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	| TOP OF THE 1ST | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Sergei Stefanov |  
		| Pitching: RHP Sergei Stefanov |  |  
		| Batting: RHB Hikaru Nakata | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike
 0-2: Ball
 1-2:  Fly out, F8  (Flyball, 8LD, EV 80.6 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB Aaron Burnet | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Called Strike
 2-1: Ball
 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2: Base on Balls
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		| Batting: LHB Ben Roth | 0-0: Ball Wild Pitch!
 Aaron Burnet to second
 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Called Strike
 2-1: Called Strike
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.2 MPH)
 Aaron Burnet to third
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		| Batting: RHB Hugo Chavez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Ball
 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2:  Fly out, F9  (Flyball, 9D, EV 89.4 MPH)
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		| Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 1ST | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Pitching: RHP Curt De Kock |  |  
		| Batting: RHB Oscar Ramirez | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Called Strike
 1-2: Ball
 2-2:  Fly out, F7  (Flyball, 78D, EV 76.2 MPH)
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		| Batting: LHB Sergei Stefanov | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.8 MPH)
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		| Batting: LHB Bill Kovac | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike
 1-1: Called Strike
 1-2:  Fly out, F7  (Flyball, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
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		| Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| TOP OF THE 2ND | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Sergei Stefanov |  
		| Batting: RHB Tony Vasquez | 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH) |  
		| Batting: RHB Michihisa Tanaka | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Called Strike
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.8 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB John Britton | 0-0:  Fly out, F7  (Flyball, 7S, EV 88.1 MPH) |  
		| Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 2ND | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Batting: LHB Alex Rivera | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 62.5 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB Cody Leonard | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Batting: SHB Ernesto Mazas | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 87.5 MPH) |  
		| Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| TOP OF THE 3RD | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Sergei Stefanov |  
		| Batting: RHB Mike Vaughan | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike
 0-2: Ball
 1-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Batting: RHB Dave Villarreal | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 107.5 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB Hikaru Nakata | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike
 0-2: Ball
 1-2: SINGLE  (Line Drive, 34D, EV 99.4 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB Aaron Burnet | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 3RD | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Batting: LHB Clint Hanninen | 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.8 MPH) |  
		| Batting: RHB Fernando Acosta | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Called Strike
 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 68.8 MPH)
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		| Batting: LHB Javy Rueda | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike
 0-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| TOP OF THE 4TH | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Sergei Stefanov |  
		| Batting: LHB Ben Roth | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike
 0-2: Ball
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: SINGLE  (Groundball, 34S, EV 92.5 MPH) (infield hit)
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		| Batting: RHB Hugo Chavez | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 0-2: SINGLE  (Groundball, 5D, EV 106.9 MPH)
 Ben Roth to second
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		| Batting: RHB Tony Vasquez | 0-0:  Fly out, F3  (Line Drive, 34, EV 73.1 MPH) |  
		| Batting: RHB Michihisa Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-1: Swinging Strike
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2:  Fly out, F8  (Flyball, 8LM, EV 82.5 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB John Britton | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Swinging Strike
 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 0 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 4TH | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Batting: RHB Oscar Ramirez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 104.4 MPH)
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		| Batting: LHB Sergei Stefanov | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike
 0-2:  SOLO HOME RUN  (Flyball, 89XD, EV 100.6 MPH), Distance : 403 ft
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Bill Kovac | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Called Strike
 2-1:  SOLO HOME RUN  (Flyball, 9D, EV 97.5 MPH), Distance : 383 ft
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		| Batting: LHB Alex Rivera | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-1: Swinging Strike
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: DOUBLE  (Flyball, 9LD, EV 105.6 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB Cody Leonard | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2:  Fly out, F8  (Flyball, 89XD, EV 95.6 MPH)
 Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by CF
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		| Batting: SHB Ernesto Mazas | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 0-2: Ball
 1-2:  Fly out, F5  (Popup, 5SF, EV 70.6 MPH)
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		| Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Ohio State University 0 - University of Illinois 2 |  
	| TOP OF THE 5TH | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Sergei Stefanov |  
		| Batting: RHB Mike Vaughan | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: SINGLE  (Line Drive, 6M, EV 100.0 MPH)
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		| Batting: RHB Dave Villarreal | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: SINGLE  (Line Drive, 78S, EV 106.2 MPH)
 Mike Vaughan to second
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Hikaru Nakata | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Called Strike
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: Base on Balls
 Mike Vaughan to third
 Dave Villarreal to second
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		| Pitching: RHP Roger Whitaker |  |  
		| Pinch Hitting: SHB Ken Griffey IV | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1:  Fly out, F8  (Flyball, 78M, EV 91.9 MPH)
 Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw by CF
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Ben Roth | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-1: Called Strike
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: Base on Balls
