Illinois Baseball Players of the Day for Saturday 2/26/11

Yesterday's players of the day from Illinois baseball teams. 

The pitcher of the day goes to Chris Pack from the University of Illinois.  Chris entered the game in the sixth inning down 2-1 and held Florida Gulf Coast scoreless the rest of the way.  Illinois scored one in the eighth and five in the ninth to earn Chris his first victory of the season.  Pack went 4 innings, gave up 4 hits, two walks and struck out four.  Chris is from Benet Academy and lives in Darien IL. 

Jared McIntosh

Hitter of the day was close but the player of the day is Jared McIntosh from Augustana after going 2-4 with two triples, 4 rbi's, scored 3 times and walked once in the Vikings 16-5 victory over Rochester Institute in Winter Haven FL.
Jared lives in Davenport IA.

Other notable performances included a grand slam from Tyler McNeely of Illinois State University, a 5-5 day from Jeremy Juhl of Augustana College and a 3-3 day from Ty Wiesemyer of Illinois State.

Baseball Players of the Day from Illinois - Friday 2/25

Andy Leonard UIC

Baseball in Illinois players of the day for Friday February 25th 2011.

Catcher Andy Leonard from the University of Illinois Chicago went 3-5 with a double and 5 rbi's in a 10-8 win over Kentucky.  Andy tied the game at 8 with a two out clutch base hit in the top of the ninth for the Flames.  Andy is senior at UIC, attended Stagg High School and lives in Orland Park IL.

Joe Bircher Bradley

Left handed pitcher Joe Bircher went seven innings, allowed 3 hits, struck out 7 and walked one in a 4-0 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock.  Joe moved his record to 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings on the season.  Joe lives in Omaha Nebraska.