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.