University of Illinois Springfield baseball coach Chris Ramirez is just three wins shy of 100 for his career.
He has 97 wins in four seasons. UIS had 20-plus win seasons in each of his first three years.
Ramirez has a chance to reach the milestone this weekend, with the Prairie Stars playing doubleheaders at Bellarmine today and Saturday. UIS plays Tuesday at home against Truman State.
UIS is tied with Southern Indiana for first in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division with a 9-3 conference record. The Stars are 19-13 overall.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 14, 2017.
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