Sportstalk, Cardinals vs. Pirates, ISU baseball on WJBC tonight

Posted on May 1, 2015

Illinois State baseball hosts SIU-Edwardsville on Friday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)

By WJBC Staff

The St. Louis Cardinals open the second leg of their 11-game homestand as the Pittsburgh Pirates come to Busch Stadium.

It will be a pair of veteran righthanders on the mound as Lance Lynn goes for the Cardinals against A.J. Burnett.

WJBC will take you live to St. Louis at 7:05 p.m. for the 7:15 p.m. first pitch.

Tim Lewis will host Sportstalk before the game at 6 p.m. Listen live on WJBC.com.

The Illinois State baseball team will play its final non-conference games of the 2015 season this weekend when it welcomes in SIU Edwardsville for a four-game series, beginning Friday at Duffy Bass Field.

The series will open with a 4:30 p.m. game Friday, followed by a twin bill beginning at 12 p.m. Saturday. Sunday’s finale is set for a 1 p.m. start.

“The weekend’s games will be the final non-conference games of the season for us this year, and I am excited to play a quality opponent from a good conference as a tune-up for the home stretch of the season,” said Illinois State head coach Bo Durkac. “Coach (Tony) Stoecklin will have his players prepared, and I expect to see a lot of good baseball from the Redbirds and the Cougars over the next three days.”

Illinois State (21-21) enters the four-game series following a 9-6 loss at Purdue Tuesday. The Redbirds earned their first win over a ranked opponent in over eight years, thanks to a 4-1 win over then-No. 15 Missouri State on April 25, although the visiting Bears won the other two games of the series.

SIUE (15-22) enters the series following a 14-10 loss at Western Illinois Wednesday, after posting a three-game sweep of UT-Martin last weekend in Edwardsville.

Redbird baseball can be heard on WJBC.com.

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