Baseball vs Northwestern on 5/8/2026 - Box Score - University of Illinois Athletics

5/8/2026

Illinois Field

6:32pm

Northwestern

20-26-1, 0

Final

Illinois

25-23, 0

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Northwestern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Illinois	0	1	7	4	0	0	X	12	13	0

Win: Hall, Regan (7-5)Loss: Weaver, Ryan (1-7)

Scoring Summary

Team	NU	ILLINI
2nd C JENNINGS homered, RBI (1-1).	0	1
3rd A PUTTY singled, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (0-1); J ZEBIG scored; N GROVES scored.	0	3
3rd C JENNINGS singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); K SCHUPMANN advanced to second; A PUTTY scored.	0	4
3rd W JOHANNES doubled to right field, 2 RBI (2-0); D CONTRERAS advanced to third; C JENNINGS scored; K SCHUPMANN scored.	0	6
3rd W JOHANNES advanced to third; D CONTRERAS scored on a wild pitch.	0	7
3rd J NELSON flied out to rf, SF, RBI; W JOHANNES scored.	0	8
4th K SCHUPMANN singled through the left side, RBI (3-2); J ZEBIG scored.	0	9
4th C JENNINGS tripled to right field, RBI (1-2); K SCHUPMANN scored.	0	10
4th D CONTRERAS reached on a throwing error by p, advanced to second (1-0); C JENNINGS scored, unearned.	0	11
4th J NELSON singled to left center, RBI (2-1); D CONTRERAS scored, unearned.	0	12

Northwestern

Player	Pos	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB
McElfatrick, Owen	3B	4	2	0	2	0
Lausch, Jack	CF	4	1	0	2	2
Kucherak, Ryan	SS	3	1	0	1	0
Ruiz, Noah	2B	2	0	1	0	1
Slater, Jay	C	3	1	0	1	2
Barron, Nick	1B	3	0	0	1	0
Yang, Jake	DH	1	0	1	0	0
Brocklebank, Noah	PH	1	0	0	0	0
Freeman, Jackson	RF	2	1	0	1	0
Kaplan, Marty	PH	0	0	1	0	0
De Groot, Logan	LF	2	0	0	0	3
Marshall, Masai	PH	1	0	0	0	0
Weaver, Ryan	P	0	0	0	0	0
Grant, Alex	P	0	0	0	0	0
Michel, Sam	P	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		26	6	3	8	8

Batting

2B: Freeman, Jackson (1)

Baserunning

SB: Kucherak, Ryan (1)

Fielding

E: Grant, Alex (1)

DP: Kucherak, Ryan (2); Ruiz, Noah (2); Barron, Nick (2)

Illinois

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Nick Groves	CF	3	1	2	0	1	0	1
Michael Farina	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jack Zebig	LF	2	2	1	0	2	0	0
Aj Putty	1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	1
Kyle Schupmann	3B	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
Collin Jennings	RF	4	3	3	3	0	0	1
Daniel Contreras	DH	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Will Johannes	C	4	1	2	2	0	2	0
Luke Landrus	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.R. Nelson	SS	2	0	1	2	1	1	1
Regan Hall	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Reed	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Martel	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		30	12	13	10	4	4	7

Batting

2B: Groves, Nick (1); Zebig, Jack (1); Contreras, Daniel (1); Johannes, Will (1)

3B: Jennings, Collin (1)

HR: Jennings, Collin (1)

SF: Nelson, J.R. (1)

Baserunning

SB: Nelson, J.R. (1)

HBP: Groves, Nick (1); Contreras, Daniel (1)

Fielding

DP: Putty, Aj (1); Schupmann, Kyle (1); Nelson, J.R. (1)

Northwestern

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	HBP	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Weaver, Ryan	2.2	7	8	8	1	3	2	2	15	19	4	1	62
Grant, Alex	1.0	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	8	9	1	1	33
Michel, Sam	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	9	1	4	23
Totals		13	12	10	4	4	2	2	30	37	6	6	118

Illinois

Player	IP	H	BB	SO	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Regan Hall	5.0	5	2	7	19	21	1	6	83
Sam Reed	1.0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	7
Oliver Martel	1.0	1	1	1	4	5	1	1	23
Totals		6	3	8	26	29	3	9	113

Win: Hall, Regan (7-5)

Loss: Weaver, Ryan (1-7)

HBP: Weaver, Ryan (2) ;

Northwestern

Final

Illinois

Northwestern - Top of 1st

Plays	NU	ILLINI
MCELFATRICK singled up the middle (2-2).	0	0
LAUSCH struck out looking (1-2).	0	0
KUCHERAK struck out looking (0-2).	0	0
RUIZ walked (3-1); MCELFATRICK advanced to second.	0	0
SLATER struck out looking (1-2).	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 1st

Plays	NU	ILLINI
N GROVES hit by pitch (0-0).	0	0
M FARINA flied out to lf (2-2).	0	0
J ZEBIG fouled out to 3b (1-1).	0	0
N GROVES advanced to second on a wild pitch.	0	0
A PUTTY struck out looking (3-2).	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Top of 2nd

