Baseball squad loses top hurler; rotation in question

David Just
January 29th, 2008 - 1:00 AM
Other, Person Career, Quotation, Tanner Roark, Sports
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Academic reasons have forced right-handed pitcher Tanner Roark off the Illinois baseball squad, coach Dan Hartleb said Monday.

"We have a lot of talented players in the program," said Hartleb, who doesn't yet know how he will adjust his rotation. "One player doesn't make a team, so we'll move on."

Roark appeared in 13 games last season and compiled a 4.55 ERA in 83 innings of work. The right-hander started more games than any Illinois pitcher and was the league's co-leader in conference wins with six.

Roark was a second-team All-Big Ten selection in 2007.

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