ILLINOIS STATE 1 BASEBALL - 2021 GAME NOTES - UPDATED PRIOR TO GAME ON 4/23 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS GAMES 35 TO 38: ILLINOIS STATE VS EVANSVILLE Scott Beaton, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant SERIES HISTORY ILLINOIS STATE ( 13- 21, 4- 4 MVC ) EVANSVILLE ( 19- 15, 4- 7 MVC ) C: (248) 880-6115 | O: (309) 438-1044 Overall ------------------------------ ISU, 66-53-1 RUNS SCORED / GAME ----------------------5.1 RUNS SCORED / GAME --------------------- 5.4 Email: [email protected] | Website: GoRedbirds.com RUNS ALLOWED / GAME ------------------- 5.5 RUNS ALLOWED / GAME ------------------- 4.7 First Meeting ------------------------------- 1948 BATTING AVERAGE -------------------------.276 BATTING AVERAGE -------------------------.257 Last Meeting -------------5/18/2019, ISU, 11-4 Date Opponent Result/Central Time ON-BASE PERCENTAGE -------------------.366 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE -------------------.367 FEBRUARY ( 2 - 3 ) SLUGGING PERCENTAGE ------------------.383 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE ------------------.394 2/19 at Belmont CANCELLED 2/20 at Belmont CANCELLED HOME RUNS ----------------------------------- 16 HOME RUNS ----------------------------------- 23 2/20 at Belmont CANCELLED EXTRA BASE HITS ----------------------------80 EXTRA BASE HITS ---------------------------- 95 2/21 at Belmont CANCELLED 2/23 at SIUE (7 innings) W, 6-1 K:BB (Team Hitting) ------------ 264:137 (1.93) K:BB (Team Hitting) ------------ 267:144 (1.85) 2/23 at SIUE (7 innings) W, 9-1 2/26 at 17 Oklahoma State L, 2-3 FIELDING PERCENTAGE -------------------.964 FIELDING PERCENTAGE -------------------.975 2/27 at 17 Oklahoma State L, 2-8 LEADER IN ASSISTS-------------------- Gile, 62 LEADER IN ASSISTS--------------- Scherry, 72 2/28 at 17 Oklahoma State L, 0-6 ERA (min. 19 innings) ---------- Johnson, 1.78 ERA (min. 20 innings) ----------Dominik, 0.90 MARCH ( 6 - 11 ) 3/5 at SEMO (10 innings) L, 3-4 K:BB (Team Pitching) ---------- 256:120 (2.13) K: BB (Team Pitching) -----------239:132 (1.81) 3/6 at SEMO (7 innings) L, 1-5 HEAD COACH ------- Steve Holm (3rd season) HEAD COACH ------Wes Carroll (14th season) 3/6 at SEMO (7 innings) W, 13-1 3/7 at SEMO L, 1-8 ISU/CAREER RECORD ----------- 56-57 (.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 3/20 at 9 East Carolina L, 5-11 WELCOME BACK TO DUFFY BASS 3/21 at 9 East Carolina L, 8-11 18 IN A ROW 3/24 EASTERN ILLINOIS L, 7-9 Illinois State squares off with Evans- 3/26 ARKANSAS STATE W, 6-3 • 3/27 ARKANSAS STATE W, 10-9 ville for the first time since 5/18/2019, a Illinois State pitchers sat down 18-straight Mil- 3/28 ARKANSAS STATE L, 13-6 • 3/30 at Eastern Illinois (7 innings) W, 4-3 game in which the Redbirds won to clinch waukee Panthers hitters in Saturday’s nightcap. APRIL ( 5 - 7 ) a share of the Missouri Valley Conference Fourth-year junior Jack Anderson retired 4/2 at Southern Illinois* W, 11-3 • 4/3 at Southern Illinois* (7 innings) W, 6-3 regular season title. the final three batters he faced before 4/3 at Southern Illinois* L, 4-8 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 fellow fourth-year junior Colin Wyman kept 4/9 23 INDIANA STATE* L, 2-4 SERIES AT MILWAUKEE 4/9 23 INDIANA STATE* (7 innings) L, 1-6 the next 15 batters off the bases. 