After being swept by Austin Peay in Friday's doubleheader, Southeast Missouri State University's baseball Indians wanted a chance for some revenge Saturday.

But the torrential rain that hit the area a short time before the scheduled 2 p.m. first pitch rendered Capaha Field unplayable, so the game was canceled.

That was especially bad news for the Indians, who desperately wanted to salvage one win in the three-game series. Ohio Valley Conference rainouts are not made up, so Southeast lost a chance to possibly make up some ground on the first-place Governors.

"It's disappointing," said Southeast coach Mark Hogan. "It's something you can't recover. You don't know how it's going to affect anything until it gets down to the end, but the standings are determined on a percentage basis if any teams don't play a whole schedule."

Austin Peay, after winning 7-2 and 8-6 Friday, headed back to Clarksville, Tenn., with a 17-9 overall record and a 7-1 OVC mark. Southeast is 11-16 overall and 4-4 in league play.

"Austin Peay is solid," Hogan said. "They've got good hitters up and down the lineup."

Meanwhile, Hogan said the status of Southeast center fielder Jeremy Johnson -- the team's leading hitter -- is day to day.

Johnson banged hard into the fence making a great catch early in Friday's second game. After spending several minutes down on the field, Johnson was helped off and taken to a hospital, where he was determined to have a bruised kneecap. Johnson would not have played Saturday.

"Jeremy is day to day," said Hogan. "He was moving okay Saturday without crutches, but he wouldn't have played. Hopefully he'll be ready to go later in the week."

The Indians have already suffered a myriad of injuries to several key players this season and they certainly can't afford to lose Johnson.

"That's the last thing we need," Hogan said. "It's been a tough first half (of the season). I just hope things are different the second half."

Southeast returns to action Tuesday when Arkansas-Little Rock comes to Capaha Field for a 3 p.m. non-conference game.