ILLINOIS STATE 1 BASEBALL - 2021 GAME NOTES - UPDATED PRIOR TO GAME ON 4/16 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS GAMES 31 TO 34: ILLINOIS STATE VS MILWAUKEE Scott Beaton, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant SERIES HISTORY ILLINOIS STATE ( 12- 18, 4- 4 MVC ) MILWAUKEE ( 12- 15, 12- 8 HORIZON ) C: (248) 880-6115 | O: (309) 438-1044 Overall ------------------------------------ISU, 8-7 RUNS SCORED / GAME --------------------- 5.2 RUNS SCORED / GAME --------------------- 5.4 Email: [email protected] | Website: GoRedbirds.com RUNS ALLOWED / GAME ------------------- 5.9 RUNS ALLOWED / GAME ------------------- 5.3 First Meeting --------------------------------1991 BATTING AVERAGE -------------------------.278 BATTING AVERAGE -------------------------.266 Last Meeting ------------3/26/2019, MKE, 6-3 Date Opponent Result/Central Time ON-BASE PERCENTAGE -------------------.365 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE -------------------.349 FEBRUARY ( 2 - 3 ) SLUGGING PERCENTAGE ------------------.392 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE ------------------ .373 2/19 at Belmont CANCELLED 2/20 at Belmont CANCELLED HOME RUNS ----------------------------------- 16 HOME RUNS ------------------------------------13 2/20 at Belmont CANCELLED EXTRA BASE HITS ---------------------------- 75 EXTRA BASE HITS ----------------------------69 2/21 at Belmont CANCELLED 2/23 at SIUE (7 innings) W, 6-1 K:BB (Team Hitting) -------------232:121 (1.92) K:BB (Team Hitting) ------------- 233:80 (2.91) 2/23 at SIUE (7 innings) W, 9-1 2/26 at 17 Oklahoma State L, 2-3 FIELDING PERCENTAGE -------------------.963 FIELDING PERCENTAGE -------------------.972 2/27 at 17 Oklahoma State L, 2-8 LEADER IN ASSISTS--------------------Gile, 48 LEADER IN ASSISTS-----------------Buban, 58 2/28 at 17 Oklahoma State L, 0-6 ERA (min. 19 innings) ---------- Johnson, 1.81 ERA (min. 16 innings) ---------------Frey, 2.89 MARCH ( 6 - 11 ) 3/5 at SEMO (10 innings) L, 3-4 K:BB (Team Pitching) ---------- 226:110 (2.05) K: BB (Team Pitching) ------------211:110 (1.92) 3/6 at SEMO (7 innings) L, 1-5 HEAD COACH ------- Steve Holm (3rd season) HEAD COACH -----Scott Doffek (15th season) 3/6 at SEMO (7 innings) W, 13-1 3/7 at SEMO L, 1-8 ISU/CAREER RECORD ----------- 55-54 (.505) CAREER RECORD ----------- 383-382-2 (.499) 3/9 WESTERN ILLINOIS (10 innings) W, 2-1 3/12 MISSOURI L, 0-7 3/13 MISSOURI (7 innings) W, 10-1 3/13 MISSOURI (7 innings) L, 2-12 QUICK HITS ON THE REDBIRDS 3/14 MISSOURI L, 7-12 3/19 at 9 East Carolina (11 innings) L, 3-4 State led 6-0 after six innings, but the 3/20 at 9 East Carolina L, 5-11 FOUR AND FOUR 3/21 at 9 East Carolina L, 8-11 Sycamores rallied, sending the game into 3/24 EASTERN ILLINOIS L, 7-9 Illinois State is 4-4 in the Missouri Valley 3/26 ARKANSAS STATE W, 6-3 • extra innings and ultimately winning, 8-7. 