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BASEBALL Illinois Fighting Illini (32-19) vs. Indiana Hoosiers (38-16) Omaha, Neb. // TD Ameritrade Park IlliniBaseball.com // @IlliniBaseball // #Illini SCHEDULE & RESULTS (ALL TIMES CT) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS February (3-3) Date Time Illinois Indiana Media Sun. 18 vs. South Dakota State St. Louis, Mo. W, 5-2 Fri. May 25 7:30 p.m. CT RHP Ty Weber (4-3, 3.62) LHP Tim Herrin (5-0, 2.84) BTN / WDWS 1400-AM Sun. 18 vs. Austin Peay St. Louis, Mo. L, 2-0 Fri. 23 at No. 19 Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. L, 6-4 Sat. 24 vs. West Virginia Conway, S.C. L, 10-8 • The Illini are 30-36 all-time in the Big Ten PROJECTED LINEUP Sat. 24 at No. 19 Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. W, 7-6 Tournament with four titles (1989, 1990, 2000, Sun. 25 vs. VCU Conway, S.C. W, 7-4 2011). TAYLOR March (14-3) • Illinois is 6-6 against the RPI top 50 and 10-11 1. TAYLOR Fri. 2 vs. No. 11 UCLA Minneapolis, Minn. W, 5-3 against the top 100. 2. TROIKE Sat. 3 vs. Arizona Minneapolis, Minn. W, 4-3 TURCHIN YALOWITZ 3. SPILLANE 4. MASSEY Sun. 4 vs. Washington Minneapolis, Minn. W, 7-1 • Illinois entered the week 12th in the nation in 5. MICHALAK Fri. 9 vs. Michigan State Greenville, S.C. W, 15-4 fielding percentage (.980). Michigan set the 6. TURCHIN TROIKE MASSEY Sat. 10 at Furman Greenville, S.C. W, 14-5 Big Ten fielding percentage record of .983 last 7. KORTE season. 8. VAN SCOY Sat. 10 vs. Michigan State Greenville, S.C. L, 4-2 9. YALOWITZ Tue. 13 Milwaukee Champaign, Ill. W, 9-6 • Illinois has 10 fewer errors than any other Big Ten VAN SCOY SPILLANE Sat. 17 at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. W, 16-6 team (Illinois 39, Minnesota 49). Sat. 17 at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. L, 5-4 • Illinois entered the week 21st in the nation in HRs per DH Sun. 18 at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. W, 6-2 game (1.20) and 27th in doubles per game (2.08). Wed. 21 Cal State Northridge Champaign, Ill. W, 12-7 KORTE MICHALAK Fri. 23 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. W, 5-4 • Illinois is second in the Big Ten in homers (60) and slugging Sat. 24 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. W, 5-4 (11) percentage (.442) behind Indiana (61 and .446). Sun. 25 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. W, 4-2 (10) • Illinois is 24-0 when leading after seven innings, 23-1 when leading after four innings and 18-2 when leading Wed. 28 Concordia Chicago Champaign, Ill. W, 9-6 after three innings. Fri. 30 Iowa Champaign, Ill. L, 8-5 Sat. 31 Iowa Champaign, Ill. W, 13-12 • Illinois is 21-5 when scoring first. April (8-8) • Illinois is 9-5 in one-run games. Sun. 1 Iowa Champaign, Ill. L, 4-2 Fri. 6 at Maryland College Park, Md. W, 10-6 • Illinois is 31-11 when scoring three or more runs. Fri. 6 at Maryland College Park, Md. L, 7-1 • Ben Troike has reached base in all 51 games this season. His current reached base streak is 56 dating back to the Sun. 8 at Maryland College Park, Md. W, 4-2 final five games of last season, the longest active streak in the nation. Tue. 10 Illinois State Champaign, Ill. W, 4-2 • Bren Spillane is the Big Ten leader in batting average, slugging, OBP, OPS, homers, RBIs and total bases. He ranks Fri. 13 Rutgers Champaign, Ill. W, 13-12 third in runs, fourth in doubles, 13th in steals and 14th in hits. Sat. 14 Rutgers Champaign, Ill. W, 2-1 Sun. 15 Rutgers Champaign, Ill. W, 10-4 • Bren Spillane current ranks in Illinois single-season history: 2nd slugging (.906), 2nd home runs (22), 2nd Big Ten Tue. 17 Valparaiso Champaign, Ill. L, 11-7 home runs (10), t-3rd on-base percentage (.498), 4th total bases (154), 4th Big Ten total bases (67) Fri. 20 Grand Canyon Champaign, Ill. L, 