Back Half of the I-74 Series

After taking the season's first meeting, 12-8, last Tuesday at Illinois Field, Bradley Baseball will host Illinois in the series return game tonight at Dozer Park

Bradley Notes Packet

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 4/23/2019 12:23:00 PM

PEORIA, IL - Bradley Baseball will make a brief appearance at Dozer Park tonigh, hosting Illinois in the return game of the home-and-home series. The Braves slugged six home runs en route to a 12-8 road win against the Illini last Tuesday night at Illinois Field and will be playing for their third straight win against Illinois.

Illinois (25-13) at Bradley (24-12) \| Peoria, IL \| Dozer Park
Date	Time (CT)	Bradley Probable Starting Pitcher	Follow Live
Tuesday, April 23	6:00 p.m.	Brooks Gosswein, So., LHP, 4-3, 3.42	Listen \| Live Stats

I-74 SERIES RETURN GAME
•   Bradley Baseball makes a brief return to Dozer Park Tuesday night to host its Big Ten Conference I-74 rival Illinois in the back half of the home-and-home series.
•   The Braves slugged six home runs en route to a 12-8 victory against the Illini last Tuesday night at Illinois Field.
•   Bradley will be trying for its first 2-game series sweep against Illinois since taking both games of the 1983 series, 11-7 at Illinois and 7-6 at the old Meinen Field.
•   The teams have played 2-game sets in eight other seasons since 1983, splitting five times with Illinois sweeping the other three years.

SERIES HISTORY - ILLINOIS
Game 67: Illinois leads 42-23-1, 16-12 at Bradley
•   Tuesday's game will be the 67th in the all-time series between Bradley and Illinois.
•   Though the Illini own a 42-23-1 all-time lead in the series, the bulk of the 20-game advantage was built by winning 26 of the first 32 meetings (26-5-1).
•   Starting with Bradley's 2-game, home-and-home sweep in 1983, the series stands at 17-17.
•   Since the turn to the 21st century, Bradley owns a 10-5 series advantage and the Braves will be trying for their third straight win against Illinois Tuesday night.

GAME 1 RECAP
•   Bradley and Illinois started this year's home-and-home series last Tuesday night at Illinois Field, where Bradley clubbed its way to a 12-8 victory.
•   The Braves slugged six home runs last Tuesday, equaling the second-most ever against a NCAA Division I opponent (7 vs. Detroit in 1957).
•   After Illinois hit three home runs in a 4-run fourth inning to reclaim an 8-7 lead, five Bradley pitchers combined to blank the Illini on three hits the rest of the game.
•   Freshman 1B Connor O'Brien hit a game-tying home run in the seventh inning and junior LF Dan Bolt, who hit two home runs earlier in the game, delivered a ground rule RBI double in the eighth inning for the go-ahead run.

OWNING THE LAND OF LINCOLN
•   After posting a 12-3 (.800) record against teams from its home state of Illinois in 2018, Bradley is 11-0 against in-state competition this year.
•   The Braves are 54-17 (.761) against Illinois teams since the start of the 2014 season.
•   Included in that record is a 40-15 (.727) mark against eight of the nine Illinois NCAA Division I "state" schools (no games vs Eastern Illinois).
Bradley vs. the Land of Lincoln (Since 2014)
School Overall H A N
Chicago State 2-0 1-0 1-0 --
Illinois 3-1 0-1 3-0 --
Illinois State 9-7 3-3 4-2 2-2
Northern Illinois 4-0 2-0 1-0 1-0
Southern Illinois 12-5 6-2 6-3 --
SIU Edwardsville 4-1 3-0 1-1 --
UIC 0-1 0-1 -- --
Western Illinois 6-0 4-0 2-0 --
D1 State Schools 40-15 19-7 18-6 3-2

LOOKING AHEAD
•   Bradley will hit the road for its next four games, beginning with a weekend Missouri Valley Conference series at Missouri State.
•   Similar to the Bradley/Peoria Chiefs stadium share of Dozer Park, the Springfield Cardinals share Hammons Field with Missouri State and the St. Louis Double A affiliate will be hosting Frisco in a 3-game set this weekend, creating the unusual weekend start times for the college series.
•   The Braves will visit Chicago State May 1, before opening its final, 7-game home stand May 3 against Valley rival Valparaiso at Dozer Park.

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Players Mentioned

#35 Dan Bolt: OF; 6' 0"; Junior; L/R

#24 Brooks Gosswein: LHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; L/L

#41 Connor O'Brien: C/IF; 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R

Players Mentioned

#35 Dan Bolt
: 6' 0"; Junior; L/R
: OF

#24 Brooks Gosswein
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#41 Connor O'Brien
: 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R
: C/IF

Back Half of the I-74 Series

After taking the season's first meeting, 12-8, last Tuesday at Illinois Field, Bradley Baseball will host Illinois in the series return game tonight at Dozer Park

Players Mentioned

#35 Dan Bolt

#24 Brooks Gosswein

#41 Connor O'Brien

Players Mentioned

#35 Dan Bolt

#24 Brooks Gosswein

#41 Connor O'Brien