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Michael Massey
4
Winner Iowa IOWA 16-9, 4-2 Big Ten
2
Illinois ILL 17-7, 3-2 Big Ten
Winner
Iowa IOWA
16-9, 4-2 Big Ten
4
Final
2
Illinois ILL
17-7, 3-2 Big Ten
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Iowa IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 11 2
Illinois ILL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0

W: McDonald, Cole (2-1) L: Thompson, Ryan (5-2) S: Nelsen, Nick (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Iowa Comes Back to Beat No. 22/25 Illinois, Win Series

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The No. 22/25 Illinois baseball team took a 2-0 lead to the sixth inning but could not hold on in a 4-2 loss Sunday at snowy Illinois Field. Iowa won the series 2-1.

Illinois (17-7, 4-2 Big Ten) stranded eight base runners in the final three innings and 12 for the game. The Illini scored their only two runs in the first inning on a Michael Massey RBI single and Doran Turchin RBI single. 

Massey was the only Illini with multiple hits, including an RBI single in the first, to extended his hitting streak to nine games. Massey hit behind Spillane, one of the hottest hitters in the nation, who walked a career-high four times as Iowa pitched around the slugger all day. Spillane finished the series 6-for-9 with three homers, five RBIs and six runs scored. 

Iowa's (16-9, 3-2 Big Ten) bottom two in the order - Lorenzo Elion and Mitchell Boe - went 4-for-8 with two RBIs to lead the Hawkeyes. Kyle Crowl added two of Iowa's eight singles.

Neither team produced an extra-base hit with the wind blowing straight in and temperatures dipping below 30 degrees. The snow started in the late innings and got heavier through the end of the game.

Cole McDonald (2-1) got the win for Iowa after throwing 6 1/3 innings while allowing two runs on five hits. Ryan Thompson (5-2) took the loss in relief of Ty Weber, who started and allowed two runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Illinois is back in action Wednesday at Illinois State. Next weekend Illinois travels to Maryland.

Notes

• Illinois has won 16 of its last 20 games.
• Illinois dropped to 13-3 when scoring first.
• Illinois dropped to 13-1 when leading after four innings.
• Michael Massey extended his career-long reached base streak to 29 games. Massey extended his hitting streak to nine games.
• Ben Troike extended his career-long reached base streak to 29 games.
• Doran Turchin extended his reached base streak to 15 games. Turchin extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Jeff Korte extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Bren Spillane this week: .727 (8-11), 5 HR, 7 RBI, 9 R, 6 BB, .833 on-base percentage, 2.182 slugging percentage, 3.015 OPS
• Bren Spillane's last 11 games: .676 (25-37), 11 HR, 6 2B, 23 RBI, 64 total bases, .745 on-base percentage, 1.684 slugging percentage, 2.429 OPS
• In the last 11 games, Bren Spillane has been retired only 13 times and has 11 home runs.

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