February 21, 2026 Ill.-Chicago at Sam Houston

(3-3)

Line Score
Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Ill.-Chicago	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Sam Houston	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1

Box Score

Ill.-Chicago

Sam Houston

Ill.-Chicago Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
2b Colin Husko	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
dh Will Smoot	5	0	0	0	0	3	1
lf Ashton Kampa	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
c Thomas Curry	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
3b Jake Busson	4	0	2	0	0	0	2
1b Will Flanigan	1	1	0	0	2	1	0
ss Sean Cody	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
rf Alexander Wright	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
cf Lucas Smith	4	0	2	2	0	0	0
p Brandon Bak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Jakubowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Zack Millsap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	2	7	2	2	8	9

Batting

2B: Thomas Curry , Jake Busson

RBI: Lucas Smith (2)

Sac: Will Flanigan , Alexander Wright

Baserunning

CS: Lucas Smith

Sam Houston Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	LOB
cf Jeric Curtis	4	0	0	0	0	0
lf Caleb Cotton	4	1	1	0	0	1
ss Hunter Alvord	4	0	1	1	1	0
dh Nathan Fink	4	0	2	0	1	0
1b Cade Corcoran	4	0	0	0	1	0
rf Sean Bazmore	3	0	0	0	1	0
c Wes Baker	3	0	0	0	1	0
3b Blake Brown	3	0	1	0	0	2
2b Jace Martinez	3	0	1	0	0	0
p Tyler Ryden	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Anders	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zak Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Kade Neuenschwander	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	1	6	1	5	3

Batting

2B: Caleb Cotton , Hunter Alvord

RBI: Hunter Alvord

Baserunning

SB: Jace Martinez

CS: Jace Martinez

Fielding

E: Blake Brown

Ill.-Chicago Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	SO	WP	BF	AB	NP
Brandon Bak (W, 1-0)	7.0	6	1	1	5	1	26	26	96
Jacob Jakubowski	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6
Zack Millsap (Sv, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	5	1	32	32	0

Pitching

Batters faced: Brandon Bak (26) , Jacob Jakubowski (3) , Zack Millsap (3)

WP: Brandon Bak

Pitches-Strikes: Brandon Bak (96-65), Jacob Jakubowski (6-5), Zack Millsap (5-4)

Sam Houston Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	AB	NP
Tyler Ryden (L, 1-1)	4.1	6	2	2	2	4	23	18	73
Jonathan Anders	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	8	8	25
Zak Johnson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	15
Kade Neuenschwander	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	15
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	38	32	0

Pitching

Batters faced: Tyler Ryden (23) , Jonathan Anders (8) , Zak Johnson (4) , Kade Neuenschwander (3)

HBP: Tyler Ryden (2)

Pitches-Strikes: Tyler Ryden (73-47), Jonathan Anders (25-18), Zak Johnson (15-10), Kade Neuenschwander (15-10)

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Ill.-Chicago 2nd	Lucas Smith singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); Sean Cody scored; Will Flaniga scored.	2 - 0
Sam Houston 3rd	Alvord, H. doubled to right center, RBI (0-1 K); Cotton, C. scored.	2 - 1

Other Information

Location:

Huntsville, Texas

Stadium:

Don Sanders Stadium

Attendance:

743

Duration:

2:19

Umpires:

Home plate - Thomas Walkoviak , First base - Alex Perry , Third base - Bobby Entrekin

Weather: 72 deg, sunny, NNW 15-18 mph

Game: SHSU06

Play By Play

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Ill.-Chicago 2nd	Lucas Smith singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); Sean Cody scored; Will Flaniga scored.	2 - 0
Sam Houston 3rd	Alvord, H. doubled to right center, RBI (0-1 K); Cotton, C. scored.	2 - 1

All Plays

Ill.-Chicago Top of 1st Inning

Colin Husko grounded out to ss (0-2 KF). (1 out)

Will Smoot struck out looking (3-2 SFBBBK). (2 out)

Ashton Kampa singled to left field (0-0).

Thomas Curry singled to third base (2-2 KBBF); Ashton Kampa advanced to second.

Jake Busson lined out to cf (0-1 S). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 1st Inning

Curtis, J. grounded out to p (1-1 KB). (1 out)

Cotton, C. grounded out to p (2-1 BBK). (2 out)

Alvord, H. grounded out to 3b (1-1 KB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 2nd Inning

Will Flaniga walked (3-2 BFBFBFB).

Sean Cody hit by pitch (2-1 BBK); Will Flaniga advanced to second.

Alexander Wr grounded out to p, bunt, SAC (0-0); Sean Cody advanced to second; Will Flaniga advanced to third. (1 out)

Lucas Smith singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); Sean Cody scored; Will Flaniga scored.

Lucas Smith out at second c to ss, caught stealing. (2 out)

No play.

Colin Husko struck out swinging (1-2 KBSFS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 2nd Inning

Fink, N. singled up the middle (3-2 KFBBFBF).