5-1 • Bren Spillane’s 22 home runs are the second most in Illinois history behind Josh Klimek’s 26 in 1996. Sat. 21 Grand Canyon Champaign, Ill. W, 3-2 Sun. 22 Grand Canyon Champaign, Ill. L, 5-3 • Bren Spillane’s 154 total bases are the fourth-most in Illinois history. Josh Klimek owns the record of 188 in 1996. Tue. 24 Bradley Champaign, Ill. L, 4-3 (11) • Bren Spillane is currently slugging .906. The last NCAA player to finish a year with a slugging percentage over .900 Fri. 27 at No. 15 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. W, 3-2 was in 2009 when Bryce Brentz of Middle Tennesee State sluggin .930. Sat. 28 at No. 15 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. L, 2-1 (12) • Bren Spillane could break the Big Ten single-season record for slugging (.913, Darrin Fletcher, Illinois, 1987). Sun. 29 at No. 15 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. L, 9-2 May (7-5) • Bren Spillane was named Perfect Game/Rawlings and D1Baseball.com Midseason National Player of the Year. Tue. 1 Southern Illinois Champaign, Ill. W, 9-1 • Bren Spillane is one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award. Fri. 4 Ohio State Champaign, Ill. L, 6-5 Sat. 5 Ohio State Champaign, Ill. W, 11-3 • Bren Spillane is the first player in Illinois history to win national player of the week honors twice. On March 26, he Sun. 6 Ohio State Champaign, Ill. L, 10-5 earned Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, NCAA.com and NCBWA awards. On April 2, he won the Collegiate Baseball Fri. 11 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 10-3 Newspaper honor for the second straight week. Sat. 12 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 10-4 • Michael Massey ended a 60-game errorless streak May 13 at Michigan. Sun. 13 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. L, 5-4 (11) Thu. 17 Nebraska Champaign, Ill. W, 5-2 • Joey Gerber, who has been up to 97 MPH, is t-7th in the nation with 14 saves. His 14 saves are tied with Tyler Fri. 18 Nebraska Champaign, Ill. W, 13-6 Jay’s 2015 season for the most in an Illinois season. Sat. 19 Nebraska Champaign, Ill. L, 11-8 • Joey Gerber’s 21 career saves are tied for third-best in Illini history (Tyler Jay 24, Jeff Richards 23, Jeff Innis 21). Wed. 23 Indiana Omaha, Neb. W, 7-1 Thu. 24 No. 11 Minnesota Omaha, Neb. L, 3-0 Thursday, May 24 - Minnesota 3, Illinois 0 Fri. 25 Indiana Omaha, Neb. 7:30 p.m. • Minnesota’s Reggie Meyer threw a three-hit shutout in 106 pitches. He only faced 31 batters and stuck out eight. Postseason May 23-27 Big Ten Tournament Omaha Neb. (TD Ameritrade) • Andy Fisher tied for Illinois’ season-high with nine strikeouts (Ty Weber at Indiana, April 29, 2018). June 1-4 NCAA Regional Campus Sites • Illinois was shutout for the first time since Feb. 18, 2018 against Austin Peay (L, 2-0). June 8-11 NCAA Super Regional Campus Sites June 16-27 College World Series Omaha Neb. (TD Ameritrade) Wednesday, May 23 - Illinois 7, Indiana 1 • Illinois held Indiana to tying season lows in runs (1) and hits (2). SERIES VS. INDIANA • Michael Massey hit a three-run homer off of LHP B.J. Sabol, who entered the game with a .059 (2-34) batting • Record: 117-79-1 (H: 63-30, A: 49-45-1, N: 3-4) average against when facing lefties. • Last: W, 7-1 (5/23/18 at Omaha, Neb.) • Illinois only struck out twice against Indiana ace Jonathan Stiever, the Big Ten leader in punch outs, after he struck • Tournament: 2-2 out six of the first eight batters in the teams’ first meeting. • Illinois is 9-9 vs. Indiana since 2012 • Illinois retired eight of nine Indiana leadoff hitters and held the Hoosiers hitless with runners on (0-8). Illinois won in 2018 BTT first round • • Ryan Thompson won for the eighth time, one away from tying Minnesota’s Brett Schulze for the Big Ten lead. ILLINOIS BASEBALL

