| Probable Starting Pitchers |
| Day |
Illinois |
Missouri |
| Tue. 6 p.m. CT |
RHP Ryan Kutt |
LHP Nathan Landry |
PREVIEW
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illinois baseball team is set to travel to Sauget, Illinois for a Tuesday night matchup with Missouri beginning at 6 p.m. CT. Illinois is coming off their first Big Ten series of the season in which the Illini took two of three games from Michigan State. Illinois is 14-14-1 all time against Missouri, and the Illini won the last matchup with the Tigers in 2017 in Sauget. Illinois has won three straight Braggin' Rights games.
Scott Beatty has the radio call on the Fighting Illini Sports Network. Illinois will provide a video stream via B1G+.
SERIES HISTORY
vs. Missouri
• Record: 14-14-1 (H: 4-2, A: 6-4-1, N: 4-8)
• Last: W, 5-3 (4/4/17 at Sauget, Ill.)
• Illini have won four of six since 2013
• Illini have won three straight Braggin' Rights
• Illini are 3-1 vs. Mizzou all-time in Sauget
NOTES
• Illinois heads to Sauget, Illinois for a midweek matchup with Missouri. The Illini won the last matchup in 2017 which was also played in Sauget.
• Illinois has won three straight Braggin' Rights matchups against Missouri.
• Illinois has recorded 12 or more hits in six of the last eight games.
• Cam McDonald has hit safely in 19 consecutive games and has reached base in every game this season (21 game on-base streak).
• Cam McDonald leads the Illini in batting average (.358), RBI (24), HR (4), OPS (1.006), total bases (48) and SLG% (.593). He is also second on the team in hits with 29.
• Illinois won the first Big Ten series of the season at Michigan State, taking two of three games from the Spartans (3/25-3/27).
• Illinois has scored six or more runs in every win this season.
• Illinois has scored 13 runs twice this season (vs. Butler on 3/15, vs. Wheaton on 3/23).
• Illinois won their first series of the season at Western Kentucky (3/11-3/13), taking two of three games against the Hilltoppers.
• Junior catcher Jacob Campbell began the season on a nine-game hit streak (eleven-game hit streak dating back to 5/29/2021).
• Sophomore LHP Payton Hutchings earned his first career start and first career win on February 20 against Kansas.
• Freshman OF Ryan Moerman started his first game against Kansas on February 20.
» He picked up his first collegiate hit in the fourth inning, a double to left-center field.
• D1Baseball Big Ten top 2022 MLB Draft prospects: No. 5 LHP Cole Kirschsieper, No. 17 RHP Riley Gowens, No. 20 SS Branden Comia, No. 27 1B Justin Janas.
• Baseball America Big Ten top 2022 MLB Draft prospects: No. 4 LHP Cole Kirschsieper.
• Perfect Game Preseason All-Big Ten team: 1B Justin Janas and C/OF Jacob Campbell.
• Perfect Game Big Ten top 2022 MLB Draft prospects: No. 4 LHP Cole Kirschsieper, No. 22 C Jacob Campbell, No. 24 INF Branden Comia.
• Illinois has 24 returners and 13 newcomers on the 2022 roster.
» Four newcomers are transfers: OF Tyler Thompson (Carson-Newman), RHP Johnny Czeslawski (North Iowa Area C.C.), RHP Tommy Green (Mercer), and RHP Jack Wenninger (Murray State)
• Illinois' new $8-million, 26,000-square foot Susan and Clint Atkins Baseball Training Center is set to open in 2022.
UP NEXT
Illinois hosts Purdue this weekend for a three game series at Illinois Field.
