Baseball vs Penn State on 3/29/2026 - Box Score - University of Illinois Athletics

3/29/2026

Medlar Field at LP

11:00 am

Illinois

14-12, 6-6

Final

Penn State

8-18, 3-6

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	0	2	0	2	1	0	6	10	1
Penn State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Win: Gannon, Reed (2-1)Loss: Isaiah Shayter (1-4)

Scoring Summary

Team	ILLINI	PSU
2nd W JOHANNES doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 KB); A PUTTY scored.	1	0
5th J NELSON singled, bunt, RBI (0-0); B MAZZACANO advanced to second; W JOHANNES scored.	2	0
5th M FARINA flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-2 FK); B MAZZACANO scored.	3	0
7th J NELSON doubled to left center, advanced to third on a throwing error by ss (2-1 KBB); B MAZZACANO advanced to third, scored on the error.	4	0
7th N GROVES singled to right field, RBI (3-1 BBKB); J NELSON scored.	5	0
8th J NELSON singled up the middle, RBI (1-1 BK); B MAZZACANO advanced to third; W JOHANNES scored.	6	0

Illinois

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Nick Groves	LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	2
Michael Farina	2B	2	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jack Zebig	DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
Cole Crafton	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Aj Putty	1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	2
Cole Warehime	PH/1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Collin Jennings	RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kyle Schupmann	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Will Johannes	C	3	2	2	1	1	0	0
Brayden Mazzacano	CF	1	2	0	0	2	0	1
J.R. Nelson	SS	4	1	3	2	0	0	0
Aidan Flinn	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Gannon	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		32	6	10	5	6	5	8

Batting

2B: Johannes, Will (1); Nelson, J.R. (1)

SH: Groves, Nick (1); Mazzacano, Brayden (1)

SF: Farina, Michael (1)

Baserunning

SB: Mazzacano, Brayden (1); Nelson, J.R. (1)

CS: Farina, Michael (1); Schupmann, Kyle (1)

Fielding

E: Farina, Michael (1)

DP: Farina, Michael (1); Putty, Aj (1); Nelson, J.R. (1)

Penn State

Player	Pos	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB
Cohl Mercado	CF	4	0	0	0	0
Michael Anderson	DH	4	2	0	0	0
Jack Porter	RF	4	1	0	1	0
Spencer Barnett	1B	4	0	0	0	1
Bryce Molinaro	3B	2	0	2	0	0
Jayden Davis	2B	3	0	0	1	2
Maddox McDonald	LF	3	0	0	2	1
Joey Demucci	C	3	0	0	2	1
Preston Yaucher	SS	3	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Shayter	P	0	0	0	0	0
Dimond Loosli	P	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Brown III	P	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Vanostenbridge	P	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Horwat	P	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		30	3	2	6	5

Batting

2B: Michael Anderson (1)

Fielding

E: Preston Yaucher (2)

DP: Spencer Barnett (1); Bryce Molinaro (1); Jayden Davis (1)

Illinois

Player	IP	H	BB	SO	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Aidan Flinn	4.0	2	2	3	13	15	1	7	66
Reed Gannon	5.0	1	0	3	17	17	5	7	53
Totals		3	2	6	30	32	6	14	119

Penn State

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Isaiah Shayter	5.2	6	3	3	2	2	19	24	6	7	79
Dimond Loosli	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	3	4	1	0	20
Robert Brown III	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	11
Matt Vanostenbridge	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	4	6	0	1	29
Mason Horwat	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	19
Totals		10	6	6	6	5	32	41	10	9	158

Win: Gannon, Reed (2-1)

Loss: Isaiah Shayter (1-4)

Illinois

Final

Penn State

Illinois - Top of 1st

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
No play.	0	0
N GROVES grounded out to 2b (2-2 KBFB).	0	0
M FARINA walked (3-1 BBFBB).	0	0
J ZEBIG struck out looking (2-2 KBBSFK).	0	0
M FARINA out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 1st

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Mercado grounded out to 3b (3-2 KKBBB).	0	0
Anderson grounded out to 3b (3-1 SBBB).	0	0
Porter struck out swinging (3-2 BBFKFBS).	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 2nd

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
A PUTTY walked (3-1 BFBBB).	0	0
C JENNINGS flied out to cf (1-1 KB).	0	0
K SCHUPMANN popped up to 2b (1-2 SSB).	0	0
W JOHANNES doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 KB); A PUTTY scored.	1	0
B MAZZACANO grounded out to 2b (2-2 BBKFF).	1	0
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Barnett grounded out to 2b (0-2 KS).	1	0
Molinaro walked (3-0 BBBB).	1	0
Davis reached on a fielder's choice (0-2 KF); Molinaro out at second 3b to 2b.	1	0
McDonald struck out swinging (0-2 FKS).	1	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 3rd

