2019 Illinois State Redbirds baseball team

The 2019 Illinois State Redbirds baseball team represented Illinois State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Redbirds played their home games at Duffy Bass Field as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They were led by head coach Steve Holm, in his 1st season at Illinois State.

2019 Illinois State Redbirds baseball
MVC Regular season Champions
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record36–26 (14–7 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Wally Crancer (1st season)
  • Matt Lambert (1st season)
Home stadiumDuffy Bass Field
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  ‍†‍‍y 14–7 .66743–20 .683
Illinois State  ‍†‍‍y 14–7 .66736–26 .581
No. 23 Indiana State  ‍‍‡‍y 13–8 .61943–18 .705
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 11–10 .52431–19 .620
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 11–10 .52424–29 .453
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 10–11 .47620–36 .357
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 6–15 .28614–36 .280
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5–16 .23826–29 .473


† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The 2018 Illinois State Redbirds baseball team notched a 22–28 (9–12) regular season record and finished tied for sixth in the MVC Conference standings. The Redbirds reached the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament, where they were defeated by Bradley and Dallas Baptist. Illinois State did not receive an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasons at
Illinois State		Alma Mater
Steve HolmHead Coach1Oral Roberts University (2001)
Wally CrancerAssistant Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator1Georgia Institute of Technology (2007)
Matt LambertAssistant Coach1Illinois State University (2015)

Roster
2019 Illinois State Redbirds Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 21 - Jeff Lindgren - Senior
  • 22 - Rhett Rapshus - RS Senior
  • 24 - Mitch Vogrin - RS Senior
  • 28 - Braden Niksich - Junior
  • 29 - Michael Sebby - Junior
  • 30 - Brady Huffman - Junior
  • 31 - Bryce Konitzer - Freshman
  • 33 - Matt Walker - Junior
  • 34 - Sean Sinisko - Freshman
  • 35 - Brent Headrick - Junior
  • 36 - Connor Peplow - Sophomore
  • 37 - Colton Johnson - Junior
  • 39 - Dalton Harvey - Senior
  • 41 - Jackson Bronke - Junior
  • 42 - Jacob Gilmore - RS Sophomore
  • 43 - Brett Wicklund - Sophomore
  • 44 - Jack Anderson - Sophomore
  • 51 - Derek Salata - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 14 - Nick Zouras - Senior
  • 18 - Clint Wells - Freshman
  • 26 - Tyson Hayes - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 2 - Jeremy Gaines - RS Sophomore
  • 4 - Jake McCaw - Sophomore
  • 6 - Aidan Huggins - RS Sophomore
  • 16 - Derek Parola - RS Senior
  • 17 - Joe Butler - Junior
  • 27 - Joe Aeilts - Junior
  • 38 - Ryan Hutchinson - RS Senior
  • 40 - Tyler Carpenter - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 3 - John Rave - Junior
  • 10 - Jack Butler - RS Sophomore
  • 15 - Gunner Peterson - Freshman
  • 25 - Jordan Libman - Junior
  

