BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Illinois State is set to travel to Bloomington, Indiana, for a Wednesday contest at Indiana from Bert Kaufman Field.
The game will be broadcasted on B1G+, which requires a paid subscription for viewing.
GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. CT at Indiana |Â WATCHÂ Â |Â LIVE STATS
ABOUT THE INDIANA HOOSIERS
Indiana enters Wednesday with a 9-6 record, including 3-3 at home in 2024 with wins over Miami (OH), Northern Kentucky, and Troy. The Hoosiers will be returning home to Bloomington after a Tuesday evening contest with #9 Vanderbilt.
The Hoosiers were 43-20 (16-8 Big Ten) in 2023, including a 26-4 home record, ultimately falling in the Lexington Regional to Kentucky.
In the last meeting between the Hoosiers and Redbirds (May 2022), Illinois State dropped a 12-7 result at Bart Kaufman Field as the Hoosiers scored seven runs in the eighth, including a grand slam, to claim the win over ILS.
TOP-100 'BIRDS
As of March 11, Illinois State currently ranks in the top-50 for NCAA DI Baseball in the following team categories: fielding percentage (.979 – 33rd), sacrifice flies (10 – 28th) and shutouts (1 – 40th).
As of March 4, the Redbirds currently sit in the top-50 for NCAA DI Baseball in the following individual categories: complete games – Tyrelle Chadwick (1 – 3rd), and ERA – Joe Husak (1.04 – 21st).
SERIES SWEEP AT ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF
Illinois State took its first series sweep since 2022 (at Western Carolina), beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a three-game series March 1-3.
Sophomore Tyrelle Chadwick had a career outing in the series clinching victory in game two, throwing a complete game and striking out a career high 12 Golden Lions. Chadwick, who only allowed one hit and no walks over nine scoreless innings, recorded the first nine-inning one hitter for Illinois State since April 2013.
His 12-strikeout shutout performance is also the first nine-inning complete game for the Redbirds since May 2021 as well as the first nine-inning complete game shutout since 2019.
The performance gained the Kamloops, B.C., native, the title of MVC Pitcher of the Week as well as garnered the attention of D1Baseball as the national organization named Chadwick the best pitcher from week 3 with with a game score of 97. Chadwick was also named the Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week.
DANNY DINGERS (and more)
Sophomore Daniel Pacella reached base at a blistering .625 clip against Little Rock (Feb. 23-25) while going 5-for-11 with a double, a homerun, 4 RBIs, and 5 runs scored. Pacella also walked four times, becoming the first ISU batter with four+ walks in a game since Jordan Libman had four versus Arkansas State in March 2021.
EARLY OFFENSE
With the 18-12 win over St. Thomas to begin the 2024 season, Illinois State has scored 15+ runs on 10 separate occasions since 2019 (four times in 2023, twice in 2022, and three times in 2019).
STRONG START TO 2024
In the season opener versus St. Thomas, Illinois State totaled 18 runs and 20 hits. The 20 hits are the most in a game for the Redbirds since March 2019 when ILS finished with 22 hits at SIUE.
Meanwhile, the 18 runs are the most runs scored in a season opener for ILS since a 27-run outburst at Belmont to start the 2019 season as well.
With the win, Illinois State has won four straight season openers (at Austin Peay, win 13-2 in 2023; at #2 Arkansas, win 3-2 in 2022; at SIUE, win 6-1 in 2021) and 9 of the last 12.
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