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WEEK 5 | MARCH 11-12 | AT FLORIDA A&M/FLORIDA STATE | TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA | GAMES 15-16 2020 Illinois State Baseball Schedule Overall: 6-8 // MVC: 0-0 // Non-Conf.: 6-8 Home: 0-0 // Away: 5-8 // Neutral: 1-0 February 14 at Little Rock L, 0-6 15 at Little Rock L, 6-7 16 at Little Rock W, 4-2 21 at Oklahoma (DH) L, 1-2; L,1-4 22 at Oklahoma (DH) L, 2-3; W, 7-5 28 at Louisiana-Monroe W, 6-3 29 at Louisiana-Monroe L, 26-8 March 1 at Louisiana-Monroe L, 4-2 2020 Illinois State Baseball Game Notes 3 at Arkansas W, 8-7 Redbird Baseball Primary Contact: Blaine Lewallen 6 vs. VCU W, 8-5 Cell: (815) 419-5226 // Email: [email protected] 6 at Jacksonville L, 16-1 7 at Jacksonville W, 4-1 Probable Starters / Media Coverage 10 at Florida A&M 4 p.m. Head-to-Head Comparison 11 at Florida State 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 4 p.m. CT 13 at North Florida 5 p.m. Live Stats: StatBroadcast 14 at North Florida 1 p.m. 15 at North Florida 10 a.m. #30 Brady Huffman, R-Jr., RHP 17 at Illinois-Chicago 4 p.m. W-L ERA G-GS IP H BB K AVG Hometown 0-0 6.75 4-0 4.0 4 4 4 .250 Genoa, Ill. 20 at Indiana 3 p.m. 21 at Indiana (DH) 11 a.m. #40 Kyle Coleman, Sr., RHP Head Coach Steve Holm Jamey Stouppe Mike Martin Jr. 22 at Indiana 11 a.m. W-L ERA G-GS IP H BB K AVG Hometown 24 Northwestern 4 P.M. 1-1 8.36 3-3 14.0 23 1 14 .359 St. Cloud, Fla. 2020 Record 6-8, 0-0 MVC 4-9, 0-0 MEAC 10-5, 1-2 ACC 27 Butler 5 P.M. Hitting 28 Butler 2 P.M. Wednesday, March 11, 5 p.m. CT / TV: ACC Network AVG .241 .225 .249 29 Butler 1 P.M. Live Stats: StatBroadcast AB 461 426 510 31 at Saint Louis 6 p.m. #44 Jack Anderson, Jr., RHP R 58 56 126 April H 11 96 127 W-L ERA G-GS IP H BB K AVG Hometown 3 at Missouri State* 6:30 P.M. 0-0 6.75 2-2 6.2 6 1 1 .240 Pulaski, Wis. 2B 16 15 31 3B 6 1 2 4 at Missouri State* 2 P.M. TBA HR 11 3 13 5 at Missouri State* 1 P.M. W-L ERA G-GS IP H BB K AVG Hometown RBI 53 50 113 7 Illinois 5 p.m. - - - - - - - - - TB 172 122 201 10 Valparaiso* 5 p.m. BB 39 49 111 11 Valparaiso* 2 p.m. SO 141 145 187 Florida A&M (4-9, 0-0 MEAC) - 2020 OB% .313 .322 .417 12 Valparaiso* 1 p.m. • 2020 marks the first ever meeting between the two SLG% .373 .286 .394 14 at llinois 6 P.M. SB-SBA 5-13 8-14 17-19 15 at Eastern Illinois 3 p.m. clubs. FLD% .961 .939 .943 17 Dallas Baptist* 5 p.m. • Florida A&M was selected to finish second out of 18 Dallas Baptist* 2 p.m. eight teams in the Mid-Eastern Conference Preseason Pitching ERA 5.93 4.62 2.63 19 Dallas Baptist* 1 p.m. Poll. H 146 86 97 21 at Northern Illinois 3:00 p.m. • The Rattlers received four players on the MEAC R 91 128 54 24 at Indiana State* 5:30 p.m. Preseason All-Conference team. ER 78 76 40 25 at Indiana State* 1 p.m. BB 49 58 61 26 at Indiana State* 12 p.m. Florida State (10-5, 1-2 ACC) - 2020 SO 99 93 179 28 at SIUE 6 p.m. • The two teams have squared off just once, with SV 5 4 1 May OPP AVG .301 .282 .189 Florida State taking home a victory in 2004. 1 Bradley* 5 P.M. • FSU has made 42 straight postseason appearances 2 Bradley* 2 P.M. and 23 College World Series appearances. 3 Bradley* 1 P.M. • The Seminoles were selected to finish second in the Illinois State Probable Starters 6 Oral Roberts 7 p.m. ACC Preseason Poll. 8 at Evansville* 6 p.m. Pos. # Name Yr. B/T Notes 9 at Evansville* 2 p.m. C 8 Tyson Hays Jr. R/R Had two hits against Jacksonville Saturday • FSU is currently ranked No. 15 by D1Baseball.com, 10 at Evansville* 1 p.m. and No. 16 by Collegiate Baseball. 1B 27 Jake McCaw R-So. L/R Had three hits against Jacksonville Saturday 2B 6 Aidan Huggins R-So. R/R Tied for team lead in runs (8) 14 Southern Illinois* 5 P.M. 3B 21 Ryan Cermak Fr. R/R Had two hits at Arkansas Tuesday 15 Southern Illinois* 2 P.M. SS 17 Joe Butler Sr. R/R Leads team with 27 total bases 16 Southern Illinois* 1 P.M. Follow Us! LF 10 Braedon Blackford Jr. L/R Had a hit in each game last week 19-23 MVC Tournament TBA CF 2 Jeremy Gaines R-Jr. R/R Leads team with 3 triples on the season @RedbirdBaseball, @ISURedbirds Facebook.com/ISURedbirds RF 10 Gunner Peterson So. L/R Leads team in avg. (.385) and slugging % (.692) Home games in BOLD DH 25 Jordan Libman Sr. L/L Went 7 for 16 last week @isuredbirdbaseball YouTube.com/GoRedbirdscom Neutral site games in italics * Missouri Valley Conference game All times Central 1 WEEK 5 | MARCH 11-12 | AT FLORIDA A&M/FLORIDA STATE | TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA | GAMES 15-16 GENERAL INFORMATION RANKED WINS Location ....................................................................Normal, Illinois For the second time this season, the Redbirds knocked off a ranked opponent as they Founded .................................................................................. 1857 defeated No. 13 Arkansas 8-7 in a thriller on Tuesday. Illinois State took an early 3-0 lead Enrollment ............................................................................ 