Now, that Illinois win was just a little TOO interesting.
With a 15-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Northwestern Wildcats rallied for nine runs to make it close. Fortunately, Will Strack came in and shut the door on the ‘Cats, pitching a perfect ninth. The final score was 15-12 Illinois.
Cappetta: Career game
A win is a win and Illinois certainly got some good offensive stats out of this game. Pete Cappetta had quite a game. He had career highs in hits and rbis. He went 4 for 6 with two doubles and a homer good for 4 rbis. Dom Altobelli, Josh Parr, Joe Bonadonna (who my daughter I found out today still roots for because she likes the sound of his name), and Aaron Johnson all contributed three hits to the effort. Altobelli also had a homerun with three runs and three rbis. Finally, Matt Dittman hit a solo homer.
Ben Reeser did ok considering he hasn’t pitched for so long. He allowed six hits and one walk in four innings but that only added up to two earned runs for him. I honestly don’t know if he was taken out after four innings because Illinois management wanted to take it easy on him on his first outing back or if there more to it. We’ll see.
That’s two down and one to go. Northwestern and Illinois play at 1:00pm Sunday.
As for Ohio State, wellll… Alex Wimmers set the tone for the afternoon as he no-hit Michigan. Yes, say those words again, “no-hit Michigan”.
The Buckeyes won the secxond game 9-6. We are again tied for first.
Go Illini!
and arggh I hate saying it but Go Michigan.
GO MICHIGAN!