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It took one inning for the Wildcats to find out what they were dealing with in this weekend’s series at first-place Illinois.
The Fighting Illini (31-14-1, 18-6 Big Ten) sent 12 men to the plate and scored seven runs in the bottom of the first en route to a 21-4 victory Friday. They went on to sweep the four-game series from Northwestern (21-23, 10-14) in blowout fashion, outscoring the Cats 59-18.
“We ran into a buzz saw,” NU coach Paul Stevens said. “We just didn’t pitch very well, and that was the difference in this week. Every time we made a mistake in the zone they hit it a long way.”
NU came closest to winning in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader. Freshman right fielder Anthony Mul
