Redbird baseball to host Illinois

Posted on March 22, 2016
Joe Kelch
Joe Kelch and the Illinois State Redbirds play Illinois at Duffy Bass Field on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)

By WJBC Staff

The Illinois State baseball team hosts in-state foe Illinois Tuesday at Duffy Bass Field in the first game of a home-and-away series with the Illini this season.

First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Admission to all Illinois State games at Duffy Bass Field is free and fans are encouraged to wear red Tuesday for a “red out.”

Illinois State (7-12) will look to end its season-long four-game losing skid when it takes the field Tuesday. The Redbirds were swept by Milwaukee over the weekend, in Illinois State’s first home games of the 2016 season.

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