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Games 1 - 4 Games 5 - 8 Games 9 & 10 Games 11 - 14 Game 15

No. 3 Michigan Winner Game 10 Game 1 9 a.m. CT No. 3 Michigan Game 12 Winner Game 12 BTN 1 p.m. CT No. 6 Iowa BTN Game 7 5 p.m. CT No. 2 Purdue No. 2 Purdue BTN

Game 2 Winner Game 11 1 p.m. CT No. 2 Purdue BTN Game 13 (IF NECESSARY) Winner Game 13 5 p.m. CT No. 7 Ohio State BTN Loser Game 11

BRACKET 1 BRACKET No. 3 Michigan

Game 9 Winner Game 9 No. 6 Iowa 3:30 p.m. CT Winner Game 12/14 BTN Moves to Game 11 Game 5 in Bracket 2 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Big Ten Champion 9 a.m. CT No. 7 Ohio State 1 p.m. CT BTN BTN No. 7 Ohio State Winner Game 11/13

No. 1 Minnesota

Game 3 Winner Game 9 5 p.m. CT No. 1 Minnesota BTN Game 11 Winner Game 11 9 a.m. CT No. 8 Michigan State BTN Game 8 9 p.m. CT No. 1 Minnesota BTN No. 4 Illinois Winner Game 12 Game 4 9 p.m. CT No. 4 Illinois Game 14 (IF NECESSARY) BTN Winner Game 14 9 p.m. CT* No. 5 Indiana BTN Loser Game 12 BRACKET 2 BRACKET No. 4 Illinois

Game 10 Winner Game 10 7:30 p.m. CT No. 8 Michigan State BTN Moves to Game 12 Game 6 in Bracket 1 1 p.m. CT No. 5 Indiana BTN No. 5 Indiana May 23-27, 2018 TD Ameritrade Park | Omaha, Neb.

