The Southern Illinois Saluki baseball team shut out the University of Illinois for the second time this season with a 9-0 victory Tuesday night at the fourth annual Interstate Baseball Classic at Rent One Park.
Senior RHP Andrew Bever, a transfer from Kankakee Community College, threw 6 scoreless innings allowing only three hits. Bever also threw eight scoreless innings against the Illini on April 13th has now thrown 14 scoreless innings against Illinois.
Jordan Silversten (Carmel Catholic, Richmond Illinois) went 3-4 at the plate with a double and 2 rbi's, Brock Harding (Rochester Illinois) was 3-5 including a double and 3 rbi's for Southern Illinois.
Illinois was held to six hits over nine innings, Davis Hendrickson (Macomb Illinois) had two of them. Pat Sheehan (Springfield Illinois) had the only extra base hit, a double.