3/27 ARKANSAS STATE W, 10-9 Conference after winning 1-of-4 against 3/28 ARKANSAS STATE L, 13-6 3/30 at Eastern Illinois (7 innings) W, 4-3 No. 25 Indiana State over the weekend. THE HOLM ERA APRIL ( 4 - 4 ) The Redbirds won 3-of-4 against 4/2 at Southern Illinois* W, 11-3 •Southern Illinois, which is 24-6 entering Third-year head coach Steve Holm entered 4/3 at Southern Illinois* (7 innings) W, 6-3 • 4/3 at Southern Illinois* L, 4-8 Friday, to open conference action. the 2021 campaign with a 43-36 overall record nications Graduate Assistant 38-1044 ebsite: GoRedbirds.com SNTESICATIONS STATE- UPDATED PRIOR TO GAME ON 3/9 4/4 at Southern Illinois* W, 14-11 4/9 23 INDIANA STATE* L, 2-4 and is 55-54 entering Friday.. 4/9 23 INDIANA STATE* (7 innings) L, 1-6 ISU played on nationally-televised 4/10 23 INDIANA STATE* W, 5-0 •ESPNU on Friday with Redbird ace Colton In 2019, Holm guided the Redbirds a 36-27 4/11 23 INDIANA STATE* (10 innings) L, 7-8 • 4/16 at Milwaukee 3:00 PM Johnson record and NCAA Tournament berth and to 4/17 at Milwaukee 12:00 PM going pitch-for-pitch with the 4/17 at Milwaukee 3:00 PM Sycamores’ Geremy Guerrero. The ‘Birds, their first Missouri Valley Conference title since 4/18 at Milwaukee 12:00 PM 4/23 EVANSVILLE* 5:00 PM however, made five errors in a 4-2 defeat. 2013. Holm was MVC Coach of the Year in 2019. 4/24 EVANSVILLE* (7 innings) 1:00 PM 4/24 EVANSVILLE* 4:00 PM After second-year freshman Jordan Lus- During Holm’s tenure, Illinois State already has 4/25 EVANSVILLE* 1:00 PM • several• wins against ranked opponents, defeating #1 4/27 at SIUE 6:00 PM sier and third-year sophomore Derek Sala- 4/30 VALPARAISO* 3:00 PM ta combined for a shutout against Indiana Vanderbilt (3/1/2019), #7 Louisville (6/2/2019), #23 MAY Oklahoma (2/22/2020), #13 Arkansas (3/3/2020), 5/1 VALPARAISO* (7 innings) 12:00 PM State, the ‘Birds had a good opportunity to 5/1 VALPARAISO* 3:00 PM and most recently #25 Indiana State (4/10/2021). 5/2 VALPARAISO* 1:00 PM salvage a series split in game four. Illinois 5/7 at Dallas Baptist* 6:30 PM 5/8 at Dallas Baptist* (7 innings) 1:00 PM 5/8 at Dallas Baptist* 4:30 PM GAME INFORMATION FOLLOW US ONLINE 5/9 at Dallas Baptist* 1:00 PM 5/14 MISSOURI STATE* 5:00 PM 5/15 MISSOURI STATE* (7 innings) 1:00 PM April 16-18 / Franklin Field Twitter: @RedbirdBaseball 5/15 MISSOURI STATE* 4:00 PM 5/16 MISSOURI STATE* 1:00 PM (Friday at 3:00 P.M, Saturday 12/3:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM) Instagram: @isuredbirdbaseball 5/20 at Bradley* 6:00 PM 5/21 at Bradley* (7 innings) TBD TV: ESPN3 (Saturday) 5/21 at Bradley* TBD Facebook: Illinois State Baseball 5/22 at Bradley* 2:00 PM Radio: Milwaukee Broadcast SCHEDULE KEY Website: GoRedbirds.com * Missouri Valley Conference Game Live Stats: Stat Broadcast ... Links: Available on athletics websites Home games in BOLD CAPS All times are CT PROJECTED STARTERSSTARTER LAST POTENTIAL TO START PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS Colton Johnson (L) - Friday RYAN C Hayden Jones • Jordan Lussier - 7 Saturday Huggins CERMAK JACK • 1B Hayden Jones, Jack