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ILLINOIS BASEBALL 2013 Baseball SID: Matt Wille // O: 217-300-9155 // C: 309-453-8459 // [email protected] www.fightingillini.com // @IlliniBaseball // facebook.com/FightingIlliniBaseball 2013 Schedule/Results 24-12 overall, 6-6 Big Ten // Home: 7-4; Away: 10-8; Neutral: 7-0 Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois DAY DATE OppONENT TIME/SCORE TV/STREAK Fri Feb. 15 at Tennessee Tech W, 13-2 W1 April 23 // Peterson Park // Mattoon, Ill. // 6:05 PM Sat Feb. 16 at Tennessee Tech L, 5-6 L1 Sun Feb. 17 at Tennessee Tech L, 6-7 L2 PROBABLE STARTERS Keith LeClair Classic (Greenville, N.C.) POS NAME AVG HT B/T YR NOTE Thurs Feb. 21 at East Carolina L, 2-8 L3 C Jason Goldstein .267 6-0 R/R Fr. Had 2nd-longest Illini hitting streak in 2013 w/ 12 straight from 3/22-4/20 Fri Feb. 22 vs. Ohio W, 11-6 W1 1B David Kerian .360 6-3 S/R So. Tied for team-lead & second in the Big Ten with 17 stolen bases Sat Feb. 23 vs. New Mexico State W, 3-2 W2 2B Reid Roper .271 6-0 L/R So.* Hit home run in each game of Purdue sweep w/ game-winner on 4/13 Sun Feb. 24 vs. Boston College W, 5-2 W3 SS Thomas Lindauer .283 6-0 R/R Jr. Named to Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year watch list again UTA/Hilton Invitational (Arlington, Texas) 3B Brandon Hohl .288 6-1 R/R Sr. On a 5-game hitting streak (7-for-19, .368) w/ 10 RBI during that stretch Fri March 1 vs. Houston Baptist W, 8-3 W4 LF Jordan Parr .310 6-3 R/R Jr.* On a 7-game hitting streak (13-for-30, .433) w/ 12 runs over that stretch Sat March 2 vs. Houston Baptist W, 12-3 W5 CF Justin Parr .435 6-2 L/R Sr. On a 24-game hitting streak, one shy of Ryan Snowden’s school record (25) Sat March 2 @ UT Arlington W, 7-3 W6 RF Davis Hendrickson .284 6-1 L/L Sr. Had a season-high six-game hitting streak from April 12-20 (12-for-23, .522) Sun March 3 @ UT Arlington L, 5-6 L1 DH Michael Hurwitz .305 5-8 S/R So. Leads Big Ten in walks (28), T-5th in 2B (10) & T-7th in OBP (.434) Fri March 8 @ Baylor W, 4-3 W1 *indicates redshirt year used Sat March 9 @ Baylor (DH) W, 5-4 (11) W2 @ Baylor (DH) W, 6-1 W3 Spring Trip (Carbondale, Ill./Marion, Ill.) BY THE NUMBERS MIDWEEK INSIDER Fri March 15 @ Southern Illinois W, 4-1 W4 ILLINOIS EIU ILLINOIS vs. Eastern Illinois 24-12 14-22 Sat March 16 @ Southern Illinois W, 7-5 (10) W5 RECORD (24-12, 6-6 B1G) (14-22, 5-12 OVC) Sun March 17 vs. Southern Illinois% CANCELED AVG .307 .276 GAME STARTERS Mon March 18 vs. Southern Illinois% W, 2-1 (10) W6 SLG .428 .362 OBP .383 .358 ILL Probable: ���������������� J.D. Nielsen (LHP, Fr., 0-0, 6.75 ERA) FRI MARCH 22 NEBRASKA* L, 5-9 L1 RUNS 241 208 EIU Probable: . .Jaden Widdersheim (RHP, Jr., 3-3, 6.66 ERA) SAT MARCH 23 NEBRASKA* (DH) W, 8-7 W1 HITS 396 344 NEBRASKA* (DH) L, 4-6 L1 Live Stats:. .Gametracker on FightingIllini.com HR 24 13 Live Audio: ������������ WDWS AM-1400 & FightingIllini.com ($) TUE MARCH 26 ILLINOIS STATE POSTPONED 2B 65 61 Series: ���������������������������������������������������Illinois leads 50-24 FRI MARCH 29 OAKLAND W, 4-0 W1 3B 10 4 SAT MARCH 30 OAKLAND (DH) W, 21-8 W2 Last Meeting: ��������������������Eastern Illinois won 8-4 (4/9/13) RBI 222 186 Last Season:. Illinois swept season series, 2-0 OAKLAND (DH) W, 3-2 W3 SB-SBA 82-97 20-34 Streak: ������������������������������������������������������������������������Lost 1 Sun MARCH 31 OAKLAND L, 3-6 L1 FIELDING PCT. .964 .958 Tue April 2 vs. Missouri& W, 6-2 W1 ERA 3.76 5.29 ILLINI TEAM NOTES Fri April 5 @ Indiana* L, 2-3 L1 K 201 212 v HITS TRANSLATE TO WINS: Illinois is 20-2 on the sea- Sat April 6 @ Indiana* L, 3-7 L2 BB 114 171 Sun April 7 @ Indiana* W, 3-2 W1 OPP BA .259 .304 son when out-hitting its opponent and just 2-9 when TUE ApRIL 9 EASTERN ILLINOIS L, 4-8 L1 gettting out-hit by an opponent (also 2-1 when hits are FRI ApRIL 12 PURDUE* W, 17-12 W1 ILLINOIS IS... equal). The Illini have recorded double-digit hits in 21 SAT ApRIL 13 PURDUE* W, 6-4 W2 ...7-0 at neutral sites in 2013 games this season, including a streak of six-straight double-digit games, which was snapped in the series