CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illinois baseball team fell 20-6 to Purdue in the finale of their pod at Illinois Field.
The Illini scored a pair of runs in the fourth inning courtesy of a Kellen Sarver 2-run single. Illinois would get four more in the seventh inning. An RBI groundout from Taylor Jackson and a Branden Comia walk scored the first two runs of the inning, before Justin Janas added a 2-run single with the bases loaded.
RHP Aidan Maldonado (1.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 0 SO) started the game and suffered the loss for the Illini. LHP Ryan O'Hara and RHP Clayton Johnson each had scoreless relief appearances.
Illinois (10-14) will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana, next weekend to play three games against Purdue.
Notes
• The 4-hour, 1-minute game was the second game this season over four hours (4:09, March 5 vs. Ohio State). It is the longest 9-inning game they have played since April 30, 2004 vs. Penn State (4:21, 9 inn.).
• Kellen Sarver has recorded three hits in three of his last four games.