Plays	NU	ILLINI
BARRON grounded out to 3b (1-2).	0	0
YANG grounded out to p (0-2).	0	0
FREEMAN doubled down the lf line (0-0).	0	0
DE GROOT flied out to rf (0-0).	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	NU	ILLINI
K SCHUPMANN flied out to rf (2-2).	0	0
C JENNINGS homered, RBI (1-1).	0	1
D CONTRERAS doubled to right field (1-1).	0	1
W JOHANNES struck out swinging (1-2).	0	1
J NELSON struck out swinging (1-2).	0	1
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Top of 3rd

Plays	NU	ILLINI
MCELFATRICK struck out swinging (2-2).	0	1
LAUSCH grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1).	0	1
KUCHERAK singled to left field (0-0).	0	1
KUCHERAK stole second.	0	1
RUIZ grounded out to 2b (2-2).	0	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	NU	ILLINI
N GROVES singled up the middle (2-1).	0	1
M FARINA grounded out to 3b (2-0); N GROVES advanced to second.	0	1
J ZEBIG walked (3-2).	0	1
A PUTTY singled, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (0-1); J ZEBIG scored; N GROVES scored.	0	3
K SCHUPMANN reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); A PUTTY advanced to third.	0	3
C JENNINGS singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); K SCHUPMANN advanced to second; A PUTTY scored.	0	4
D CONTRERAS hit by pitch (0-0); C JENNINGS advanced to second; K SCHUPMANN advanced to third.	0	4
W JOHANNES doubled to right field, 2 RBI (2-0); D CONTRERAS advanced to third; C JENNINGS scored; K SCHUPMANN scored.	0	6
W JOHANNES advanced to third; D CONTRERAS scored on a wild pitch.	0	7
J NELSON flied out to rf, SF, RBI; W JOHANNES scored.	0	8
N GROVES doubled to center field (2-2).	0	8
GRANT to p for WEAVER.	0	8
M FARINA grounded out to ss (0-1).	0	8
7 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Top of 4th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
SLATER singled through the right side (2-2).	0	8
BARRON struck out swinging (3-2).	0	8
YANG walked (3-2); SLATER advanced to second.	0	8
FREEMAN struck out looking (2-2).	0	8
DE GROOT reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); YANG out at second ss to 2b.	0	8
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 4th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
J ZEBIG doubled down the rf line (2-0).	0	8
A PUTTY flied out to rf (0-0); J ZEBIG advanced to third.	0	8
K SCHUPMANN singled through the left side, RBI (3-2); J ZEBIG scored.	0	9
C JENNINGS tripled to right field, RBI (1-2); K SCHUPMANN scored.	0	10
D CONTRERAS reached on a throwing error by p, advanced to second (1-0); C JENNINGS scored, unearned.	0	11
W JOHANNES struck out swinging (0-2).	0	11
J NELSON singled to left center, RBI (2-1); D CONTRERAS scored, unearned.	0	12
J NELSON stole second.	0	12
N GROVES walked (3-2).	0	12
MICHEL to p for GRANT.	0	12
M FARINA grounded out to ss (1-1).	0	12
4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error, 2 Left on Base

Northwestern - Top of 5th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
MCELFATRICK struck out swinging (2-2).	0	12
LAUSCH singled to right field (0-2).	0	12
KUCHERAK grounded into double play 3b to ss to 1b (0-1); LAUSCH out on the play.	0	12
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 5th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
J ZEBIG walked (3-2).	0	12
A PUTTY singled to center field (0-1); J ZEBIG advanced to second.	0	12
K SCHUPMANN grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0); A PUTTY out on the play; J ZEBIG advanced to third.	0	12
C JENNINGS flied out to rf (1-1).	0	12
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Top of 6th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
S REED to p for R HALL.	0	12
RUIZ grounded out to 2b (1-1).	0	12
SLATER popped up to 3b (1-1).	0	12
BARRON grounded out to 2b (0-0).	0	12
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 6th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
L LANDRUS pinch hit for W JOHANNES.	0	12
L LANDRUS pinch hit for D CONTRERAS.	0	12
W JOHANNES to c for L LANDRUS.	0	12
L LANDRUS grounded out to 2b.	0	12
W JOHANNES singled through the right side.	0	12
J NELSON walked (3-1); W JOHANNES advanced to second.	0	12
N GROVES grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-1); J NELSON out on the play.	0	12
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Northwestern - Top of 7th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
O MARTEL to p for S REED.	0	12
BROCKLEBANK pinch hit for YANG.	0	12
BROCKLEBANK grounded out to 3b (2-1).	0	12
KAPLAN pinch hit for FREEMAN.	0	12
KAPLAN walked (3-1).	0	12
MARSHALL pinch hit for DE GROOT.	0	12
MARSHALL flied out to cf (0-2).	0	12
MCELFATRICK singled up the middle (2-2); KAPLAN advanced to second.	0	12
LAUSCH struck out swinging (0-2).	0	12
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Illinois - Bottom of 7th

Plays	NU	ILLINI
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
26	At Bats	30
0	Runs	12
6	Hits	13
1	Doubles	4
0	Triples	1
0	Home Runs	1
0	RBI's	10
3	Walks (BB)	4
8	Strikeouts	4
Pitching
13	Hits	6
12	Runs	0
10	Earned Runs	0
4	Walks	3
4	Strikeouts	8
37	Batters Faced	29
1	Errors	0
Fielding
18	Putouts	21
8	Assists	9
.963	Fielding %	1.000
2	Double Plays	1

Schedule