Game Day: Light bats, Light moods

■ If you looked at the North Dakota website seeking current stats earlier today, the link was broken. It is now repaired. Link to UND Stats.

Team batting average: .169 (not a misprint)

Team ERA: 10.96

■ SIUE blasts North Dakota (The Telegraph)

Three SIUE pitchers combined to throw a three-hit shutout Tuesday as the Cougars walloped North Dakota 11-0 Tuesday at Lee Field.

■ Relief pitchers keep the mood light for Missouri baseball team (Columbia Missourian)

Missouri coach Tim Jamieson said he hopes to use McCormick to clean up a messy inning, Clark as the guy to get the key strikeout and Emens as the team's closer. He said the early success the three are experiencing is good for the entire pitching staff.

“I think that success breeds success,” Jamieson said. “There’s also the competition factor. They want each other to do well, but they also want to do better than the guy before them.”