Schedule and results
2019 Illinois State Redbirds baseball game log[4]
Regular season (32–22)
February (5–2)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMVC
February 153:30 pmat Belmont*E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TNW
27–1111		Gilmore
(1–0)		Bowen
(0–1)		–2081–0–Stats
Story
February 161:00 pmat Belmont*E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TNW
14–3		Lindgren
(1–0)		Brennan
(0–1)		–1002–0–Stats
Story
February 171:00 pmat Belmont*E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TNW
10–6		Walker
(1–0)		Marcotte
(0–1)		Gilmore
(1)		1683–0–Stats
Story
February 236:00 pmat Central Arkansas*Bear Stadium • Conway, ARL
4–6		Patton
(1–0)		Bronke
(0–1)		–2953–1–Stats
Story
February 241:00 pmat Central Arkansas*Bear Stadium • Conway, ARW
8–0		Lindgren
(2–0)		Callahan
(0–2)		–2824–1–Stats
Story
February 244:30 pmat Central Arkansas*Bear Stadium • Conway, ARL
1–4		Moyer
(1–0)		Walker
(1–1)		Williams
(1)		2824–2–Stats
Story
February 2512:00 pmat Central Arkansas*Bear Stadium • Conway, ARW
6–3		Gilmore
(2–0)		Patton
(1–1)		–1855–2–Stats
Story
March (8–11)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMVC
March 11:00 pmat Murray State*Reagan Field • Murray, KYW
4–3		Headrick
(1–0)		McMurray
(0–2)		Gilmore
(2)		646–2–Stats
Story
March 14:00 pmat Murray State*Reagan Field • Murray, KYL
4–5		Hayes
(1–0)		Bronke
(0–2)		–746–3–Stats
Story
March 21:00 pmat Murray State*Reagan Field • Murray, KYW
9–5		Johnson
(1–0)		Hayes
(1–1)		Gilmore
(3)		1237–3–Stats
Story
March 84:30 pmat #2 Vanderbilt*Hawkins Field • Nashville, TNL
4–10		Fellows
(3–0)		Headrick
(1–1)		Brown
(2)		2,6947–4–Stats
Story
March 1012:00 pmat #2 Vanderbilt*Hawkins Field • Nashville, TNL
1–9		Raby
(3–0)		Lindgren
(2–1)		Fisher
(1)		2,8667–5–Stats
Story
March 103:30 pmat #2 Vanderbilt*Hawkins Field • Nashville, TNW
7–3		Johnson
(2–0)		King
(0–1)		Gilmore
(4)		8–5–Stats
Story
March 123:00 pmat Southeast Missouri State*Capaha Field • Cape Girardeau, MOW
18–6		Wicklund
(1–0)		Spalt
(0–1)		–2119–5–Stats
Story
March 134:00 pmat SIU Edwardsville*Simmons Baseball Complex • Edwardsville, ILW
16–9		Peplow
(1–0)		Byrd
(0–1)		–10110–5–Stats
Story
March 161:00 pmESPN3Central Michigan*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
7–2		Johnson
(3–0)		Kohn
(2–3)		–11–5–Stats
Story
March 164:40 pmCentral Michigan*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
5–4		Anderson
(1–0)		Miller
(0–1)		Gilmore
(5)		19612–5–Stats
Story
March 171:00 pmESPN3Central Michigan*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
2–11		Hankins
(3–0)		Walker
(1–2)		–25812–6–Stats
Story
March 195:00 pmESPN+UIC*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
4–0		Wicklund
(2–0)		Toikka
(1–2)		–24513–6–Stats
Story
March 224:00 pmat #23 Illinois*Illinois Field • Champaign, ILL
3–14		Fisher
(3–1)		Headrick
(1–2)		–75113–7–Stats
Story
March 231:00 pmat #23 Illinois*Illinois Field • Champaign, ILL
2–4		Weber
(1–0)		Lindgren
(2–2)		Acton
(8)		1,57313–8–Stats
Story
March 2412:00 pmat #23 Illinois*Illinois Field • Champaign, ILL
1–12		Lavender
(1–1)		Walker
(1–3)		–66113–9–Stats
Story
March 266:00 pmESPN+Milwaukee*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
3–6		McIntosh
(3–0)		Wicklund
(2–1)		Sommers
(4)		34613–10–Stats
Story
March 302:00 pmat Creighton*TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL
3–17		Ragan
(4–1)		Headrick
(1–3)		–1,13713–11–Stats
Story
March 3112:00 pmat Creighton*TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL
7–811		Sakowski
(2–0)		Gilmore
(2–1)		–13–12–Stats
Story
March 314:00 pmat Creighton*TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL
3–7		Johnson
(3–0)		Walker
(1–4)		–13–13–Stats
Story
April (14–4)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMVC
April 25:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
3–0		Wicklund
(3–1)		Wolfe
(1–2)		–28114–13–Stats
Story
April 34:05 pmat Iowa*Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, IAW
11–6		Vogrin
(1–0)		Wallace
(1–1)		–42715–13–Stats
Story
April 53:00 pmat ValparaisoEmory G. Bauer Field • Valparaiso, INW
13–1		Headrick
(2–3)		Tieman
(1–5)		–15916–131–0Stats
Story
April 61:00 pmat ValparaisoEmory G. Bauer Field • Valparaiso, INW
12–6		Lindgren
(3–2)		Fields
(2–3)		–17–132–0Stats
Story
April 63:30 pmat ValparaisoEmory G. Bauer Field • Valparaiso, INL
2–4		Hammel
(1–3)		Walker
(1–5)		Rhodehouse
(2)		21317–142–1Stats
Story
April 95:00 pmESPN+Illinois*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
7–613		Anderson
(2–0)		Acton
(1–2)		–98918–14–Stats
Story
April 125:00 pmESPN+Missouri StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
7–1		Headrick
(3–3)		Lochner
(2–1)		–40419–143–1Stats
Story
April 131:00 pmMissouri StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
7–5		Johnson
(4–0)		Sechler
(2–3)		–20–144–1Stats
Story
