Redbird Baseball
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Image courtesy of Illinois State Baseball on Twitter NORMAL, Ill. – Every year at the end of fall practices, the Redbird baseball team hosts a Fall World Series. The Fall World Series consists of players within the program facing off against each other on two different teams. The series is played to five games. This […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State Redbirds baseball’s Head Coach, Steve Holm, recently awarded four Redbird baseball players endowed scholarships heading into the 2023 campaign. The winners of this years scholarships were Luke Cheng, Greg Nichols, Cameron Mabee and Jordan Lussier. The scholarships are donated by different families and named […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- With the 71st pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, the Tampa Bay Rays select Ryan Cermak. Cermak has become the highest Major League Baseball Draft pick out of Illinois State University since Neal Cotts in 2001. The Redbird outfielder is coming off one of the best individual seasons in […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL – In his first start on the season, Redbird pitcher Jared Hart threw 6 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit on 66 pitches. Hart is mostly used as a setup man out of the bullpen, but head coach Steve Holm gave him the nod to start Friday night. Hart’s command […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbird baseball team reloaded their roster this signing day with nine new recruits. The Birds currently have four outgoing seniors on their roster, and with the addition of nine new recruits, it will bolster the team depth greatly for the 2022 season. “We are extremely excited with this […]
Photo courtesy of Nickolas Parra NORMAL, Ill. – Wind, rain, and seasonally low temperatures were felt at Duffy Bass Field Saturday. But the Redbirds and Bears played on, and ISU claimed victory in both games of the day. The first game was scheduled to be a seven-inning contest. Seven innings weren’t enough to determine the […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- Clutch hitting and elite defense led the way for Illinois State baseball on Sunday, as the Redbirds (16-22, 7-5 MVC) defeated Evansville (20-18, 5-10 MVC) 3-1 to capture a game and series win against their conference foe. Third-year freshman Sean Sinisko tossed seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts, five […]
This photo is courtesy of goredbirds.com. NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State baseball team dropped both games Friday against Indiana State. The Redbirds fell 4-2 and 6-1 in the first two games of their four game weekend series against Indiana State. Illinois State had a great outing from pitcher Colton Johnson in game one. Johnson threw […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Hot bats and steady pitching led the way for Illinois State baseball over the weekend, as the Redbirds (7-14 overall) scored 22 total runs in three games en route to winning two out of three contests against Arkansas State (5-14 overall) in their non-conference series. Illinois State opened […]
Photo Courtesy Redbird Athletics Story by Andrew Evola NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State baseball team announced their non-conference and conference schedule Wednesday afternoon via Twitter. The Redbirds will have a challenging non-conference schedule. They will travel to Nashville to take on the Belmont Bruins to start the season on February 19th, the Bruins enter […]