CHAMPAIGN — After blowing a four-run lead in the ninth inning and with Maryland’s travel curfew looming, the Illinois baseball team had one chance to win its game Sunday at Illinois Field.
And Mark Skonieczny delivered.
The junior hit a two-run, walk-off home run to seal an 8-6 win for the Illini (21-24, 7-11 Big Ten). Had the Illini not won the game in the ninth, it would have ended in a tie.
Illinois was one out away from winning the game in the top of the ninth, but gave up a two-run homer and a two-run double to knot the score up.