Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State University baseball team escaped the cold of Normal after the cancellation of the Eastern Illinois series along with the second of two games against the University of Minnesota, where ISU dropped the first 10-3. The Birds looked to enjoy the Nashville weather in a three-game set against their First MVC opponent, Belmont University. The story of game one was […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball NORMAL, Ill. - After dropping an extra inning thriller to Arkansas in the middle of the week, the Illinois State baseball team headed to Central Arkansas to take on the Bears. ISU came into this series with a record of 4-4 on the year without losing a weekend series yet. The Redbirds ended up dropping 2 of 3 during the series and dropped their […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball NORMAL, Ill - After dropping a tough extra inning loss to SIUE on Tuesday, the Illinois State Redbird baseball team headed too Arkansas to play Arkansas State for a three game weekend series. The Redbirds ended up winning two of three in Arkansas to make their record 4-3 on the season. The series was highlighted with high powered offensive performances as well as a […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State baseball team traveled to Clarksville, Tennessee this weekend to play the Austin Peay Governors in their season opener. The Redbirds battled all weekend long and managed to take two of their first three to open up the season. The series was highlighted by strong performances from some new Redbirds, as well as some returning players. Game One: The […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball on Twitter NORMAL, Ill. - On Tuesday afternoon, the Illinois State Baseball team revealed a whole new look to their set of jerseys for the upcoming season. The Redbird baseball team took to social media to showcase their all new cream colored jerseys to go along with their retro ISU baseball caps. The video featured senior pitcher Derek Salata and junior infielder showcasing the […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com. NORMAL, Ill.- The Valparaiso Beacons offense came alive to take game two of the series against Illinois State 10-2. After a cold start in game one, the top of the lineup caught fire for the Beacons. Kyle Schmack hit his first of two home runs in the fourth inning to start the scoring. The game was moving along quickly before the sixth inning where the […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL - In his first start on the season, Redbird pitcher Jared Hart threw 6 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit on 66 pitches. Hart is mostly used as a setup man out of the bullpen, but head coach Steve Holm gave him the nod to start Friday night. Hart's command was never in doubt, as he gave up just that one hit that came in […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com JONESBORO, Ar. -N0 home games? No problem. After outscoring the Western Carolina Catamounts 28-15 in a three-game sweep last weekend, the Illinois State Redbirds baseball team (4-2) will visit Arkansas State (2-4) starting on Friday. The first Redbird series sweep since 2019 was made possible by a flock of Redbirds who were hot at the plate, including Jake McCaw. McCaw had a home run in all […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Hot bats and steady pitching led the way for Illinois State baseball over the weekend, as the Redbirds (7-14 overall) scored 22 total runs in three games en route to winning two out of three contests against Arkansas State (5-14 overall) in their non-conference series. Illinois State opened the series Friday by snapping a six-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the […]