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
J NELSON grounded out to 3b (1-1 BK).	1	0
N GROVES flied out to lf (3-2 BBFFB).	1	0
M FARINA singled up the middle (0-0).	1	0
J ZEBIG flied out to lf (1-0 B).	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
DeMucci struck out swinging (2-2 FBBFS).	1	0
Yaucher grounded out to 2b (0-0).	1	0
Mercado grounded out to 2b (2-1 KBB).	1	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 4th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
A PUTTY singled up the middle (0-1 S).	1	0
C JENNINGS lined out to cf (1-1 SB).	1	0
K SCHUPMANN grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (0-0); A PUTTY out on the play.	1	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 4th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Anderson singled to shortstop (0-0).	1	0
Porter singled up the middle (2-2 FBBFF); Anderson advanced to second.	1	0
Barnett flied out to cf (2-2 KKBFFB); Anderson advanced to third.	1	0
Molinaro walked (3-1 BBBFB); Porter advanced to second.	1	0
Davis grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-2 BFBSF); Molinaro out on the play.	1	0
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 5th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
W JOHANNES singled to shortstop, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss (0-0).	1	0
B MAZZACANO reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt (0-1 F); W JOHANNES advanced to third.	1	0
J NELSON singled, bunt, RBI (0-0); B MAZZACANO advanced to second; W JOHANNES scored.	2	0
N GROVES out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-1 F); J NELSON advanced to second; B MAZZACANO advanced to third.	2	0
M FARINA flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-2 FK); B MAZZACANO scored.	3	0
J ZEBIG grounded out to 2b (0-0).	3	0
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 5th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
R GANNON to p for A FLINN.	3	0
McDonald struck out looking (1-2 BKFFK).	3	0
DeMucci grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-2 KF).	3	0
Yaucher grounded out to 3b (2-0 BB).	3	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 6th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
A PUTTY struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 BBFFS).	3	0
C JENNINGS grounded out to ss (0-0).	3	0
K SCHUPMANN singled to left field (3-2 BBKKB).	3	0
Loosli to p for Shayter.	3	0
K SCHUPMANN out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.	3	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 6th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Mercado grounded out to ss (0-0).	3	0
Anderson doubled down the lf line (1-0 B).	3	0
Porter lined out to 1b (2-2 FBBFF).	3	0
Barnett flied out to rf (0-0).	3	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 7th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
W JOHANNES fouled out to 1b (0-0).	3	0
B MAZZACANO walked (3-0 BBBB).	3	0
B MAZZACANO stole second.	3	0
J NELSON doubled to left center, advanced to third on a throwing error by ss (2-1 KBB); B MAZZACANO advanced to third, scored on the error.	4	0
N GROVES singled to right field, RBI (3-1 BBKB); J NELSON scored.	5	0
Brown III to p for Loosli.	5	0
M FARINA popped up to ss (2-1 BKB).	5	0
J ZEBIG singled up the middle (1-0 B); N GROVES advanced to third.	5	0
A PUTTY flied out to lf (3-1 BBSB).	5	0
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error, 2 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 7th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Molinaro reached on a fielding error by 2b, advanced to second (0-0).	5	0
Davis struck out swinging (1-2 BKFFS).	5	0
McDonald flied out to cf (1-0 B).	5	0
DeMucci struck out swinging (0-2 FKS).	5	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 8th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
VanOstenbrid to p for Brown III.	5	0
C JENNINGS grounded out to ss (2-1 BBK).	5	0
K SCHUPMANN struck out swinging (2-2 BSFBS).	5	0
W JOHANNES walked (3-2 BBKBSB).	5	0
B MAZZACANO walked (3-2 BKBKBB); W JOHANNES advanced to second.	5	0
J NELSON singled up the middle, RBI (1-1 BK); B MAZZACANO advanced to third; W JOHANNES scored.	6	0
J NELSON stole second.	6	0
N GROVES struck out looking (1-2 KSBK).	6	0
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 8th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Yaucher grounded out to p (0-0).	6	0
Mercado flied out to cf (3-2 KBBKB).	6	0
Anderson lined out to lf (1-1 BK).	6	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Illinois - Top of 9th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
Horwat to p for VanOstenbrid.	6	0
M FARINA walked (3-2 BBKSBB).	6	0
C CRAFTON pinch hit for J ZEBIG.	6	0
C CRAFTON struck out swinging (2-2 KBKBS).	6	0
C WAREHIME pinch hit for A PUTTY.	6	0
C WAREHIME reached on a fielder's choice (0-1 K); M FARINA out at second 2b unassisted.	6	0
C JENNINGS flied out to lf (3-2 BBBKS).	6	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Penn State - Bottom of 9th

Plays	ILLINI	PSU
C WAREHIME to 1b.	6	0
Porter grounded out to 3b (0-1 K).	6	0
Barnett grounded out to 3b (1-2 KBKF).	6	0
Molinaro grounded out to 3b (1-2 KBS).	6	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
32	At Bats	30
6	Runs	0
10	Hits	3
2	Doubles	1
0	Triples	0
0	Home Runs	0
5	RBI's	0
6	Walks (BB)	2
5	Strikeouts	6
Pitching
3	Hits	10
0	Runs	6
0	Earned Runs	6
2	Walks	6
6	Strikeouts	5
32	Batters Faced	41
1	Errors	2
Fielding
27	Putouts	27
14	Assists	12
.976	Fielding %	.951
1	Double Plays	1

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