Redbird Baseball Falls to Tennessee Tech, 4-3

Box Score

3 Illinois State 4-9 4 Tennessee Tech 12-5 Score By Periods Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | R H E Illinois State 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 2 Tennessee Tech 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 4 8 2 W: LANCASTER (2-0) L: Barton, Jeffrey (0-1) S: ROBERTS, E. (3) Box Score

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Illinois State baseball team rallied late but came up a run short in the opening game of its midweek series at Tennessee Tech on Tuesday afternoon. The Redbirds lost to the Golden Eagles, 4-3, at Bush Stadium.

Illinois State (4-9) trailed by three runs heading into the ninth inning. A two-out, two-run single from got the Redbirds within one run, and although Libman later advanced into scoring position, he was stranded…