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McDonald EIU
4
Winner Eastern Illinois EIU 7-3
2
Illinois ILL 3-7
Winner
Eastern Illinois EIU
7-3
4
Final
2
Illinois ILL
3-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 8 0
Illinois ILL 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2

W: CONKLIN, Tyler (1-0) L: Siefken, Izaak (0-2) S: ROBBINS, Zane (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Illini Drop Home Opener to Eastern Illinois

Recap

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Fighting Illini dropped the Illinois Field season opener to Eastern Illinois on Tuesday afternoon, 4-2. Cam McDonald led the Illini offensively, going 2-for-3 with a homerun while scoring both of the Illinois runs.  

Eastern Illinois (7-3) plated two in the top of the third to take a 2-0 lead before the Illini responded with a run in the home half of the third on an RBI single by OF Danny Doligale. Illinois (3-7) knotted the score in the fifth on a Cam McDonald solo homer to right field.

Eastern Illinois took the lead back in the sixth and extended their lead on a two-out infield single in the top of the ninth inning.

Illinois will be back on the road this weekend for a three-game slate at Western Kentucky.

Notes

• Cam McDonald hit his team-leading second homerun of the season with a solo shot to right field.
• The Illini used six pitchers.
• Attendance was 536, the highest in any home game since 2019.
• The Illini lose their home opener for the first time since 2013 (3/22/13 vs Nebraska).

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