University of Illinois
1-0
South Dakota State
0-3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Illini Split in St. Louis
February 18, 2018 | Baseball
ST. LOUIS -- Illinois started its 139th season of baseball Sunday with a doubleheader split of South Dakota State and Austin Peay at Saint Louis University. The Illini began the day with a 5-2 win over South Dakota State before dropping the nightcap to Austin Peay 2-0.
Illinois (1-1) got great pitching all day, allowing only four runs in 17 innings. Andy Fisher (S, 4.0 IP, 0 R) in Game 1 and Quinn Snarkis in Game 2 (3.1 IP, 0 R) were the bright spots out of the bullpen.
Ben Troike led the offense with three hits on the day.
Game 1 - Illinois 5, South Dakota State 2
Illinois opened the day with a 5-2 win over South Dakota State behind a two-hit, three-RBI effort from Ben Troike and a four-inning save by Andy Fisher. Troike started the scoring in the second inning with a two-out, two-strike bases-clearing single and Illinois never looked back.
Doran Turchin added a solo homer and Ryan Haff drove in an insurance run on a squeeze play, as six Illini combined for seven hits.
Sean Leland (1-0) picked up his first win in an Illinois uniform after getting one out in the fifth to work the Illini out of a jam. Fisher did the rest of the work, as the two newcomers combined to go 4 1/3 innings without allowing a run. Ty Weber pitched the first 4 2/3, allowing two runs on four hits.
#ILLINI WIN! 1-0 pic.twitter.com/QSZpEwLq4B
— Illini Baseball (@IlliniBaseball) February 18, 2018
Game 2 - Austin Peay 2, Illinois 0
Austin Peay's Brandon Vial shut out Illinois for the first 7 1/3 innings of Sunday's second game. Illinois had five hits and went 0-11 with runners on base.
The Illini pitched well with Cyrillo Watson (4.0 IP, 2 R) and Quinn Snarskis (3.1 IP, 0 R) combining to go 7 1/3 strong innings, but the bats never came around.
Up Next
Illinois faces Coastal Carolina (twice), West Virginia and VCU next weekend in Conway, South Carolina.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Leland, Sean (1-0)
L: Korey Kuhlmann (0-1)
S: Fisher, Andy (1)
Batting:
HR: Turchin, Doran 1
RBI: Troike, Ben 3 ; Turchin, Doran 1 ; Haff, Ryan 1
SH: Haff, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor, Zac 1 ; Turchin, Doran 1 ; Spillane, Bren 1 ; Korte, Jeff 1 ; Haff, Ryan 1
SB: Troike, Ben 1 ; Spillane, Bren 2
HBP: Taylor, Zac 1
Batting:
2B: Nick Smith 1 ; Landon Badger 1
RBI: Landon Badger 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Skyler Wenninger 1 ; Newt Johnson 1
CS: Tony Kjolsing 1
PO: Anthony Schneider 1
