April 28, 2026 Illinois St. at Iowa

(27-17, 9-9 MVC)
13
(26-17, 10-11 Big Ten)
6
Line Score
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Illinois St. 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 2 1 13 14 0
Iowa 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 8 1

Box Score

Illinois St.
Iowa

Illinois St. Batters

Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
6 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 1 3 2 1 0 1
4 1 1 1 1 0 4
1 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 1 2 1 0 1 3
3 3 1 0 2 0 0
4 3 2 1 1 1 0
4 2 1 4 1 1 0
3 1 1 1 1 1 0
4 1 3 3 0 0 1
Totals 39 13 14 13 7 10 9
Batting
2B: Brayden Bakes (2) , Louis Bussard , Eric Machej , Payton McHarg (2)
RBI: Brayden Bakes (2) , Michael Carrano , Luke Stulga , Camden Karczewski , Louis Bussard (4) , Eric Machej , Payton McHarg (3)
Sac: Eric Machej
GIDP: Josh Outlaw
Baserunning
SB: Josh Outlaw

Iowa Batters

Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
ss Kooper Schulte
2 2 0 1 3 0 1
2b Gable Mitchell
5 0 2 0 0 1 3
cf Miles Risley
5 1 1 0 0 2 2
1b Caleb Wulf
5 0 0 1 0 1 3
dh Max Burt
3 1 2 2 2 1 0
rf Kellen Strohmeyer
4 0 0 0 0 1 3
lf Jaylen Ziegler
1 0 0 0 0 1 1
c Matthew Delgado
3 1 2 0 0 1 0
PH Mitch Wood
1 0 0 0 0 1 0
lf Joey Nerat
2 0 0 0 1 0 0
rf Brett White
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3b Ben Swails
2 1 1 1 2 1 0
PH Jaixen Frost
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 5 9 10 13
Batting
2B: Matthew Delgado
RBI: Kooper Schulte , Caleb Wulf , Max Burt (2) , Ben Swails
Baserunning
CS: Joey Nerat
Fielding
E: Ben Swails
DP: Kooper Schulte , Gable Mitchell , Caleb Wulf

Illinois St. Pitchers

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR WP BF AB NP
Brayden Zilis 2.0 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 12 8 50
Joey Wilmoth 1.2 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 9 7 36
Nolan Girard 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 3 25
Trenton Roehler (W, 3-3) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 23
Jacob Culp 2.0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 9 8 36
Jackson Natanek 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 18
Totals 9.0 8 6 6 9 10 0 1 46 34 188
Pitching
Batters faced: Brayden Zilis (12) , Joey Wilmoth (9) , Nolan Girard (6) , Trenton Roehler (6) , Jacob Culp (9) , Jackson Natanek (4)
WP: Brayden Zilis
HBP: Joey Wilmoth , Nolan Girard (2)
Pitches-Strikes: Brayden Zilis (50-24), Joey Wilmoth (36-22), Nolan Girard (25-14), Trenton Roehler (23-14), Jacob Culp (36-21), Jackson Natanek (18-10)

Iowa Pitchers

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR WP BF AB NP
Cole Moore 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14
Brady Ferguson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 9
Carter Wilcox 0.2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 6 3 28
Ganon Archer 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Nick Terhaar 0.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 18
Brolan Frost 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 7 28
Nick Heitman 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 15
Kyle Alivo 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6
Beau Leisure (L, 1-2) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 7
Tyler Guerin 0.1 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 4 10
Justin Hackett 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 13
Ty Mikkelsen 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 4 22
Tate Slagle 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Joe Husak 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 11
Totals 9.0 14 13 11 7 10 0 1 49 39 186
Pitching
Batters faced: Cole Moore (3) , Brady Ferguson (3) , Carter Wilcox (6) , Ganon Archer , Nick Terhaar (2) , Brolan Frost (9) , Nick Heitman (3) , Kyle Alivo (2) , Beau Leisure (3) , Tyler Guerin (4) , Justin Hackett (3) , Ty Mikkelsen (5) , Tate Slagle , Joe Husak (4)
WP: Nick Heitman
HBP: Brady Ferguson , Brolan Frost
Pitches-Strikes: Cole Moore (14-8), Brady Ferguson (9-5), Carter Wilcox (28-13), Ganon Archer (2-2), Nick Terhaar (18-10), Brolan Frost (28-18), Nick Heitman (15-6), Kyle Alivo (6-5), Beau Leisure (7-5), Tyler Guerin (10-8), Justin Hackett (13-7), Ty Mikkelsen (22-11), Tate Slagle (3-2), Joe Husak (11-10)

