BATON ROUGE, Louisiana- Troy started day two of the LSU Tournament with a 5-1 win over Illinois State, but fell to Illinois 4-3 in nine innings in game two at Tiger Park. Troy now moves to 11-9 on the season.
Troy 5, Illinois State 1
A huge fourth inning for the Trojans earned them a 5-1 win over the Illinois State Redbirds in game one of Saturday's double header. Troy recorded all five of their runs in the bottom of the fifth as the Illinois State pitchers could not find the answers to the Trojans' hot bats.