COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Illinois State baseball team continued its road swing to start the season, as the Redbirds squared off against 2017 Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee Tech Friday in the first of a three-game series. ISU (2-2) recorded 11 hits in the contest, but a five-run third inning for TTU (3-1) was too much to overcome as the Redbirds dropped the first game of the weekend by a score of 7-4 at Bush Stadium.
Tennessee Tech jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a solo home run.