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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.