April 134:30 pmMissouri StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
5–3		Walker
(2–5)		Schwab
(1–4)		Gilmore
(6)		51221–145–1Stats
Story
April 166:00 pmat UIC*Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, ILL
1–6		Toikka
(2–2)		Wicklund
(3–2)		–20421–15–Stats
Story
April 175:00 pmESPN+Sacramento State*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
2–1		Vogrin
(2–0)		Martizia
(2–1)		Gilmore
(7)		57122–15–Stats
Story
April 196:30 pmat Southern IllinoisItchy Jones Stadium • Carbondale, ILW
7–4		Headrick
(4–3)		Hiser
(3–2)		Gilmore
(8)		19223–156–1Stats
Story
April 202:00 pmat Southern IllinoisItchy Jones Stadium • Carbondale, ILW
7–6		Lindgren
(4–2)		Givens
(3–5)		Gilmore
(9)		46624–157–1Stats
Story
April 211:00 pmat Southern IllinoisItchy Jones Stadium • Carbondale, ILW
8–4		Walker
(3–5)		Begner
(3–5)		Johnson
(1)		24625–158–1Stats
Story
April 235:00 pmESPN+Northern Illinois*Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
10–2		Wicklund
(4–3)		Walker
(0–1)		–29126–15–Stats
Story
April 266:30 pmat Dallas BaptistHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TXW
9–8		Headrick
(5–3)		Martinson
(5–3)		Gilmore
(10)		1,18427–159–1Stats
Story
April 272:00 pmat Dallas BaptistHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TXL
3–13		Johnson
(7–1)		Lindgren
(4–3)		–1,00027–169–2Stats
Story
April 2812:00 pmat Dallas BaptistHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TXL
4–11		Bayless
(6–1)		Walker
(3–6)		–64827–179–3Stats
Story
May (5–5)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMVC
May 13:30 pmat Northwestern*Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, ILL
3–6		Paciorek
(3–1)		Johnson
(4–1)		Levy
(1)		16727–18–Stats
Story
May 35:00 pmESPN+Indiana StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
4–3		Headrick
(6–3)		Grauer
(2–3)		–31628–1810–3Stats
Story
May 42:00 pmESPN+Indiana StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
1–13		Liberatore
(9–0)		Lindgren
(4–4)		–55428–1910–4Stats
Story
May 51:00 pmESPN+Indiana StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
1–6		Whitbread
(6–1)		Walker
(3–7)		Ward
(5)		36828–2010–5Stats
Story
May 106:00 pmat BradleyDozer Park • Peoria, ILW
1–0		Headrick
(7–3)		Janssen
(4–2)		Johnson
(2)		39829–2011–5Stats
Story
May 116:00 pmat BradleyDozer Park • Peoria, ILW
14–1		Walker
(4–7)		Olson
(1–1)		–21030–2012–5Stats
Story
May 121:00 pmat BradleyDozer Park • Peoria, ILL
2–7		Lund
(5–3)		Wicklund
(4–3)		–31530–2112–6Stats
Story
May 165:00 pmEvansvilleDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
11–2		Headrick
(8–3)		Lukas
(5–5)		–30531–2113–6Stats
Story
May 175:00 pmESPN+EvansvilleDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
8–11		Hayden
(3–2)		Walker
(4–8)		Allinger
(6)		38231–2213–7Stats
Story
May 1812:00 pmESPN+EvansvilleDuffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
11–4		Lindgren
(5–4)		Weigand
(2–6)		–35732–2214–7Stats
Story
Postseason (4–4)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMVC
May 223:00 pmESPN+(8) Southern Illinois(2)Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
4–1		Headrick
(9–3)		Hiser
(4–4)		Johnson
(3)		33–22–Stats
Story
May 237:00 pmESPN+(3) Indiana State(2)Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILW
10–7		Anderson
(3–0)		Ward
(5–3)		Gilmore
(11)		69434–22–Stats
Story
May 243:00 pmESPN+(1) Dallas Baptist(2)Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
7–9		Fouse
(5–0)		Vogrin
(2–1)		Carraway
(4)		34–23–Stats
Story
May 249:00 pmESPN+(3) Indiana State(2)Duffy Bass Field • Normal, ILL
6–10		Ward
(6–3)		Wicklund
(4–4)		–34–24–Stats
Story
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMVC
May 311:00 pmESPN3(2) Indiana(3)Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KYW
8–7		Harvey
(1–0)		Manous
(1–1)		–1,22735–24–Stats
Story
June 13:00 pmESPN3at (1) Louisville(3)Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KYW
4–2		Walker
(5–8)		Detmers
(11–4)		–2,84336–24–Stats
Story
June 25:00 pmESPN3at (1) Louisville(3)Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KYL
2–11		Smith
(6–0)		Lindgren
(5–5)		–2,34536–25–Stats
Story
June 312:00 pmESPN2at (1) Louisville(3)Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KYL
3–4		Kirian
(3–1)		Gilmore
(2–2)		–2,87836–26–Stats
Story
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = Illinois State team member
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the MVC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

References
  1. "Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Illinois State Redbirds. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. "2019 Baseball Roster". Illinois State Redbirds. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. "2019 Baseball Schedule". Illinois State Redbirds. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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