Welcome Back Illini Baseball Fans! The twitter is back up and running 🔥 Your Illini take the first game against Northwestern (5-3) in their Home Opener Second game starting momentarily Battery 🔋: Ryan Mickenbecker (SP) CJ Ladaga (C) Stick around for more updates!

Illini and Northwestern are tied up through the first (1-1) RBI by Dylan Brown to get the Illini on the board

Illini take the lead after an RBI from Korey Mulling, scoring Elliott Seckman 2-1 through the 2nd inning

Illini pull ahead with a 5-1 lead through the 3rd inning. Dominant pitching from Mickenbecker to hold the Wildcats Stebel 2 RBIs/Double Seckman 1 RBI on sac fly

Illini still ahead with a 7-3 lead through the 4th inning (2RBI) HR Langan Jack Bodach now in to pitch in the top of the 5th

No change in score through the 5th Illini still lead 7-3!

Spencer Brent with an RBI to score Mitchell Crompton in the bottom of the 6th to increase the lead (8-3) Illini need 3 more outs to shut out the Wildcats in their first DH

Illini finish the day with 2 wins! 🏆 Game 1: (5-3) Game 2: (8-3) Tune in tomorrow to see if the Illini can pull off a sweep against the Wildcats ⚾️

Game 3 of the Wildcats series starting in 20 minutes! Battery Today 🔋: SP: Eli Schmitt C: Caleb Yoon Lineup: Chris Timmons 2B Mike Stebel 1B Carson Lee DH Caleb Yoon C Dylan Hecht RF Colby Redman SS Mike Langan 3B Trevor Procajlo LF SWEEP INCOMING 🔥 🧹

Schmitt holds the Wildcats with one strikeout. No runs from the Illini through the first (0-0)

Dominant pitching from Schmitt with 2 strikeouts in the 2nd (3 K/overall). Illini take the lead 5-0! Carson Lee (2 RBI) Grant Scheuerman (1 RBI) Chris Timmons (1 RBI) Trevor Procajlo (1 R on Error)

Illini hold the lead through the 3rd No runs (5-0) Schmitt 2Ks (5 Ks/overall)

Wildcats manage 1 run, but the Illini answer back with a 2 RBI/HR 💣 from Lee (7-1) Schmitt 2Ks (7 Ks/overall) Timmons (Lead Off Double) End of the 4th Gavin Lynch now in to pitch, looking to pick up from Schmitt’s stellar start

Lynch (1 K) holds the Wildcats with a 7-2 lead. Illini lengthen the lead 10-2 in the 5th! Stebel (2 RBIs) Scheuerman (1 RBI/1 R) Procajlo (1 R) Langan (1 R)

Nick Zoberis in to pitch for the Illini. 1 out in the top of the 6th and one Wildcat on first

Wildcats HR. Score is now 10-4 No runs from Illini at the end of the 6th

Zoberis holds the Wildcats with 2K’s in the 7th. Illini attack on runs again! (12-4) Jack Seagraves (1 RBI) Cole Ridgway (1 R) Spencer Brent (1 RBI) Procajlo (1 R)

William Gonzalez in to pitch, and he shuts the Wildcats down in the 8th. No runs from the Illini. 9th inning coming up, looking for Gonzalez to seal the deal 🤝

ILLINI SWEEP NORTHWESTERN Game 3 Final: 12-4 🎉 🧹 Illini start the season off 3-0 overall and in conference! See you next series against UW LaCrosse on Oct. 18-19th!