Thanks to some early-season rainouts, this has become a busy week for SIUE baseball.
         The Cougars will play a single game at Oakland City on Tuesday, a single game at home against Missouri-St. Louis on Wednesday and a four-game series with Indianapolis this weekend.
         SIUE is currently eighth in the GLVC standings, while Indianapolis and Missouri-St. Louis are battling for the top spot in the conference. All games figure to be crucial as teams hope to lock in a spot in the six-team GLVC Tournament at the site of the No. 1 seed on May 9-11.
         Missouri-St. Louis is currently first in the GLVC standings. Game time for Wednesday's single game is 3 p.m at Roy Lee Field.
         "UMSL is the best team in the conference, and they're proving it," Coach Gary Collins said.
         The Cougars will then play Indianapolis on Friday at GMC Stadium in Sauget at 7 p.m. The series then moves back to Roy Lee Field for Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's single, non-conference game.
         SIUE is coming off a weekend in which it took two of three games at Saint Joseph's. Sophomore Craig Ohlau (Chester) pushed his batting average to a team-leading .350 last weekend.
         "Ohlau is swinging the bat well," Collins said.
         Senior Brad Hinton (Clinton) picked up a win and a save against Saint Joseph's.
         "Hinton picked up a win and a save, and looked good doing it," Collins said.
         Hinton lowered his ERA to a team-low 2.29. His save at Saint Joseph's was his second of the season.
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