*Moves to 5 p.m. if Game 13 does not take place ILLINOIS IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT // 22ND APPEARANCE // 30-36 // 4 TITLES 1981 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. 1998 // AT CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 2009 // AT COLUMBUS, OHIO# TOURNAMENT MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER 5/16 Michigan 4, Illinois 3 5/14 Penn State 5, Illinois 2 5/21 Illinois 16, Michigan State 5 5/17 Minnesota 2, Illinois 0* 5/15 Illinois 9, Ohio State 8 5/22 Ohio State 7, Illinois 4 1989 ��Rich Capparelli, P Michigan champion 5/16 Illinois 11, Penn State 5* 5/23 Minnesota 13, Illinois 4* 1990 ��Bob Christiansen, SS 5/16 Minnesota 9, Illinois 8 Indiana champion 1982 // AT CHAMPAIGN, ILL. Minnesota champion 2000 ��Jason Anderson, P 5/21 Michigan 4, Illinois 2 2011 // AT COLUMBUS, OHIO# 5/22 Minnesota 8, Illinois 3* 1999 // AT COLUMBUS, OHIO 5/26 Illinois 5, Ohio State 4 2011 ...... Adam Davis, C Minnesota champion 5/20 Illinois 12, Minnesota 9 5/27 Illinois 4, Michigan State 1 5/21 Michigan 7, Illinois 6 5/28 Illinois 9, Michigan State 1 ALL-TOURNAMENT SELECTIONS 1985 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. 5/22 Minnesota 9, Illinois 3* Illinois champion 1982 ��Jeff Innis (P), Tim Richardson (1B) 5/17 Ohio State 3, Illinois 2 Michigan champion 5/18 Michigan 11, Illinois 10 (11)* 2013 // AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.% 1985 �� Greg Iavarone (C), Jim Orsag (OF) Minnesota champion 2000 // AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 5/22 Minnesota 3, Illinois 2 1989 ��Rich Capparelli (P), Bob Christensen (SS), 5/17 Illinois 6, Purdue 2 (12) 5/23 Illinois 3, Michigan 2* ��Don Cuchran (OF), Mark Dalesandro (C), 1989 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. 5/19 Illinois 5, Penn State 3 5/24 Minnesota 3, Illinois 1* 5/18 Illinois 8, Iowa 7 5/20 Penn State 6, Illinois 0 Indiana champion ��Sean Mulligan (OF), Wil Parsons (2B) 5/19 Illinois 7, Michigan 1 Illinois 4, Ohio State 0* 1990 �� Bob Christensen (SS), Mark Dalesandro (C), ^ 5/20 Illinois 2, Michigan 0 5/21 Illinois 5, Penn State 3* 2014 // AT OMAHA, NEB. �� Wil Parsons (2B), Larry Sutton (OF) Illinois champion Illinois champion 5/21 Michigan State 2, Illinois 1 5/22 Illinois 6, Ohio State 5* 1991 ��Larry Sutton (OF) 1990 // AT IOWA CITY, IOWA 2001 // AT COLUMBUS, OHIO 5/23 Michigan State 11, Illinois 2* 5/17 Illinois 11, Minnesota 5 5/16 Illinois 9, Purdue 5 Indiana champion 1992 ��Andy Small (SS), Larry Sutton (OF), Keith Toriani (P) 5/18 Illinois 11, Iowa 7 5/19 Minnesota 15, Illinois 11 1996 ��Josh Klimek (SS), Brian McClure (2B), % 5/19 Illinois 14, Ohio State 10 5/19 Ohio State 10, Illinois 0* 2015 // AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. �� Todd McClure (DH), Jason Wollard (P), Danny Rhodes (OF) Illinois champion Minnesota champion 5/20 Illinois 3, Nebraska 2 5/21 Maryland 2, Illinois 1 1997 �� D.J. Svihlik (2B), Brett Weber (P) 1992 // AT COLUMBUS, OHIO 2005 // AT CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 5/22 Illinois 2, Michigan State 0* 5/14 Illinois 10, Ohio State 5 5/26 Minnesota 11, Illinois 8 5/23 Michigan 5, Illinois 3* 1998 ��Craig Marquie (3B), Dan O’Neill (OF), 5/15 Minnesota 4, Illinois 3 (12) 5/27 Purdue 4, Illinois 3 (11)* Michigan champion �� Danny Rhodes (OF), D.J. Svihlik (2B) 5/16 Michigan State 4, Illinois 2* Ohio State champion 1999 ��Jon Anderson (SS) Minnesota champion 2018 // AT OMAHA, NEB.^ 2006 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. 5/23 Illinois 7, Indiana 1 2000 ��Jason Anderson (P), Craig Marquie (3B) 1996 // AT UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. 5/24 Minnesota 8, Illinois 1 5/24 Minnesota 3, Illinois 0 5/16 Indiana 6, Illinois 3 5/25 Purdue 10, Illinois 5* 5/25 Illinois vs. Indiana 2001 �� Luke Simmons (DH) 5/17 Illinois 7, Michigan 4* Michigan champion 2005 ��Shawn Roof (3B) 5/18 Illinois 11, Penn State 3* 5/18 Illinois 8, Indiana 5 2007 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Eliminated 2008 ��Kevin Manson (SP) 5/19 Indiana 6, Illinois 4* 5/23 Illinois 12, Iowa 3 # Huntington Park Indiana champion 5/24 Minnesota 10, Illinois 3 % Target Field 2009 �� Pete Cappetta (OF) 5/25 Penn State 6, Illinois 2* ^ TD Ameritrade Park 2011 ��John Anderson (SP), Willie Argo (OF), 1997 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. Ohio State champion �� Adam Davis (C), Matt Dittman (1B), 5/15 Michigan 8, Illinois 4 Field expanded from 6 to 8 teams in 2014 5/16 Illinois 8, Purdue 3* 2008 // AT ANN ARBOR, MICH. �� Corey Kimes (SP), Justin Parr (DH) 5/17 Michigan 7, Illinois 5* 5/21 Illinois 3, Ohio State 2 2013 ��Thomas Lindauer (SS) Ohio State champion 5/22 Michigan 5, Illinois 2 5/23 Indiana 14, Illinois 7* 2015 ��John Kravetz (RHP), Ryan Nagle (OF) Michigan champion ILLINIBASEBALL.COM // @ILLINIBASEBALL // #ILLINI ILLINOIS BASEBALL 2 JIMMY BURNETTE Freshman // OF/LHP // 6-2 // 190 // L-L // Chicago, Ill. // St. Laurence • Major: Journalism Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA • Two-way player, focusing on pitching this season 2018 18.00 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 13 12 8 6 0 0 3 38 .345 3 1 0 0 0 • 7-1, 76 SO as a senior and 3-1, 3.72 ERA and 45 SO as a junior TOTAL 18.00 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 13 12 8 6 0 0 3 38 .345 3 1 0 0 0 • .321, 2 HR, 34 RBI, 35 R in 40 games as a junior Highs: IP: 1.2 vs. Concordia Chicago, Mar 28, 2018 ... SO: 2, twice • 2016 and 2017 All-Chicago Catholic League • 2017 Rawlings Perfect Game honorable mention All-American BURNETTE, JIMMY LAST FOUR GAMES Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W L Sv Apr 18, 2018 Valparaiso 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-11 0 0 0 May 2, 2018 Southern Ill. 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-1 0 0 0 May 6, 2018 Ohio State 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-10 0 0 0 May 18, 2018 Nebraska 0.1 2 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13-6 0 0 0

