WESTFIELD, Ind. — The Illinois baseball team opened up a 9-0 lead on Butler and finished off a 16-6 win in its fall schedule opener. The game was a predetermined 13 innings played at Grand Park.

Illinois got big production from some of the 18 new players on the roster. Taylor Jackson had a bases-clearing triple, Danny Doligale added a two-RBI triple, and Brody Harding had led the team with four hits to help the Fighting Illini roll to the dominant win.

Jackson - 2-4, 3B
Kim - 0-1, BB, HBP
Aide - 1-6, BB
Sarver - 0-4, BB, HBP
Comia - 1-4, 2B
Watson - 0-3
McDonald - 2-5
Steinbach - 0-3, 2 BB
McGowan - 0-1, 3 BB
Campbell - 0-3
Janas - 1-2, 2B, BB, HBP
Dyke - 0-3
Doligale - 1-4, 3B
Harding - 4-5, 2 2B
Pudik - 0-1