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Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Illinois gets past Jackrabbits, 5-2
2/18/2018 2:28:00 PM | Baseball
ST. LOUIS – Ben Troike provided the early offense and Andy Fisher pitched four scoreless innings to help lead Illinois to a 5-2 victory over South Dakota State in college baseball action Sunday at the Billiken Sports Center.
Illinois was playing its season opener while the Jackrabbits fell to 0-3 in concluding its opening weekend.
After Zac Taylor was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs in the second inning, Troike lined a Korey Kuhlmann pitch to right field for a long single that cleared the bases to give the Fighting Illini an early 3-0 lead.
SDSU drew to within 3-2 in the fourth inning with a clutch two-out hit of its own. Skyler Wenninger reached on an infield single and Newt Johnson walked to set up Landon Badger, who doubled down the left-field line to score both runners.
The Jackrabbits threatened again in the fifth, knocking out Illinois starter Ty Weber. However, Sean Leland came on to record the final out of the frame and then gave way to Fisher, who allowed only one hit and one walk to go along with four strikeouts en route to the save.
Illinois added single runs against the SDSU bullpen on a solo home run by Doran Turchin to lead off the sixth inning and a squeeze bunt in the ninth.
Troike led Illinois' seven-hit attack by going 2-for-4. Tony Kjolsing was 2-for-3 with a walk as SDSU finished with six hits.
Kuhlmann struck out four and did not walk a batter in his Jackrabbit debut, which lasted 5 1/3 innings. Brett Mogen added 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out two.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to travel to Nacogdoches, Texas, for four games hosted by Stephen F. Austin Friday through Sunday (Feb. 25). SDSU opens play with two games Friday, facing Bradley at 11 a.m. and Southern Mississippi at 3 p.m.
NOTES
* Illinois leads the all-time series, 3-0
* The two programs had not played each other since 1975
* Kjolsing was the only Jackrabbit to hit safely in all three games of the opening weekend, going 4-for-9 (.444 average) with a home run
* Kjolsing has now reached base safely in 17 consecutive games dating back to last season
* Badger hit .400 (4-for-10) during the weekend
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Illinois was playing its season opener while the Jackrabbits fell to 0-3 in concluding its opening weekend.
After Zac Taylor was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs in the second inning, Troike lined a Korey Kuhlmann pitch to right field for a long single that cleared the bases to give the Fighting Illini an early 3-0 lead.
SDSU drew to within 3-2 in the fourth inning with a clutch two-out hit of its own. Skyler Wenninger reached on an infield single and Newt Johnson walked to set up Landon Badger, who doubled down the left-field line to score both runners.
The Jackrabbits threatened again in the fifth, knocking out Illinois starter Ty Weber. However, Sean Leland came on to record the final out of the frame and then gave way to Fisher, who allowed only one hit and one walk to go along with four strikeouts en route to the save.
Illinois added single runs against the SDSU bullpen on a solo home run by Doran Turchin to lead off the sixth inning and a squeeze bunt in the ninth.
Troike led Illinois' seven-hit attack by going 2-for-4. Tony Kjolsing was 2-for-3 with a walk as SDSU finished with six hits.
Kuhlmann struck out four and did not walk a batter in his Jackrabbit debut, which lasted 5 1/3 innings. Brett Mogen added 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out two.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to travel to Nacogdoches, Texas, for four games hosted by Stephen F. Austin Friday through Sunday (Feb. 25). SDSU opens play with two games Friday, facing Bradley at 11 a.m. and Southern Mississippi at 3 p.m.
NOTES
* Illinois leads the all-time series, 3-0
* The two programs had not played each other since 1975
* Kjolsing was the only Jackrabbit to hit safely in all three games of the opening weekend, going 4-for-9 (.444 average) with a home run
* Kjolsing has now reached base safely in 17 consecutive games dating back to last season
* Badger hit .400 (4-for-10) during the weekend
-GoJacks.com-
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Leland, Sean (1-0)
L: Kuhlmann, Korey (0-1)
S: Fisher, Andy (1)
Batting:
HR: Turchin, Doran 1
RBI: Troike, Ben 3 ; Turchin, Doran 1 ; Haff, Ryan 1
SH: Haff, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor, Zac 1 ; Turchin, Doran 1 ; Spillane, Bren 1 ; Korte, Jeff 1 ; Haff, Ryan 1
SB: Troike, Ben 1 ; Spillane, Bren 2
HBP: Taylor, Zac 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, Nick 1 ; Badger, Landon 1
RBI: Badger, Landon 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Wenninger, Skyler 1 ; Johnson, Newt 1
CS: Kjolsing, Tony 1
PO: Schneider, Anthony 1
Game Leaders
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