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Illinois Ties Indiana State in Fall Ball

Baseball

Illinois Ties Indiana State in Fall Ball

ILLINOIS vs. INDIANA STATE (EXH)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 F
Ind. St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5
Illini 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Illinois baseball team played Indiana State to a 5-5 tie Saturday at Illinois Field in a 13 1/3 inning game. The Illini finish 1-0-1 in fall ball games against outside competition. 

Illinois' first nine pitchers combined to throw nine scoreless innings and allow only three hits. The Illini held a 5-0 lead through the first nine frames. 

Illinois opened the scoring on Zac Taylor's sac fly in the first inning to score Ben Troike. The game stayed 1-0 until Jack Yalowitz and Zac Taylor produced run-scoring doubles in the sixth.

David Craan drove in a run in the seventh on a groundout and Troike added a two-out RBI single to make it 5-0.

The game ended in the top of the 14th inning with 1 out. 

Illinois will host its annual Orange & Blue World Series next week Wednesday-Friday at Illinois Field. 

Notes
• Illinois hosted its pro day before the game. At least 40 scouts were in attendance.
• Estimated attendance: 720
• Indiana State batted 12 players in its lineup.
• The game was predetermined to be 14 innings by the coaches.

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Players Mentioned

David Craan

#15 David Craan

C
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Zac Taylor

#37 Zac Taylor

OF
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Ben Troike

#4 Ben Troike

SS
5' 10"
Junior
R/R
Jack Yalowitz

#3 Jack Yalowitz

OF
5' 11"
Senior
L/L

Players Mentioned

David Craan

#15 David Craan

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
C
Zac Taylor

#37 Zac Taylor

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
OF
Ben Troike

#4 Ben Troike

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
SS
Jack Yalowitz

#3 Jack Yalowitz

5' 11"
Senior
L/L
OF