CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Illinois State baseball team topped Illinois, 12-9, at Illinois Field on Tuesday.
Illinois State (10-13 overall) fell behind, 3-0, after the 1st inning but got three-run homers from third-year junior Auggie Rasmussen and fourth-year junior Adrian Flores.
Third-year junior Elijah Dale threw two scoreless innings to record the save while freshman Tyrelle Chadwick fired three innings to earn the win after being forced to warm up on the game mound.
Freshman Luke Lawrence hit his first career home run while second-year sophomore Noah Rabin had four hits as every Redbird in the starting lineup had at least one hit and either scored or knocked in a run.