Sun ApRIL 14 PURDUE* W, 17-6 W3 ...20-2 when out-hitting its opponent Tue April 16 @ Illinois State W, 12-1 (8) W4 finale against Ohio State (4/21) with nine hits. UI is Fri April 19 @ Ohio State* W, 9-2 W5 ...is averaging 6.7 runs & 11 hits per game this season averaging 11 hits per game and ranks second in the Big Ten with 396 hits and 19th in the NCAA with a .307 Sat April 20 @ Ohio State* L, 6-7 (10) L1 ...15th in SBs (82) & 19th in average (.307) in the NCAA batting average. Sun April 21 @ Ohio State* L, 3-7 L2 Tuesday’s GAME VS. EIU PANTHERS Tue April 23 vs. Eastern Illinois# 6 PM v PRE-GAME NOTES: After falling to Eastern Illinois on v FIRST IN STEALS: The Illini lead the Big Ten with 82 FRI ApRIL 26 NORTHWESTERN* 6:05 PM BTDN stolen bases in 97 attempts, which is ranked 15th in SAT ApRIL 27 NORTHWESTERN* 3:05 PM BTDN April 9 in Champaign (8-4), Illinois will look to even the season series on Tuesday, April 23, when the two the NCAA. Sophomore David Kerian and redshirt-junior Sun ApRIL 28 NORTHWESTERN* 1:05 PM BTDN Jordan Parr are tied for second in the Big Ten with 17 TUE ApRIL 30 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 6:05 PM teams square off at 6 p.m. at Peterson Park in Mattoon, Ill. Freshman J.D. Nielsen (0-0, 6.75 ERA) will make his stolen bases, which leads the Illini, while senior Justin Fri May 3 @ Michigan State* 2:05 PM BTDN Parr is tied for ninth in the conference with 13 steals. Sat May 4 @ Michigan State* 12:05 PM BTDN first career start for the Illini, while the Panthers will send Jaden Widdersheim (3-3, 6.66 ERA) to the hill. Eleven different Illini have at least one stolen base, Sun May 5 @ Michigan State* 12:05 PM BTDN and the Orange and Blue have been caught stealing 15 FRI MAY 10 PENN STATE* 6:05 PM AA v S ERIES HISTORY VS. EIU: Illinois has had a great deal times, which is the third fewest in the Big Ten. SAT MAY 11 PENN STATE* 1:05 PM AA of success over the years against Eastern Illinois, hold- Sun MAY 12 PENN STATE* 1:05 PM AA ing a 50-24 advantage in the all-time series. The Illini v E ARLY OFFENSE KEY FOR ILLINI: The Illini are 11-5 Thurs May 16 @ Minnesota* 3:05 PM BTDN are 18-12 all-time against EIU in Mattoon-Charleston when scoring in the first inning and 18-5 when scoring Fri May 17 @ Minnesota* 2:05 PM BTDN and 2-2 at Peterson Park after defeating the Panthers, before their opponent. Illinois is outscoring its oppo- Sat May 18 @ Minnesota* 1:05 PM BTDN 5-2, there a year ago to sweep the season series. nents 39-15 in the first frame, which is its highest- Wed-Sat May 22-25 Big Ten Tournament TBA BTN EIU won the 2011 meeting at the Mattoon American scoring inning. UI ranks second in the Big Ten with Fri-Sun May 31 NCAA Regional TBA Legion field, 4-1, but the Illini took a 6-5 victory in 10 241 runs and has outscored its opponents (162 runs) All times central and subject to change innings at Peterson Park in 2010. The Panthers won in every inning on the year. The Illini are averaging & Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Mo. * Big Ten Conference game the inaugural meeting there between the two teams 6.7 runs per game in 2013 and have reached double # Peterson Park, Mattoon, Ill. BTN – Big Ten Network in 2008, 13-3. figures in seven games. % Rent One Park, Marion, Ill. BTDN – Big Ten Digital Network (BTN.com) 1 // 2013 FIGHTING ILLINI BASEBALL 2013 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name B/T Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown/High School/Last School 2 Davis Hendrickson L/L Sr. 6-1 185 OF Macomb, Ill./Macomb 3 Brandon Hohl R/R Sr. 6-1 200 3B Mokena, Ill./Lincoln-Way East 4 Kelly Norris-Jones R/R So.* 5-11 185 C Victoria, British Columbia/Lambrick Park Secondary 6 Adam Walton R/R Fr. 6-1 185 IF Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson 7 Reid Roper L/R So.* 6-0 200 IF/RHP Harrisburg, Ill./Harrisburg 8 Chase Hainline L/R So. 5-9 170 OF Stanford, Ill./Olympia 10 Michael Hurwitz S/R So. 5-8 185 IF Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin 11 Tyler Jay L/L Fr. 6-1 170 LHP Lemont, Ill./Lemont 12 David Kerian S/R So.