15 DAVID CRAAN Junior // C/OF // 6-0 // 175 // R-R // Chicago, Ill. // Whitney Young • Double Major: Psychology // Communication Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% • Academic All-Big Ten 2016 .118 20 3 17 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 .118 0 0 9 0 .118 0 0 1 1 15 0 2 .882 • All of his career starts have been at catcher 2017 .133 34 28 98 15 13 2 0 2 8 21 .214 13 1 40 1 .241 0 0 6 6 182 40 2 .991 • Threw out 12 of 38 base stealers in 2017 (fourth-best CS in B1G) 2018 .154 25 6 26 7 4 1 0 1 1 8 .308 2 2 9 0 .267 0 3 1 2 70 6 2 .974 • Three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games in 2017 TOTAL .135 79 37 141 27 19 3 0 3 9 31 .220 15 3 58 1 .233 0 3 8 9 267 46 6 .981 • Two home runs, four RBIs at Florida Atlantic 3/4/17 Highs: Hits: 3 at TAMUCC, Feb 24, 2017 ... HR: 2 at FAU, Mar 4, 2017 ... RBI: 4,at FAU, Mar 4, 2017 ... Runs: 4 at TAMUCC, Feb 24, 2017 CRAAN, DAVID LAST FOUR GAMES Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E May 13, 2018 Michigan * 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 May 17, 2018 Nebraska * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2 0 May 18, 2018 Nebraska 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 May 23, 2018 Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

21 ZAK DEVERMANN Junior // LHP // 6-2 // 210 // L-L // Oswego, Ill. // Oswego East • Major: Architectural studies Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA • Saved the life of a stray cat found in the bullpen in Oct. 2017 2016 12.00 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 5 4 3 2 2 0 1 23 .474 0 1 0 0 0 • Mostly used to face left-handers in 2017 2017 4.82 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 5 5 7 9 0 0 1 44 .194 0 1 0 0 0 • First career win at Southern Illinois 5/2/17 2018 16.20 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 10 .375 0 1 0 0 0 • Tri-M National Music Honor Society in high school TOTAL 7.71 1 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 19 13 12 11 11 2 0 4 77 .302 0 3 0 0 0 Highs: IP: 2.0 vs. UNC Greensboro, Mar 11, 2016 ... SO: 2, twice DEVERMANN, ZAK LAST FOUR GAMES Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W L Sv Feb 24, 2018 West Virginia 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8-10 0 0 0 Mar 21, 2018 Cal State Northridge 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12-7 0 0 0

31 CASEY DODGE R-Sophomore // 1B/DH // 6-0 // 185 // R-R // Barrington, Ill. // Barrington • Major: Agriculture and Consumer Economics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% • 2017 All-Big Ten Freshman Team designated hitter 2017 .280 47 46 164 18 46 8 0 1 18 57 .348 23 1 32 4 .368 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 • Academic All-Big Ten 2018 .154 12 2 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .154 2 0 2 1 .267 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 • Started 46 of 51 games at designated hitter in 2017 TOTAL .271 59 48 177 18 48 8 0 1 18 59 .333 25 1 34 5 .361 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 • Tied for third on the team with 23 walks in 2017 Highs: Hits: 3 at Milwaukee, Feb 18, 2017 ... HR: 1 vs. Indiana State, Apr 2, 2017 ... RBI: 2, 4 times ... Runs: 2, 4 times • Fourth on the team with a .368 on-base percentage in 2017 DODGE, CASEY LAST FOUR GAMES Date Opponent GS AB R