Week 9 - @Illinois, @WIU, @Evansville (x3)

[Dmills]

The 1st place 17-11 (7-2) Redbirds kick off the week Tuesday against Illinois (16-13). Illinois has a loss against Indiana State and a win against Bradley. Illinois State and Illinois are two of the hotter teams in the country right now. Illinois has won 11 of their last 14 and just had a 7 win streak of their own snapped. ISU has won 7 straight including 12 of their last 15. Probably the best 2 teams in Illinois. UIC and SIU also in the conversation.

On Wednesday, ISU will take on Western Illinois (6-21). The Leathernecks have lost 4 times to SLU, once to UT-Martin, and 3 times to EIU. They have 2 wins against UT-Martin.

For the weekend series, ISU will face 5th place 14-17 (4-5) Evansville. This is obviously a big road series. If the Birds play well, it will set up a battle for 1st place against the Sycamores next weekend.

Also FYI, if you do want to subscribe to B1G+, you will also be able to get the Northwestern and Iowa games this month.

Opponents/game times for this week:
4/9 @ Illinois (Harper) - 6 pm - B1G+ ($)
4/10 @ Western Illinois (TBD) - 3 pm - no stream
4/12 @ Evansville (Mabin) - 6 pm - ESPN+
4/13 @ Evansville (Chadwick) - 2 pm - ESPN+
4/14 @ Evansville (Perry) - 1 pm - ESPN+

Illinois State Playing at Illinois Tuesday; at Western Illinois Wednesday - Illinois State University Athletics

The Illinois State baseball team, winners of eight of the last 10, hit the road as the Redbirds are scheduled to play at Illinois on Tuesday before taking on Western

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[isuquinndog]

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[Phantom]

Big week here. Taking both, or at least splitting the WIU/UofI games would be great, but taking 2/3 @UE would be even better, though that's no easy task. They're scrappy, and pretty good at home. Would love to go at least 3-2 in these next 5 and setup a huge home series with the Sycs.

 

[isuquinndog]

Lost to Illinois 10-6 after giving up seven in the third inning.

Redbirds Suffer Setback at Illinois, 10-6 - Illinois State University Athletics

Illinois State baseball suffered its first loss since March 23, falling by a final of 10-6 to in-state foe Illinois Tuesday at Illinois Field.

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[Dmills]

Hate losing to Illinois, especially with the first game getting cancelled. Glad to see them bounce back against Western. Now let's take 2 out of 3 in Evansville!

Redbirds Defeat Western Illinois in Midweek Meeting, 7-4 - Illinois State University Athletics

Illinois State baseball was back in action Wednesday, as the Redbirds topped Western Illinois by a final of 7-4 at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium.

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[Dmills]

We lost 2 home games against Big 10 teams to cancellations (Iowa and Illinois). Added a Big 10 road game due to an early season "heat" wave (Northwestern). That left us with 5 Big 10 away games. Such a shame. It was so much fun beating undefeated Purdue 2 years ago at the Duff.

 

[Dmills]

Painful loss today 5-6. Husak blew the lead in the 8th and again in the 9th. He did inherit the running from Chadwick in the 8th. Also dropped the opener 1-9. Need a win tomorrow to salvage the series and maintain sole possession of 2nd place.

 

[isuquinndog]

Crushed 13-1 in the final game. Woof. What a terrible weekend.

 

[Phantom]

That was a momentum killer of a weekend. Would've been nice to salvage at least one but we gave Saturday away and got whipped the other two. Now UE is right in the mix. We need to rebound quick.