 Dave Villarreal to third
 Hikaru Nakata to second
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Hugo Chavez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Called Strike
 2-1: Swinging Strike
 2-2: Strikes out swinging
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Edwin Vasquez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Ball
 3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-1: Swinging Strike
 3-2: Base on Balls
 Dave Villarreal scores
 Hikaru Nakata to third
 Ben Roth to second
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		| Pinch Hitting: RHB Jeff Standridge | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 89.4 MPH)
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		| Top of the 5th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 2 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 5TH | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Now at 3B: Jeff Standridge |  |  
		| Now in LF: Ben Roth |  |  
		| Now in CF: Ken Griffey IV |  |  
		| Now in RF: Hikaru Nakata |  |  
		| Batting: LHB Clint Hanninen | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike
 0-2: SINGLE  (Groundball, 4S, EV 73.1 MPH) (infield hit)
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Fernando Acosta | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Ball
 3-1:  Fly out, F6  (Popup, 6S, EV 78.1 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Javy Rueda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH)
 |  
		| Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 2 |  
	| TOP OF THE 6TH | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Roger Whitaker |  
		| Batting: RHB John Britton | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.0 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Mike Vaughan | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 0-2: Ball
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: Strikes out swinging
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Dave Villarreal | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Ball
 3-0: Called Strike
 3-1: Called Strike
 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 2 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 6TH | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Batting: RHB Oscar Ramirez | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.6 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Sergei Stefanov | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike
 0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 66.9 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Bill Kovac | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Ball
 3-1: Called Strike
 3-2: Base on Balls
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Alex Rivera | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike
 0-2: Ball
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: DOUBLE  (Groundball, 3L, EV 106.2 MPH)
 Bill Kovac to third
 Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 9-3-5
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		| Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 3 |  
	| TOP OF THE 7TH | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : RHP Roger Whitaker |  
		| Pitching: LHP Jim Roney |  |  
		| Now at 1B: Clint Hanninen |  |  
		| Now at 3B: Dan Strickland |  |  
		| Now in LF: Cody Leonard |  |  
		| Now in RF: Fumito Sakurai |  |  
		| Batting: RHB Hikaru Nakata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE  (Flyball, 78M, EV 77.5 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: SHB Ken Griffey IV | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Sac Bunt to 13S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
 Hikaru Nakata to second
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Ben Roth | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Ball
 3-1: Base on Balls
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Hugo Chavez | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1:  Fly out, F8  (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 91.9 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Ricardo Torres | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike
 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Ball
 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Ball
 3-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 3 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 7TH | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : RHP Curt De Kock |  
		| Pitching: LHP Ernesto Galindo |  |  
		| Batting: RHB Cody Leonard | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: SINGLE  (Groundball, 56D, EV 103.1 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: SHB Ernesto Mazas | 0-0: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3 Cody Leonard to second
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Clint Hanninen | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-1: Ball
 3-1: Swinging Strike
 3-2: Strikes out swinging
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Fernando Acosta | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Called Strike
 2-1: Ball
 Passed Ball!
 Cody Leonard to third
 3-1: Base on Balls
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Fumito Sakurai | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 0-2: Ball
 1-2: Strikes out looking
 |  
		| Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 3 |  
	| TOP OF THE 8TH | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : LHP Jim Roney |  
		| Batting: RHB Jeff Standridge | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.1 MPH)
 |  
		| Batting: RHB John Britton | 0-0:  Fly out, F7  (Line Drive, 7S, EV 111.9 MPH) |  
		| Batting: RHB Mike Vaughan | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball
 1-1:  Fly out, F7  (Flyball, 7D, EV 89.4 MPH)
 |  
		| Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 3 |  
	| BOTTOM OF THE 8TH | 
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		| University of Illinois Fighting Illini batting - Pitching for Ohio State University Buckeyes : LHP Ernesto Galindo |  
		| Pitching: LHP Neil McKibben |  |  
		| Batting: RHB Oscar Ramirez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Ball
 3-0: Called Strike
 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2: Base on Balls
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Sergei Stefanov | 0-0: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3 Oscar Ramirez to second
 |  
		| Batting: SHB Dan Strickland | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 1-2: Strikes out looking
 |  
		| Batting: LHB Alex Rivera | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Ball
 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 3 |  
	| TOP OF THE 9TH | 
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		| Ohio State University Buckeyes batting - Pitching for University of Illinois Fighting Illini : LHP Jim Roney |  
		| Pitching: RHP Lucas Uil |  |  
		| Batting: RHB Dave Villarreal | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball
 1-1: Swinging Strike
 1-2: Strikes out swinging
 |  
		| Batting: RHB Hikaru Nakata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Swinging Strike
 2-1: Ball
 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
 |  
		| Batting: SHB Ken Griffey IV | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball
 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
 2-1: Called Strike
 2-2: Strikes out swinging
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		| Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Ohio State University 2 - University of Illinois 3 |  |