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Hoosiers Snap van Donkelaar's Streak at 22 Tuesday, July 15th , 2031 For once, it was the Illinois Fightin' Illini picking up the slack for Jeroen van Donkelaar. The club's "offensive catalyst," as Illinois manager Lee Rice has frequently called him, went uncharacteristically silent today and saw his 22-game hitting streak snapped by the Indiana Hoosiers. van Donkelaar was bailed out by the rest of the Fightin' Illini, however, who stopped the Hoosiers, 9-0. The 20-year-old first baseman finished the day 0-for-3, and told reporters at the postgame press conference that "everybody did their job but me." "Not that it was a huge problem -- we still won the game," he said with a grin. "The streak was a good run though. I'll try to start another one tomorrow." So far this year van Donkelaar has hit .368 with 31 home runs, 93 RBIs and 65 runs scored. |
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