Baseball vs Northwestern on 3/21/2025 - Box Score - University of Illinois Athletics

3/21/2025

Rocky Miller Park

2:42 pm

Illinois

12-8, 0

Final

Northwestern

9-11, 0

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	8th innning 8	9th innning 9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Illinois	0	1	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	11	14	1
Northwestern	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6	10	1

Win: Plumley, Ben (1-2)Loss: Kouser, Matthew (2-2)Save: Hutchings, Payton (1)

Scoring Summary

Team	ILL	NU
2nd Schupmann, K homered to left field, RBI (2-2).	1	0
2nd KUCHERAK homered to left field, RBI (2-0).	1	1
4th Schupmann, K homered to left field, RBI (0-0).	2	1
4th Valincius, V homered to left field, RBI (2-1).	3	1
4th Groves, N. singled to left center, 2 RBI (3-2); LaChance, G. scored, unearned; Quagliano scored, unearned.	5	1
4th MCELFATRICK homered down the lf line, RBI (0-0).	5	2
4th KUCHERAK homered to left field, RBI (2-0).	5	3
5th LaChance, G. homered to left field, 3 RBI; Johannes, W. scored; Jennings, C. scored.	8	3
6th Valincius, V singled to center field, RBI (2-2); Jennings, C. scored.	9	3
6th Quagliano homered to left center, 2 RBI (1-1); Valincius, V scored.	11	3
6th KUCHERAK homered to left field, RBI (2-2).	11	4
8th LIOLIOS homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); KUCHERAK scored.	11	6

Illinois

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Lachance, Greg	DH	4	2	2	3	2	1	0
Groves, Nick	CF	4	0	2	2	2	0	2
Ross, Grant	1B	4	0	1	0	2	0	4
Zebig, Jack	SS	4	0	1	0	1	0	2
Schupmann, Kyle	3B	6	2	3	2	0	2	3
Jennings, Collin	RF	5	2	1	0	1	1	1
Valincius, Vytas	LF	4	2	2	2	1	0	0
Quagliano, Coltin	2B	5	2	2	2	0	0	0
Johannes, Will	C	2	1	0	0	2	0	1
Plumley, Ben	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hutchings, Payton	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		38	11	14	11	11	4	13

Batting

2B: Lachance, Greg (1); Quagliano, Coltin (1)

HR: Lachance, Greg (1); Schupmann, Kyle (2); Valincius, Vytas (1); Quagliano, Coltin (1)

Baserunning

SB: Jennings, Collin (1)

HBP: Zebig, Jack (1); Johannes, Will (1)

Fielding

E: Plumley, Ben (1)

DP: Ross, Grant (1); Zebig, Jack (1); Plumley, Ben (1)

Northwestern

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Knott, Preston	LF	4	0	0	0	1	1	2
McElfatrick, Owen	3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0
Freeman, Jackson	RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Kucherak, Ryan	SS	4	4	4	3	0	0	0
Liolios, Trent	DH	4	1	2	2	0	1	0
Counsell, Jack	2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
Lausch, Jack	CF	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Mills, Griffin	PH/CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Markinson, Bennett	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ganus, Tyler	1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kouser, Matthew	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant, Alex	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forniss, Christian	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burden, Luke	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danz, Carter	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		35	6	10	6	2	9	4

Batting

2B: Freeman, Jackson (1); Liolios, Trent (1)

HR: McElfatrick, Owen (1); Kucherak, Ryan (3); Liolios, Trent (1)

Fielding

E: Kucherak, Ryan (1)

DP: McElfatrick, Owen (2); Kucherak, Ryan (1); Counsell, Jack (3); Ganus, Tyler (3)

Illinois

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Plumley, Ben	5.2	6	4	4	1	6	22	23	5	5	88
Hutchings, Payton	3.1	4	2	2	1	3	13	14	3	3	46
Totals		10	6	6	2	9	35	37	8	8	134

