The Illinois State baseball team lost on the road Tuesday afternoon in Chicago to the UIC Flames, 6-1. 

The Redbirds scored in the top of the first inning, but the Flames scored six unanswered runs in the contest. 

Joe Butler drove home Derek Parola on a single to right field to go up 1-0 on the Flames. Butler and Joe Aeilts each finished 2-for-4. 

Brett Wicklund took the loss for the Redbirds firing four innings and allowed six runs, five earned, on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts. 

The loss dropped the Redbirds to 21-15 on the season.

Illinois State will host Sacramento State this evening.