Doug Hayes is Saturday’s probable starter against Tulane It is almost opening day! While Illinois will be battling the Tulane Green Wave in warm New Orleans and I unfortunately, won’t be there, I am very excited for the start of the college baseball season. It’s a new year in more…
Tyler Jay gets his chance at a start vs. Vandy With their backs against the wall, Illinois baseball will attempt to to tie their series with Vanderbilt in the NCAA Super Regional. They were stunned in Saturday night’s opener getting walloped 13-0 by the Commodores. But Coach Hartleb has an…
In a dismally rainy evening, #2 Illinois (44-6-1, 20-1 Big Ten) gave 1000+ Illini fans reason to stay at the ballpark. With a 6-3 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (34-20, 9-13 Big Ten), they clinched the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 2011 and extended their winning streak…
Will Krug drives in two key runs against ISU On Tuesday night at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois scored seven runs late in the game to come back against the Illinois State Redbirds. Down 3-2 in the eighth, the Fighting Illini offense scored five runs in the final two…
Drasen Johnson wins #4 of the year There was no game winning homerun today. Nor was their any other late inning heroics. There was no need for any. #15 Illinois (23-6-1) got off to a nice 6-1 lead by the third inning and never looked back against Northwestern on Saturday. …
The scoreboard says it all. Not only did Kevin Duchene pitch a masterpiece but the Illinois (16-4-1) exploded with the bat in Friday’s game against the University of South Florida Bulls (15-7-1). Facing just 26 batters, Duchene gave up just two hits and one unearned run in seven innings for…
The fog eventually lifted but the home fans’ spirits did not There was something about the late afternoon fog that added to atmosphere of Friday’s game against the Southern Illinois Salukis (3-13). It certainly didn’t bode well for the Illini as they were handed their first home loss by the…
John Kravetz: getting the Illini back on track After splitting the first two games against Ball State, Illinois (9-2-1) lost their second straight game against Kent State. However, it was back to their winning ways as the Fighting Illini finished up the Chanticleer Classic in Myrtle Beach with two wins…
Casey Fletcher is hitting .417 in seven games this season In Friday’s game, Drasen Johnson got run support. An Illini win ended with a walk-off HBP on Saturday. And Sunday’s game ended in a tie. Indeed, it was a strange weekend for Illinois baseball down in Florida. But in the…
The Fighting Illini baseball program has been doing position-by-position previews in the last few days on the fightingillini.com website. The previews of the actual starting position players haven’t been too surprising but I was wondering what would happen when it came to the pitchers. Illinois may be in the envious…