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Illini Beat Illinois State

Jason Goldstein had four RBIs and Andrew Mamlic pitched 6.0 strong innings as the Illinois baseball team beat Illinois State, 7-1, Tuesday night at Illinois Field. Illinois swept the season series against ISU, 2-0.

 

Goldstein had three hits and a double and Michael Hurwitz, Dan Rowbottom and Doran Turchin added two hits apiece.  Illinois went 6 for 14 with runners in scoring position.

 

Illinois State (8-23) hit the ball hard through five innings coming up with nine hits. The Redbirds were hitting 7-for-11 with two outs after the fifth inning, but were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. All 10 of Illinois State's hits were singles.

 

Hendren (1-7) took the loss for the Redbirds after going two innings and giving up two runs. Andrew Mamlic (2-6) earned his second win of the season with six innings of work and just one earned run.

 

Owen Miller, 3-for-4, led three Redbirds with multi-hit games. Joe Kelch and Hutchinson both collected a pair of hits in the loss.

 

The Redbirds will hit the road this weekend to Terre Haute, Indiana for their first road Missouri Valley Conference series against Indiana State.

 

Illinois hosts Saint Louis this weekend for three games Friday-Sunday at Illinois Field.

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