20,784 Nickname ...........................................................................Redbirds on a home run by Joe Butler in the third inning, and received key run-scoring hits by Ryan Colors ........................................................Red (PMS 186) & White Cermak and Jordan Libman in the latter innings. The Razorbacks threatened with two runs Affiliation .................................................................NCAA Division I in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Colton Johnson came on in relief to get a three-strikeout Conference .............................................................. Missouri Valley President .................................................................. Dr. Larry Dietz save to end the game. Director of Athletics ......................................................Larry Lyons A five-run third inning ignited by Joe Butler and Braedon Blackford’s home runs paced the Faculty Representative ..............................................Dr. Jeri Beggs Redbirds to a 7-5 victory over then No. 23-ranked Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Feb. 22. The Athletics Department Phone ....................................(309) 438-3633 Ticket Information Phone .........................................(309) 438-8000 bullpen was key in the win, as it allowed just two runs (both earned) on 3 hits in 5.2 innings Athletics Website .................................................. GoRedbirds.com pitched. The series was very close overall, as each game was decided by three runs or less. Athletics Department Twitter ................................... @ISURedbirds Two of Illinois State’s losses were by one run. Baseball Twitter ................................................. @RedbirdBaseball BASEBALL HISTORY BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE First Season ........................................................................... 1890 In a week where Illinois State finished 3-1, sophomore outfielder Gunner Peterson played a All-Time Record (seasons) .............................1,832-1,749-20 (118) key role at the plate for the Redbirds, earning him MVC Player of the Week. The Salem, Wis. All-Time MVC Record (seasons) .................................381-492 (38) native slashed .467/.529/.933 with four extra base hits during the week. In a win against VCU MVC Regular Season Titles ....................Three (2019, 2013, 2010) MVC Tournament Titles ....................................... Two (2010, 1994) on Friday, Peterson finished going 3 for 5 with a double, triple and grand slam to lead the D-I NCAA Post. Appearances* .................... Four (‘19, ’10, ’94, ’76) Redbirds to an 8-5 win. Peterson finished the week with a team-leading six RBIs as well. College World Series Appearances ............................................N/A *Illinois State won the 1969 College Division National Championship STRIKEOUT KING STADIUM INFORMATION With his nine-strikeout week in two different appearances, senior LHP Colton Johnson now Facility ................................................................... Duffy Bass Field has a MVC-leading 37 punch outs on the season. The Kewanee, Ill. native notched three Capacity ................................................................................ 1,500+ strikeouts in the ninth inning of the Redbirds’ 8-7 victory over Arkansas on Tuesday, and had Dimensions ..................................................................330-400-330 six more strikeouts in an 8-5 win over VCU Friday. Field Surface ......................FieldTurf Infield/Natural Grass Outfield Year Opened .............................................Fully Renovated in 2009 STAYING PERFECT VIDEO BROADCASTS In five appearances this season, sophomore RHP Derek Salata is yet to give up a run, Home Games........................................The Valley on ESPN3, ESPN+ ($) boasting a perfect 0.00 earned run average in 8.1 innings pitched. Salata has yielded just six Away Games ..................................Links available on GoRedbirds.com hits an one walk compared to nine strikeouts. During his two appearances this week, Salata RADIO BROADCASTS allowed four hits and struck out four batters in 3.1 innings of work. Home Games ..........................................GoRedbirds.com, WZND.com Away Games ..................................Links available on GoRedbirds.com REDBIRDS PICKED THIRD IN MVC PRESEASON POLL A year after finishing as co-champions of the Missouri Valley Conference, the Illinois State BASEBALL STAFF baseball team was selected to finish third in the annual Preseason MVC Coaches’ Poll. Head Coach ...................................................................Steve Holm Alma Mater...................................................Oral Roberts, 2001 Dallas Baptist, who shared the crown with the Redbirds a year ago, was picked to finish first Record at Illinois State ...............................