Northwestern

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	HBP	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Kouser, Matthew	3.2	7	5	3	2	2	0	0	19	21	6	3	80
Grant, Alex	1.0	1	3	3	2	1	0	1	4	7	1	1	23
Forniss, Christian	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	1	5	7	1	1	29
Burden, Luke	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9
Danz, Carter	3.1	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	10	14	2	4	55
Totals		14	11	9	11	4	1	2	38	51	10	9	196

Win: Plumley, Ben (1-2)

Loss: Kouser, Matthew (2-2)

HBP: Grant, Alex (1); Forniss, Christian (1)

Save: Hutchings, Payton (1) ;

Illinois

Final

Northwestern

Illinois - Top of 1st

Plays	ILL	NU
LaChance, G. struck out looking (0-2).	0	0
Groves, N. singled to shortstop (2-2).	0	0
Ross, G. fouled out to 1b (0-0).	0	0
Zebig, J. reached on a fielder's choice to second base (1-1); Groves, N. out at second 2b to ss.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 1st

Plays	ILL	NU
KNOTT walked (3-2).	0	0
MCELFATRICK struck out swinging (0-2).	0	0
FREEMAN grounded into double play p to ss to 1b (1-2); KNOTT out on the play.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 2nd

Plays	ILL	NU
Schupmann, K homered to left field, RBI (2-2).	1	0
Jennings, C. flied out to rf (1-2).	1	0
Valincius, V grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0).	1	0
Quagliano doubled to left field (1-2).	1	0
Johannes, W. popped up to 2b (1-2).	1	0
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	ILL	NU
KUCHERAK homered to left field, RBI (2-0).	1	1
LIOLIOS flied out to cf (1-1).	1	1
COUNSELL popped up to ss (2-2).	1	1
LAUSCH struck out swinging (2-2).	1	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 3rd

Plays	ILL	NU
LaChance, G. flied out to rf (3-2).	1	1
Groves, N. flied out to cf (1-2).	1	1
Ross, G. walked (3-1).	1	1
Zebig, J. grounded out to 2b (0-2).	1	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	ILL	NU
MARKINSON grounded out to 3b (0-1).	1	1
GANUS popped up to ss (1-1).	1	1
KNOTT struck out swinging (2-2).	1	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 4th

Plays	ILL	NU
Schupmann, K homered to left field, RBI (0-0).	2	1
Jennings, C. struck out swinging (0-2).	2	1
Valincius, V homered to left field, RBI (2-1).	3	1
Quagliano reached on an error by ss (1-0).	3	1
Johannes, W. flied out to cf (3-2).	3	1
LaChance, G. doubled down the lf line (0-1); Quagliano advanced to third.	3	1
Groves, N. singled to left center, 2 RBI (3-2); LaChance, G. scored, unearned; Quagliano scored, unearned.	5	1
Ross, G. walked (3-0); Groves, N. advanced to second.	5	1
GRANT to p for KOUSER.	5	1
Zebig, J. walked (3-1); Ross, G. advanced to second; Groves, N. advanced to third.	5	1
Schupmann, K struck out swinging (0-2).	5	1
4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error, 3 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 4th

Plays	ILL	NU
MCELFATRICK homered down the lf line, RBI (0-0).	5	2
FREEMAN lined out to 2b (0-0).	5	2
KUCHERAK homered to left field, RBI (2-0).	5	3
LIOLIOS struck out looking (3-2).	5	3
COUNSELL popped up to ss (1-0).	5	3
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 5th

Plays	ILL	NU
Jennings, C. walked (3-2).	5	3
Valincius, V grounded out to 3b (0-0); Jennings, C. advanced to second.	5	3
Quagliano lined out to ss (1-0).	5	3
Johannes, W. hit by pitch (1-2).	5	3
LaChance, G. homered to left field, 3 RBI; Johannes, W. scored; Jennings, C. scored.	8	3
FORNISS to p for GRANT.	8	3
Groves, N. walked (3-1).	8	3
Ross, G. flied out to cf (2-1).	8	3
3 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 5th

