April 21, 2014
By Matt Allibone, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - As proud as the Penn State baseball team was of its 8-0 record at home entering a three-game weekend series against Illinois, it knew that the bulk of its Big Ten schedule presented some daunting challenges.
Going up against the second ranked team in the conference, the Nittany Lions led at different points of all three games, yet couldn't find a way to pull out a victory, falling by scores of 6-3, 8-3, and 7-6, respectively.
Despite the losses, the first two games were highlighted by strong performances from the Nittany Lions' starting pitchers. On Friday, senior Tim Dunn tossed a career high six and two-thirds innings in which he only gave up two unearned runs while junior T.J. Jann went six plus innings on Saturday, giving up four runs, as the final two crossed the plate after he had been taken out.
"[Tim] was awesome and you're seeing a guy trusting himself and he's not afraid to throw strikes and start bats," head coach Rob Cooper said. "[TJ] competed and gave us a chance to win after giving up two early runs and that's what we ask our guys to do."
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