RobHowe
Administrator
Illinois emailed me their notes. I'll add Iowa's on here when I get them:
Fri. 4:05 p.m. CT
LHP Fisher (3-1, 3.25)
RHP McDonald (1-3, 4.83)
Sat 2:05 p.m. CT
RHP Weber (1-0, 1.52)
LHP Baumann (0-2, 6.23)
Sun. 1:05 p.m. CT
TBA
RHP Judkins (2-2, 1.77)
TIME CHANGE
Friday's series opener was changed to a 4:05 p.m. CT start time, two hours earlier than originally scheduled.
PREVIEW
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The No. 25 Illinois baseball team begins Big Ten season this weekend with a trip to Iowa. The teams are scheduled for three games Friday-Sunday at Banks Field.
Illinois (17-5, 0-0 Big Ten) had a bye during last weekend's Big Ten opening slate. The Illini will finish the season with eight straight Big Ten weekends.
Iowa (12-10, 0-3 Big Ten) was swept in a three-game series at Indiana last weekend but rebounded with a 4-2 win over Bradley on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes lost 3-2 to Indiana on a walk-off single in the ninth in their Big Ten opener last Friday before falling 13-1 and 7-1 on Saturday and Sunday.
Illinois is visiting Iowa City for the first time since 2016. The Hawkeyes have won three straight series against Illinois, but in the last nine years the teams have split 18 games, 9-9.
Dave Loane has the call for all three games on the Fighting Illini Sports Network. Iowa will provide a video stream via BTN Plus (subscription required).
NOTES
• Illinois is back in the D1Baseball.com poll at No. 25 in the nation. The Illini were also No. 25 on Feb. 25.
• Illinois is currently ranked No. 23 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the same ranking as last week, and No. 26 by the NCBWA.
• Illinois has won 10 of its last 12.
• Illinois has swept five of its first six weekends. The Illini swept three of its first four weekends for the first time since beginning to regularly play February games in 1982.
• Illinois is 16-2 on the weekends (Fri.-Sun.) and 1-3 during the week (Mon.-Thur.).
• Illinois started the season 14-3, tied for the best start through 17 games in the last 60 years (Started 16-1 in 1959). The 14-3 start tied for the sixth-best 17-game start in program history.
• Illinois is 16-1 when allowing six or fewer runs, the only loss coming Tuesday at Indiana State.
• Illinois is 15-0 when leading or tied after seven innings.
• Illinois hitters are reaching 43.1 percent of the time when leading off an inning (84/195).
• Illinois has a fielding percentage of .979, equal to last year's single-season program record (.979).
• Illinois started the season 6-0 and was ranked No. 25 by D1Baseball before dropping three of four games against No. 20 Coastal Carolina (0-1), Connecticut (0-1) and Northeastern (1-1) to start March. The Illini have won 10 of 12 since the 1-3 weekend at Coastal.
• Illinois center fielder Zac Taylor has missed the last nine games with an injury. He was leading the Illinois’ offense in average (.400), slugging (.760), hits (20), doubles (7), triples (1), homers (3), runs (15) and stolen bases (12) when he went down.
• Hitting streaks: Massey 7, Sarver 5
• Reached base streaks: Sarver 10, Massey 7, Van Scoy 5
Fri. 4:05 p.m. CT
LHP Fisher (3-1, 3.25)
RHP McDonald (1-3, 4.83)
Sat 2:05 p.m. CT
RHP Weber (1-0, 1.52)
LHP Baumann (0-2, 6.23)
Sun. 1:05 p.m. CT
TBA
RHP Judkins (2-2, 1.77)
TIME CHANGE
Friday's series opener was changed to a 4:05 p.m. CT start time, two hours earlier than originally scheduled.
PREVIEW
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The No. 25 Illinois baseball team begins Big Ten season this weekend with a trip to Iowa. The teams are scheduled for three games Friday-Sunday at Banks Field.
Illinois (17-5, 0-0 Big Ten) had a bye during last weekend's Big Ten opening slate. The Illini will finish the season with eight straight Big Ten weekends.
Iowa (12-10, 0-3 Big Ten) was swept in a three-game series at Indiana last weekend but rebounded with a 4-2 win over Bradley on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes lost 3-2 to Indiana on a walk-off single in the ninth in their Big Ten opener last Friday before falling 13-1 and 7-1 on Saturday and Sunday.
Illinois is visiting Iowa City for the first time since 2016. The Hawkeyes have won three straight series against Illinois, but in the last nine years the teams have split 18 games, 9-9.
Dave Loane has the call for all three games on the Fighting Illini Sports Network. Iowa will provide a video stream via BTN Plus (subscription required).
NOTES
• Illinois is back in the D1Baseball.com poll at No. 25 in the nation. The Illini were also No. 25 on Feb. 25.
• Illinois is currently ranked No. 23 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the same ranking as last week, and No. 26 by the NCBWA.
• Illinois has won 10 of its last 12.
• Illinois has swept five of its first six weekends. The Illini swept three of its first four weekends for the first time since beginning to regularly play February games in 1982.
• Illinois is 16-2 on the weekends (Fri.-Sun.) and 1-3 during the week (Mon.-Thur.).
• Illinois started the season 14-3, tied for the best start through 17 games in the last 60 years (Started 16-1 in 1959). The 14-3 start tied for the sixth-best 17-game start in program history.
• Illinois is 16-1 when allowing six or fewer runs, the only loss coming Tuesday at Indiana State.
• Illinois is 15-0 when leading or tied after seven innings.
• Illinois hitters are reaching 43.1 percent of the time when leading off an inning (84/195).
• Illinois has a fielding percentage of .979, equal to last year's single-season program record (.979).
• Illinois started the season 6-0 and was ranked No. 25 by D1Baseball before dropping three of four games against No. 20 Coastal Carolina (0-1), Connecticut (0-1) and Northeastern (1-1) to start March. The Illini have won 10 of 12 since the 1-3 weekend at Coastal.
• Illinois center fielder Zac Taylor has missed the last nine games with an injury. He was leading the Illinois’ offense in average (.400), slugging (.760), hits (20), doubles (7), triples (1), homers (3), runs (15) and stolen bases (12) when he went down.
• Hitting streaks: Massey 7, Sarver 5
• Reached base streaks: Sarver 10, Massey 7, Van Scoy 5