Behind a solid performance by starter Bryan Roberts and a relentless oflense, Illinois took the third game at Penn State today 9-2. With the win, the Illini sweeps the Nittany Lions for the weekend and are now tied for first place in the Big Ten!
STANDINGS (as of Apr 26, 2009)
Big Ten Overall
Team W L T Pct W L T Pct
Ohio State.......... 11 4 0 .733 31 10 0 .756
Illinois............ 11 4 0 .733 26 12 0 .684
Minnesota........... 10 4 0 .714 27 12 0 .692
Indiana............. 10 4 0 .714 20 21 0 .488
Michigan State...... 8 7 0 .533 17 23 0 .425
Michigan............ 6 9 0 .400 23 19 0 .548
Purdue.............. 5 9 0 .357 17 21 0 .447
Penn State.......... 5 10 0 .333 21 19 0 .525
Northwestern........ 3 10 0 .231 12 26 0 .316
Iowa................ 3 11 0 .214 14 25 0 .359
Freshman Bryan Roberts spread out five hits in seven innings to allow only two runs against PSU. He also struck out six batters. With the win, Roberts is now 4-2 for the season.
Offensively, eight starters got at least one hit today and six had a multi-hit game. Four triples were hit by Illini batters (Dom Altobelli, Brandon Wikoff, Matt Dittman, and Pete Cappetta).
Dittman has a good day at the plate today. He was 2 for 4 with a double, triple, a run and a rbi.
And let’s not ignore freshman Willie Argo. To add to his exploits earlier this weekend, he went 2 for 4 with a run. For the weekend, Argo was 8 for 13 with 6 runs, 8 rbis to go with his three homeruns, a double and a triple. Whatta weekend!
With their 11-4 record Illinois now shares the #1 spot with Ohio State (thank you Northwestern!) making the upcoming series between the two teams so critical. The Illini and Buckeyes play at Illinois Field May 8-10.
Yeah if you guys win the league,you can send Ohio State a thank you card for that game yesterday vs. NW. We were horrible to say the least. Going 2-2 in the last four games is not what the Buckeyes needed before the Michigan series this coming weekend. The pitching is getting pretty thin to say the least.
yeah and we got the Wildcats coming up.
Hope they don’t get too excited about their success :)
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