Cardinals baseball, ISU vs. Purdue on WJBC

Posted on April 28, 2015

Illinois State baseball plays at Purdue on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)

By WJBC Staff

The St. Louis Cardinals and Phillies play the second of their four-game series tonight at Busch Stadium. Michael Wacha takes his 3-and-0 record to the mound for St. Louis, while rookie Severino Gonzalez will make his major league debut for Philadelphia.

WJBC 1230 AM will have the play-by-play at 7:05 p.m. Tim Lewis will host Sportstalk before the game at 6 p.m. Listen live here on WJBC.com.

The Illinois State baseball team will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana, for a mid-week, non-conference game at Purdue Tuesday. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m. at Alexander Field.

Illinois State (21-20) enters Tuesday’s game after winning its first game over a ranked opponent in over eight years following Saturday’s 4-1 victory over No. 15 Missouri State at Duffy Bass Field. Illinois State posted a 3-2 record over a five-game homestand last week, thanks to mid-week victories over Illinois Wesleyan and Webster.

“Purdue is a lot like us this year in that they have played a lot of good teams – several highly ranked teams – but have come up a run or two short,” said Illinois State head coach Bo Durkac. “The Boilermakers and the Redbirds have had some really exciting games over the past few years, and I expect Tuesday’s game to be another good one.”

The Redbirds will turn to left-handed junior Craig Larkin to start Tuesday’s game. Larkin owns a 1-0 record and an 18.00 ERA in six relief appearances. He is coming off one of his best appearances of the season, striking out the side in an inning of work against Webster on April 22.

Purdue (13-31) will counter with junior right-hander Shane Bryant, who is 2-3 with a 4.93 ERA in 13 appearances this season, including six starts.

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