Atlantic 10 Championship | Tysons, Va. (Capital One Park) |