It was the Willie Argo show today as the Illini defeated Southeastern University 11-3 down in Winter Haven, Florida. Looking at their schedule, Southeastern is used to scoring in double-digits but today, Kevin Manson and company managed to keep the damage to 
a minimum. Despite the Fire’s ten hits, they only put three runs across.
But Willie Argo (left) continued his torrid pace over Illinois’ spring break in Florida. Today he went 4 for 4 with four rbis thanks in part to a fifth inning homerun which drove in three runs. Argo is really coming on in the past week. He gotten 9 hits and scored 8 runs over spring break.
After today, Argo’s batting rose to a nifty .417 for the season.
By the numbers |
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| 9 for 17 | Willie Argo’s line for the four games so far this spring break. He’s also scored 8 runs in that time. |
| 4-2 | Illinois’ record since March 12. At that time, they were 1-5. |
| 10 | Total steals by Willie Argo this season. He leads the the team followed by Josh Parr who has 7. |
Rightfielder Craig Lutes had a pretty good day himself. With three hits on the day, 
Lutes scored twice and drove in two runs. Aaron Johnson and Brandon Hohl each had multi-hit games as well.
On the pitching side, starter Kevin Manson (right) is doing his best to prove he belongs in the rotation. 6’7” Manson got the win on a solid seven innings of work. He allowed three runs on eight hits and just one walk. Brian de la Torriente and Bryan Roberts each pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Next up
It’s a busy Wednesday. The Illini are playing the makeup game from Sunday in addition to their regularly scheduled game against the Dartmouth Big Green. The Illini are going back to the top of the rotation with Will Strack tking the mound in Game 1 and Kevin Johnson will pitch Game 2.
Random Ramblings
Pitcher Matt Milroy has pinch hit in the last two games. He’s IS officially billed as a P/OF so it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. My guess is Coach Hartleb wants to give Milroy some real game experience at the plate.
Take a guess who’s #2 in hits on the team. If you guessed freshman thirdbaseman Brandon Hohl, you would be right. I’m really looking forward to seeing this guy when the team comes back to Illinois Field.
Speaking of, the opening homestand against Chicago State is only one week away. It can’t come soon enough.