Plays	ILL	NU
LAUSCH struck out swinging (1-2).	8	3
MARKINSON singled to shortstop (3-2).	8	3
GANUS reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; MARKINSON out at second ss to 2b.	8	3
GANUS advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt.	8	3
KNOTT grounded out to 3b (0-0).	8	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 6th

Plays	ILL	NU
Zebig, J. hit by pitch (2-2).	8	3
Schupmann, K grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (0-1); Zebig, J. out on the play.	8	3
Jennings, C. singled up the middle (2-1).	8	3
Jennings, C. stole second.	8	3
Valincius, V singled to center field, RBI (2-2); Jennings, C. scored.	9	3
Valincius, V advanced to second on a wild pitch.	9	3
Quagliano homered to left center, 2 RBI (1-1); Valincius, V scored.	11	3
BURDEN to p for FORNISS.	11	3
Johannes, W. walked (3-0).	11	3
LaChance, G. walked (3-1); Johannes, W. advanced to second.	11	3
DANZ to p for BURDEN.	11	3
Groves, N. walked (3-1); LaChance, G. advanced to second; Johannes, W. advanced to third.	11	3
Ross, G. grounded out to 3b (1-1).	11	3
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Error, 3 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 6th

Plays	ILL	NU
MCELFATRICK grounded out to 3b (2-2).	11	3
FREEMAN struck out looking (2-2).	11	3
KUCHERAK homered to left field, RBI (2-2).	11	4
LIOLIOS doubled down the rf line (2-1).	11	4
Hutchings to p for Plumley, B..	11	4
COUNSELL flied out to rf (1-1).	11	4
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 7th

Plays	ILL	NU
Zebig, J. singled up the middle (2-0).	11	4
Schupmann, K struck out swinging (3-2); Zebig, J. out at second c unassisted.	11	4
Jennings, C. flied out to rf (1-2).	11	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 7th

Plays	ILL	NU
LAUSCH struck out swinging (3-2).	11	4
MARKINSON singled to right field (1-0).	11	4
GANUS struck out looking (2-2).	11	4
KNOTT flied out to lf (1-2).	11	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 8th

Plays	ILL	NU
Valincius, V walked (3-2).	11	4
Quagliano grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (0-2); Valincius, V out on the play.	11	4
Johannes, W. walked (3-0).	11	4
LaChance, G. walked (3-1); Johannes, W. advanced to second.	11	4
Groves, N. flied out to lf (2-1).	11	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 8th

Plays	ILL	NU
MCELFATRICK grounded out to 2b (0-1).	11	4
FREEMAN doubled to right center (0-0).	11	4
KUCHERAK singled to first base (1-0); FREEMAN out at second p to 2b.	11	4
LIOLIOS homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); KUCHERAK scored.	11	6
COUNSELL walked (3-2).	11	6
MILLS pinch hit for LAUSCH.	11	6
MILLS struck out swinging (1-2).	11	6
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 9th

Plays	ILL	NU
MILLS to cf.	11	6
Ross, G. singled through the left side (1-1).	11	6
Zebig, J. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-1); Ross, G. out on the play.	11	6
Schupmann, K singled through the left side (1-0).	11	6
Jennings, C. grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-0).	11	6
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Bottom of 9th

Plays	ILL	NU
MARKINSON grounded out to 3b (0-2).	11	6
GANUS flied out to rf (0-1).	11	6
KNOTT grounded out to 2b (0-0).	11	6
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
38	At Bats	35
11	Runs	6
14	Hits	10
2	Doubles	2
0	Triples	0
5	Home Runs	5
11	RBI's	6
11	Walks (BB)	2
4	Strikeouts	9
Pitching
10	Hits	14
6	Runs	11
6	Earned Runs	9
2	Walks	11
9	Strikeouts	4
37	Batters Faced	51
1	Errors	1
Fielding
27	Putouts	27
10	Assists	10
.974	Fielding %	.974
1	Double Plays	3

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Scoring Summary

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