CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bradley hit six home runs Tuesday to beat the Illinois baseball team 12-8 at Illinois Field. Illinois hit three home runs in the fourth inning to take an 8-7 lead but was blanked over the next five innings.
"We need to get some things figured out," said head coach Dan Hartleb. "We need to be more consistent. There are days we have been really good. We still have a chance to be a really good team."
Bradley (23-10) extended its winning streak to 11 games, the longest active streak in the nation. The Braves' six homers tied for the fourth-most home runs in Bradley history and tied the programs' most against a Division I opponent since hitting six at Missouri State 4/15/2001.
Illinois (22-13) got homers from Grant Van Scoy, Jacob Campbell and Michael Massey in the span of four batters in the fourth. Van Scoy had three hits in the game, while Massey, Ben Troike and Cam McDonald added two apiece.
The Illini are home again this weekend, hosting Penn State for a Big Ten series Friday-Sunday. Bradley and Illinois are scheduled to play again next Tuesday at Dozer Park in Peoria, Illinois.
Notes
• Grant Van Scoy extended his career-long reached base streak to 18 games.
• Illinois is outscoring opponents 26-6 in the first inning this season.
• Illinois sold out of beefs, the specialty concession item, by the seventh inning.
• Illinois fell to 9-3 at home.
• The attendance of 1,107 was Illinois' highest for a midweek game since at least 2010.
• It was announced that Sunday's game against Penn State will start at 12 p.m. CT, one hour before originally scheduled.
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