Image courtesy of goredbirds.com Normal IL. – The Redbird baseball team played their second home game today against the University of Illinois Chicago Flames. After a 1-3 weekend against the Purdue Boilermakers, taking the first game at home, the Birds’ looked to stay undefeated at Duffy Bass Field. Today’s matchup was moved from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. to avoid inclement weather. Illinois State remained locked in for the one-game […]
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.- 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 […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Somewhere way south of the snowy plains of Normal, there is sun and grass waiting to play ball. The Arkansas Razorbacks have longed for it, coming off a 2021 SEC Championship and NCAA Super Regional exit. They’ll have another chance starting in just over a week, but their visiting opponent should not be looked past. Do not let the snow and cold fool you- Head Coach Steve […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Redbird baseball team reloaded their roster this signing day with nine new recruits. The Birds currently have four outgoing seniors on their roster, and with the addition of nine new recruits, it will bolster the team depth greatly for the 2022 season. “We are extremely excited with this class. It is very balanced with speed, power, defense, velocity, breaking stuff, and strikes," Head […]
Image courtesy of illinoisstate.edu NORMAL, Ill.- When life threw us all a curveball in March 2020, Trey Krause was already behind the count. While the world dealt with the anxiety that came with the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Redbirds’ pitcher Trey Krause was already well underway with his own brave fight that was about to get a lot tougher in isolation. Only a month earlier, Krause had been diagnosed with Ewing’s […]
NORMAL, Ill- The Illinois State baseball team has concluded a productive fall season as they look to improve on their 23-34 record in the 2021 spring season. Coach Steve Holm has high expectations coming into his fourth season with the Birds’. Coach Holm made the improvements on the infield defense as that was one of their weaknesses in the past seasons. “The infield defense, in particular, was significantly better than it had […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- Great pitching and a huge run in the bottom of the sixth inning helped propel the way for Illinois State baseball on Friday, as the Redbirds (19-29, 9-12 MVC) defeated Missouri State (16-20, 6-11 MVC) to take the weekend series opener against the Bears. Redshirt senior Colton Johnson tossed six and a half innings allowing only one run, five strikeouts, five hits, and finished the […]
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 […]
