| Probable Starting Pitchers |
| Day |
Illinois |
Minnesota |
| Fri., 4 p.m. |
RHP Cody Sedlock (4-1, 2.94) |
RHP Matt Fiedler (6-2, 3.60) |
| Fri., 8 p.m. |
LHP Doug Hayes (5-3, 3.36) |
LHP Dalton Sawyer (5-4, 3.47) |
| Game 3 |
RHP Cole Bellair (2-2, 2.79) |
RHP Toby Anderson (5-0, 3.74) |
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois and Minnesota will play a doubleheader Friday with games scheduled for 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. CT due to forecasted rain the rest of the weekend. The third game of the series is to be determined depending on the weather on Saturday and Sunday.
Friday's 8 p.m. game will still be televised by Big Ten Network. The 4 p.m. game will be available to watch for free on Fighting Illini.com. Dave Loane will have the radio call for all three games on the Fighting Illini Sports Network and WDWS AM-1400.
Illinois (20-17, 6-6 Big Ten) and Minnesota are two of the hottest teams in the Big Ten. The Fighting Illini have won eight of their last 10, while Minnesota sits atop the conference standings at 9-2.
The Fighting Illini got a big series win over Ohio State last weekend to move to eighth place of the Big Ten. National Pitcher of the Week Cody Sedlock fired 10.2 innings of shutout baseball in a 15-inning win Friday and Jack Yalowitz' three-RBI double in the seventh inning Sunday secured the series win.
Minnesota (25-12, 9-2 Big Ten) has won each of their Big Ten series, taking two of three from Iowa and Maryland and sweeping Michigan (2 games) and Northwestern (3 games). The Gophers are led by two-way player Matt Fiedler, who is hitting .395 with three homers and 24 RBIs, while owning a 6-2 record on the mound with a 3.60 ERA.
Follow @IlliniBaseball on Twitter for updates to the weekend schedule.
SERIES HISTORY
• Record: 99-106-1
• Last: L, 3-1(5/24/2013 at Minnesota)
• First: W, 8-3 (6/5/1900 at Illinois)
• Illinois has won four of the last 10 vs. Minnesota
• Illini are 45-44-1 vs. Minnesota in Champaign
NOW TRENDING - #ILLINI
MICHAEL HURWITZ
• Hurwitz is batting .446 (25-56) with 12 runs and six RBIs during his current 13-game hitting streak.
CODY SEDLOCK - @CodySedlock
• Sedlock earned Illinois' first ever National Pitcher of the Week honor after striking out 14 Ohio State batters in 14.0 innings last Friday.
JASON GOLDSTEIN
• Goldstein was named one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, the highest honor for a student-athlete in Division I baseball.
NOTES
• The Illini are 16-1 when leading after five innings, but 2-9 in one-run games.
• Illinois ranks 22nd in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.68) and walks per nine innings (2.89)
• Nearly half (48%) of the Illini's hits have been by players that had not started a game before this year.
• Illinois is 10-5 in April after starting the month with a 10-12 overall record.
UP NEXT
Illinois travels to Sauget, Illinois, Tuesday to face Misouri in a neutral site contest at GCS Ballpark before hosting Southern Illinois on Wednesday. The Fighting Illini head to Maryland for three games next weekend.