4/10 23 INDIANA STATE* W, 5-0 Illinois State fell in three tight games at 4/11 23 INDIANA STATE* (10 innings) L, 7-8 • Milwaukee was held without a hit after 4/16 at Milwaukee L, 1-2 Milwaukee before winning the final game of the 4/17 at Milwaukee (7 innings) L, 4-6 • 4/17 at Milwaukee L, 1-2 series, 10-2. Despite going 1-3 over the week- the first inning in the 9-inning contest 4/18 at Milwaukee W, 10-2 4/23 EVANSVILLE* 2:00 PM end, the Redbirds outscored the Panthers 14-6. but still pulled out the 2-1 victory. 4/24 EVANSVILLE* (7 innings) 1:00 PM 4/24 EVANSVILLE* 4:00 PM ISU pitchers gave up just 7 earned runs in 31 4/25 EVANSVILLE* 1:00 PM • 4/27 SIUE 5:00 PM IP while limiting MKE to a .204 batting average. 4/30 at Valparaiso* 3:00 PM The Redbird bullpen conceded just a pair of MAY • 5/1 at Valaparaiso* (7 innings) 12:00 PM hits over 13 innings. They did not allow an ER. 5/1 at Valparaiso* 3:00 PM 5/2 at Valparaiso* 1:00 PM 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 23-25 / Duffy Bass Field Twitter: @RedbirdBaseball 5/15 MISSOURI STATE* 4:00 PM (Friday at 2:00 P.M, Saturday 1/4:00 PM, Sunday 1:00 PM) 5/16 MISSOURI STATE* 1:00 PM Instagram: @isuredbirdbaseball 5/20 at Bradley* 6:00 PM TV: ESPN3 - Scott Sudikoff, Blake Horstein, Leo Staudacher, Greg Halblieb 5/21 at Bradley* (7 innings) TBD 5/21 at Bradley* TBD Radio: WZND - Joe Kennedy, Matt Cherry, Jake Fogal, Mikey Fornelli, Leo Facebook: Illinois State Baseball 5/22 at Bradley* 2:00 PM Staudacher, Brendan McInearny SCHEDULE KEY Website: GoRedbirds.com * Missouri Valley Conference Game Live Stats: Stat Broadcast ... Links: Available on ISU website Home games in BOLD CAPS All times are CT PROJECTED STARTERSSTARTER LAST POTENTIAL TO START PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS Colton Johnson (L) - Friday RYAN 1B Hayden Jones, Jack Butler • Jordan Lussier - 7 Saturday Huggins CERMAK JOE • INF Luke Cheng, Joe Butler • TBD Butler, Jack JACK BUTLER • OF Gunner Peterson, Jeremy • Sean Sinisko (L) - Sunday Hays BUTLER • LUKE AIDAN Gaines, Tyson Hays, Jordan Libman • Libman CHENG HUGGINS LIKELY RELIEF OPTIONS Butler, Joe JAKE Shorter Relief Longer Relief Jones NICK Derek Salata (closer) Colin Wyman Cermak GILE McCAW Illinois State has used • Erik Kubiatowicz • Cameron Mabee Gile 28 unique lineups in • Garrett Witcher • Jack Anderson Cheng • Jared Hart (L) • TYSON HAYS JORDAN 2021 (excluding SP)...all • LIBMAN 34 are unique if SP is in- Jacob Gilmore (L) Sinisko HAYDEN JONES cluded (entering Friday) • 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, Manitoba/Chandler-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. 4 years R/R Temecula, Calif./Cal Poly Pomona 34 Jared Hart 6-0 185 LHP 3 - So. 3 years L/L Cedar Park, Texas/Wabash Valley College 35 Colin Wyman 6-3 215 RHP 4 - Jr.