Orange & Blue World Series Starts Monday
September 26, 2016 | Baseball
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Illinois baseball team's Orange & Blue World Series kicks off Monday at 4 p.m. at Illinois Field. Tonight's matchup will be a "staff game" for the pitchers, with multiple players getting innings on the mound.
Below are the rosters and schedule for the three-game series.
| ORANGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Pos. | B/T | Yr. |
| 6 | Michael Massey | INF | L/R | Fr. |
| 9 | Bren Spillane | INF/OF | R/R | So. |
| 16 | Luke Shilling | RHP/1B | R/R | So. |
| 18 | Anthony Drago | 1B/OF/C | L/R | Sr. |
| 19 | Dan Rowbottom | OF | L/R | R-Jr. |
| 20 | Doran Turchin | OF | R/R | So. |
| 23 | Tyler Engel | INF | R/R | So. |
| 25 | Mark Skonieczny | C/OF | R/R | Jr. |
| 31 | Casey Dodge | C/INF | R/R | So. |
| 33 | Trent Hammond | INF | R/R | Sr. |
| 34 | Zack Jones | LHP | L/L | Fr. |
| 35 | Joey Gerber | RHP | R/R | So. |
| 43 | Sean Leland | RHP | R/R | Jr. |
| BLUE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Pos. | B/T | Yr. |
| 2 | Zack Kolakowski | INF | R/R | R-Sr. |
| 3 | Jack Yalowitz | LHP/OF | L/L | So. |
| 4 | Ben Troike | INF | R/R | Fr. |
| 7 | Ty Weber | RHP | R/R | Fr. |
| 8 | Ryan Haff | INF | R/R | R-So. |
| 12 | Cole Bellair | RHP | R/R | So. |
| 15 | David Craan | C/OF | R/R | So. |
| 17 | Matthew James | 1B/RHP | L/R | Sr. |
| 21 | Zak Devermann | LHP | L/L | So. |
| 27 | Pat McInerney | OF/1B | R/R | Sr. |
| 28 | Andrew Dyke | OF | R/R | Fr. |
| 32 | Jalin McMillan | INF | R/R | So. |
| 37 | Zac Taylor | OF | R/R | Jr. |
| 45 | Ryan Thompson | RHP | R/R | Fr. |
Pitchers Ryan Schmitt, Cyrillo Watson, Jackson Douglas, Doug Hayes, Andy Fisher and Quinten Sefcik are not scheduled to pitch, thus are not on either roster.
Orange & Blue World Series Schedule
Game 1 - Monday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m.
Game 2 - Friday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m.
Game 3 - Saturday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 a.m.
All games are free to the public. Follow @IlliniBaseball on Twitter for updates.
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