Scoring Summary

Innings Play V - H
1st Wulf,Caleb grounded out to first base, unassisted, RBI (1-0 B); Schulte,Kooper scored; Mitchell,Gable advanced to second base. 0 - 1
2nd Mitchell,Gable advanced to second base on a wild pitch; Schulte,Kooper advanced to third base on a wild pitch; Swails,Ben scored on a wild pitch. 0 - 2
3rd CarranoJr,Michael walked, RBI (3-2 BFFBBB); Bussard,Louis scored; McHarg,Payton advanced to third base; Bakes,Brayden advanced to second base. 1 - 2
4th Bussard,Louis reached on a fielding error fielding by 3b by Swails,Ben (E5), RBI (3-2 KBBFB); Outlaw,Josh scored from second base, unearned; Karczewski,Camden advanced to second base. 3 - 2
4th Bakes,Brayden singled to third base, RBI (0-0); Karczewski,Camden scored, unearned; Bussard,Louis advanced to third base; McHarg,Payton advanced to second base. 5 - 2
4th Schulte,Kooper hit by pitch, RBI (1-1 BFB); Delgado,Matthew scored; Nerat,Joey advanced to third base; Swails,Ben advanced to second base. 5 - 3
5th Swails,Ben walked, RBI (3-1 BBBKB); Burt,Max scored; Delgado,Matthew advanced to third base; Nerat,Joey advanced to second base. 5 - 4
6th McHarg,Payton singled to left field, RBI (3-1 BBFB); Machej,Eric scored from second base; McHarg,Payton advanced to second base on the throw. 6 - 4
7th Karczewski,Camden singled through the right side of the infield, RBI (1-1 BF); CarranoJr,Michael scored; Stulga,Luke advanced to third base; Outlaw,Josh advanced to second base. 8 - 4
7th Bussard,Louis doubled to right center, 2RBI (1-0 B); Stulga,Luke scored; Outlaw,Josh scored from second base; Karczewski,Camden advanced from first base to third base. 11 - 4
7th McHarg,Payton doubled down the left field line, 2RBI (0-1 S); Karczewski,Camden scored; Bussard,Louis scored from second base. 13 - 4
7th Bakes,Brayden doubled to right field, RBI (3-1 BBKB); McHarg,Payton scored from second base. 15 - 4
8th Bussard,Louis grounded out to second base, 2b to 1b, RBI (3-1 BFBB); Outlaw,Josh scored; Karczewski,Camden advanced to second base. 16 - 4
8th Machej,Eric doubled to right center, RBI (1-0 B); Karczewski,Camden scored from second base. 17 - 4
8th Burt,Max singled up the middle, 2RBI (3-2 BKBFBF); Schulte,Kooper scored; Risley,Miles scored from second base. 17 - 6
9th Stulga,Luke singled to shallow right field, RBI (0-0); Bakes,Brayden scored from second base; Stulga,Luke out at second base, rf to ss, runner out trying to reach. 18 - 6

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Scoring Summary

Innings Play V - H
1st Wulf,Caleb grounded out to first base, unassisted, RBI (1-0 B); Schulte,Kooper scored; Mitchell,Gable advanced to second base. 0 - 1
2nd Mitchell,Gable advanced to second base on a wild pitch; Schulte,Kooper advanced to third base on a wild pitch; Swails,Ben scored on a wild pitch. 0 - 2
3rd CarranoJr,Michael walked, RBI (3-2 BFFBBB); Bussard,Louis scored; McHarg,Payton advanced to third base; Bakes,Brayden advanced to second base. 1 - 2
4th Bussard,Louis reached on a fielding error fielding by 3b by Swails,Ben (E5), RBI (3-2 KBBFB); Outlaw,Josh scored from second base, unearned; Karczewski,Camden advanced to second base. 3 - 2
4th Bakes,Brayden singled to third base, RBI (0-0); Karczewski,Camden scored, unearned; Bussard,Louis advanced to third base; McHarg,Payton advanced to second base. 5 - 2
4th Schulte,Kooper hit by pitch, RBI (1-1 BFB); Delgado,Matthew scored; Nerat,Joey advanced to third base; Swails,Ben advanced to second base. 5 - 3
5th Swails,Ben walked, RBI (3-1 BBBKB); Burt,Max scored; Delgado,Matthew advanced to third base; Nerat,Joey advanced to second base. 5 - 4
6th McHarg,Payton singled to left field, RBI (3-1 BBFB); Machej,Eric scored from second base; McHarg,Payton advanced to second base on the throw. 6 - 4
7th Karczewski,Camden singled through the right side of the infield, RBI (1-1 BF); CarranoJr,Michael scored; Stulga,Luke advanced to third base; Outlaw,Josh advanced to second base. 8 - 4
7th Bussard,Louis doubled to right center, 2RBI (1-0 B); Stulga,Luke scored; Outlaw,Josh scored from second base; Karczewski,Camden advanced from first base to third base. 11 - 4
7th McHarg,Payton doubled down the left field line, 2RBI (0-1 S); Karczewski,Camden scored; Bussard,Louis scored from second base. 13 - 4
7th Bakes,Brayden doubled to right field, RBI (3-1 BBKB); McHarg,Payton scored from second base. 15 - 4
8th Bussard,Louis grounded out to second base, 2b to 1b, RBI (3-1 BFBB); Outlaw,Josh scored; Karczewski,Camden advanced to second base. 16 - 4
8th Machej,Eric doubled to right center, RBI (1-0 B); Karczewski,Camden scored from second base. 17 - 4
8th Burt,Max singled up the middle, 2RBI (3-2 BKBFBF); Schulte,Kooper scored; Risley,Miles scored from second base. 17 - 6
9th Stulga,Luke singled to shallow right field, RBI (0-0); Bakes,Brayden scored from second base; Stulga,Luke out at second base, rf to ss, runner out trying to reach. 18 - 6

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