At Lubrano Park, Illinois lost a tight game 3-1 against Penn State. Illini starter John Anderson and Penn State’s starter both pitched complete games giving their respective bullpens some rest.
The Illini coaches may be working with pitchers and catchers a bit extra this next week. All three Nit runs came on wild pitches or passed balls. But give credit to Anderson. He pitched a great game nonetheless. In eight innings, he allowed just five hits and one walk. Penn State needed those miscues to score those three runs.
Take a look at the box score and you’ll notice something you won’t see very often.
Triple plays – Penn State 1
It happened in the Illinois second inning and it went down something like this:
Dittman, M. singled through the right side (1-1 KB). Hohl, B. doubled to right center (1-0 B); Dittman, M. advanced to third. Hendrickson hit into triple play 1b to ss to 3b (1-2 BKS); Hohl, B. out on the play; Dittman, M. out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Justin Parr (right) got two hits Saturday including a double. Justin, who started out the season a little slow is picking it up in the last two weeks. He also scored the lone Illini run.
Next Up
Sunday is the last game against the Nittany Lions. Gametime is 12:05pm.