Image courtesy of Illinois State Baseball on Twitter NORMAL, Ill. - Every year at the end of fall practices, the Redbird baseball team hosts a Fall World Series. The Fall World Series consists of players within the program facing off against each other on two different teams. The series is played to five games. This year the teams were drafted by two Redbird baseball coaches and two players; one player […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State dropped the series finale against Valparaiso in a 2-1 final as both teams struggled to muster any offense on a cold Easter Sunday.Similar to yesterday, the Redbird offense struggled to find any offense against the starter for the Beacons. This meant Normal native Griffin McCluskey earned a dominant win, pitching six innings of one-run baseball.On the mound to start for the Redbirds was Jordan Lussier, […]
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 Illinois State Athletics Fayetteville, Ark.- The Illinois State University Baseball team traveled to Fayetteville Arkansas to open their season against the number two ranked Razorbacks. Finishing at 1-3 for the weekend gives head coach Steve Holm and his squad high hopes for the rest of the 2022 campaign. The Redbirds began with a thrilling 3-2 win over the Razorbacks on Friday, Feb. 18. Arkansas Loses their home […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State athletics FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- 1-0 to start the season is good, but 1-0 to start the season against the second-best team in the country is great. The Illinois State Redbirds baseball team led off their season with a bang Friday afternoon, going to Fayetteville and taking down the #2 Arkansas by a score of 3-2. Illinois State is the first team to defeat the Razorbacks in their […]
Photo courtesy of Nickolas Parra NORMAL, Ill. - Wind, rain, and seasonally low temperatures were felt at Duffy Bass Field Saturday. But the Redbirds and Bears played on, and ISU claimed victory in both games of the day. The first game was scheduled to be a seven-inning contest. Seven innings weren't enough to determine the victor however, so the game went into extra innings. Tied at 3-3 in the top […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Saturday the Illinois State baseball team (15-22, 6-5 MVC) swept Evansville (20-17, 5-9 MVC) in both games of a doubleheader, only a day after falling 12-0 in Friday’s series opener. They took a rainy first game 6-3, behind a home run and two RBIs from Ryan Cermak and a six inning, five-strikeout, two-run winning outing from pitcher Jordan Lussier. Jake McCaw also had two hits and an RBI of his own, and pitcher Derek […]