Butler • Jack Anderson - 9 Saturday Butler, Jack JORDAN • INF Luke Cheng, Joe Butler • LIBMAN BUTLER Sean Sinisko (L) - Sunday Hays KYLE • OF Gunner Peterson, Jeremy • Libman AIDAN • HUGGINSSOBERANO Gaines, Tyson Hays, Joe Butler LIKELY RELIEF OPTIONS McCaw JAKE Shorter Relief Longer Relief Cermak NICK Derek Salata (closer) Garrett Witcher Jones GILE McCAW Illinois State has used • Erik Kubiatowicz • Cameron Mabee Gile 25 unique lineups in • Colin Wyman • Cheng • HAYDEN JONES 2021 (excluding SP)...all Jared Hart (L) 30 are unique if SP is • Jacob Gilmore (L) Sinisko TYSON HAYS included • 2 ILLINOIS STATE ROSTER 2021 ILLINOIS STATE BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Class Elig. Pre-2021 B/T Hometown/Last School 1 Kyle Soberano 5-8 160 INF 4 - Jr. 2 years L/R Daly City, Calif./College of the Canyons 2 Jeremy Gaines 5-10 190 OF 5 - Jr. 2 years R/R Oak Park, Ill./John A. Logan CC 3 Daniel Laughery 5-11 175 OF 1 - Fr. 4 years R/R Round Lake, Ill./Grant Community HS 5 Luke Cheng 5-11 161 INF 1 - Fr. 4 years R/R Olney, Md./Sherwood HS 6 Aidan Huggins 5-11 195 INF 5 - Jr. 2 years R/R Edmonton, Alberta/Cloud County CC 8 Tyson Hays 6-0 201 C 4 - Jr. 2 years R/R Denver, Colo./Grandview HS 10 Jack Butler 6-0 188 1B/OF 4 - Jr. 2 years L/L Downs, Ill./Tri-Valley HS 11 Tanner Peterson 6-0 187 OF 2 - Fr. 4 years L/R Salem, Wis./Wilmot Union HS 14 Jesse Hayes 6-0 195 C 4 - Jr. 2 years R/R Brea, Calif./Cal State San Bernardino 15 Gunner Peterson 6-1 195 OF 3 - So. 3 years L/R Salem, Wis./Wilmot Union HS 17 Joe Butler 6-3 195 UTIL 5 - Gr. 1 year R/R Channahon, Ill./Minooka HS 18 Johnathan Sabotnik 6-1 206 OF 1 - Fr. 4 years L/R Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point HS 19 Tyler Woltman 5-9 165 C 1 - Fr. 4 years R/R Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North HS 21 Ryan Cermak 6-1 205 INF 2 - Fr. 4 years R/R Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield HS 22 Chase Florendine 6-2 195 RHP 2 - Fr. 4 years R/R Lethbridge, Alberta/Vauxhall Academy 23 Nick Gile 6-0 210 INF 4 - Jr. 2 years R/R Menomonee Falls, Wis./Creighton 24 Hayden Jones 6-0 215 C 3 - So. 3 years L/R Huntertown, Ind./Mississippi State 25 Jordan Libman 5-11 210 OF/1B 5 - Gr. 1 year L/L Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South HS 26 Tommy Heideman 6-1 198 1B/OF 1 - Fr. 4 years L/L Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community HS 27 Jake McCaw 6-3 192 1B 4 - So. 3 years L/R Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community HS 28 Jordan Lussier 6-2 200 RHP 2 - Fr. 4 years R/R Winninpeg, Mantioba/Chandeler-Gilbert CC 29 Michael Sebby 6-1 188 LHP 5 - Gr. 1 year L/L Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East HS 30 Garrett Witcher 6-4 215 RHP 3 - So. 3 years R/R Lampasas, Texas/Southeast CC 31 Dylan Wagner 6-3 215 INF 3 - So. 3 years R/R Omaha, Neb./Southeast CC 32 Josh Dima 6-1 201 LHP 1 - Fr. 4 years L/L Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 33 Cameron Mabee 6-3 225 RHP 2 - Fr.