VALPARAISO, Ind. – Second-year freshman Jordan Lussier struck out 11 batters as the Illinois State baseball team split a doubleheader at Valparaiso Saturday at Emory G. Bauer Field in two vastly different games.
Illinois State (18-24 overall, 8-7 Missouri Valley Conference) won game one, 12-3, before falling in a 17-12, wind-aided slugfest in game two.
Fourth-year sophomore Jake McCaw was a combined 7-for-10 with a home run, double, three RBIs, three runs, and a walk. Fifth-year junior Aidan Huggins was 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk in game one
Fourth-year junior Nick Gile, third-year sophomore Hayden Jones, and fourth-year junior Kyle Soberano also homered in game two.