Corcoran, C. struck out looking (2-2 BBKKK). (1 out)

Bazmore, S. struck out swinging (0-2 KSS). (2 out)

Baker, W. struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch (0-2 KKFS); Fink, N. advanced to second.

Brown, B. reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (2-0 BB); Baker, W. out at second ss to 2b. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 3rd Inning

Will Smoot struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS). (1 out)

Ashton Kampa flied out to lf (0-1 K). (2 out)

Thomas Curry doubled down the lf line, ground-rule (1-1 FB).

Jake Busson reached on a fielding error by 3b (0-1 F).

Pitch clock violation on hitter prior to first pitch of AB.

Will Flaniga walked (3-2 KBKBFBB); Jake Busson advanced to second; Thomas Curry advanced to third.

Sean Cody grounded out to p (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 1 Errors , 3 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 3rd Inning

Martinez, J. singled to left field (3-2 BBKFB).

Curtis, J. flied out to rf (0-2 FS). (1 out)

Martinez, J. out at second c to ss, caught stealing. (2 out)

Cotton, C. doubled to left center (1-0 B).

Alvord, H. doubled to right center, RBI (0-1 K); Cotton, C. scored.

Fink, N. singled to second base (0-0); Alvord, H. advanced to third, out at home 2b to p to c. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 4 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 4th Inning

Alexander Wr struck out looking, out at first c to 1b (1-2 KFBK). (1 out)

Lucas Smith singled to second base (0-0).

Colin Husko flied out to cf (0-0). (2 out)

Will Smoot grounded out to ss (2-2 FFBB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 4th Inning

Corcoran, C. flied out to cf (0-2 KF). (1 out)

Bazmore, S. grounded out to 3b (2-2 KBBS). (2 out)

Baker, W. grounded out to ss (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 5th Inning

Ashton Kampa grounded out to 2b (0-0). (1 out)

Thomas Curry hit by pitch (2-1 BFB).

Jake Busson doubled down the lf line (1-1 BS); Thomas Curry advanced to third.

Anders, J. to p for Ryden, T..

Will Flaniga struck out swinging (3-2 KBFBFBS). (2 out)

Sean Cody flied out to rf (1-1 FB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 5th Inning

Brown, B. singled to left field (2-1 BBF).

Martinez, J. reached on a fielder's choice to third base (0-0); Brown, B. out at second 3b to 2b. (1 out)

Curtis, J. flied out to cf (0-0). (2 out)

Martinez, J. stole second.

Martinez steals 2B on first pitch of AB.

Cotton, C. flied out to lf (3-2 BBFFB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 6th Inning

Alexander Wr flied out to lf (0-1 S). (1 out)

Lucas Smith lined out to cf (0-0). (2 out)

Colin Husko grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-1 KBB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 6th Inning

Alvord, H. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 KFBBS). (1 out)

Fink, N. struck out swinging (3-2 BSBKFBFFS). (2 out)

Corcoran, C. flied out to lf (1-0 B). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 7th Inning

Will Smoot grounded out to ss (0-2 SSF). (1 out)

Ashton Kampa flied out to rf (0-1 K). (2 out)

Thomas Curry flied out to rf (1-0 B). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 7th Inning

Bazmore, S. grounded out to 3b (2-1 BSB). (1 out)

Baker, W. popped up to 2b (0-2 FSF). (2 out)

Brown, B. grounded out to ss (1-2 FFB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 8th Inning

Johnson, Z. to p for Anders, J..

Jake Busson singled to left field (1-2 BKS).

Will Flaniga grounded out to p, bunt, SAC (1-0 B); Jake Busson advanced to second. (1 out)

Sean Cody struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). (2 out)

Alexander Wr struck out swinging (2-2 BFSBS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 8th Inning

Jacob Jakubo to p for Brandon Bak.

Martinez, J. grounded out to ss (0-0). (1 out)

Curtis, J. grounded out to 3b (1-1 BK). (2 out)

Cotton, C. fouled out to c (0-1 F). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Ill.-Chicago Top of 9th Inning

Neuenschwand to p for Johnson, Z..

Lucas Smith grounded out to 2b (1-2 BKFFF). (1 out)

Colin Husko flied out to rf (2-1 BBK). (2 out)

Will Smoot struck out swinging (2-2 BKFBS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Sam Houston Bottom of 9th Inning

Zack Millsap to p for Jacob Jakubo.

Alvord, H. grounded out to ss (0-1 K). (1 out)

Fink, N. lined out to 3b (1-0 B). (2 out)

Corcoran, C. grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

February 21, 2026 Ill.-Chicago at Sam Houston

Box Score

Ill.-Chicago Batters

Sam Houston Batters

Ill.-Chicago Pitchers

Sam Houston Pitchers

Scoring Summary

Other Information

Play By Play

Scoring Summary

All Plays

Ill.-Chicago Top of 1st Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 1st Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 2nd Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 2nd Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 3rd Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 3rd Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 4th Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 4th Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 5th Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 5th Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 6th Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 6th Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 7th Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 7th Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 8th Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 8th Inning

Ill.-Chicago Top of 9th Inning

Sam Houston Bottom of 9th Inning