Michael Hurwitz’ homerun at Baylor I’ve made no secret of my wish to go to more away games. I just can’t afford the travel costs and the time away from home. As good as GameTracker is, it isn’t the same as seeing the guys in action. Ronnie Muck on the…
The Illini seemed to have the the much-anticipated Baylor series quite in hand as they won both games on Saturday sweeping the Bears for the weekend. That puts Illinois at 10-4 for the season and at the top of the Big Ten conference. Since the first weekend of the season…
Wow! That was a tight game. Illinois (8-4) squeaked one by the Baylor Bears tonight by the score of 4-3 on a 2-run ninth inning comeback rally. GameTracker has never been so enthralling (it tickles me when the home team on GameTracker comes back on the field just after losing…
This weekend, the Fighting Illini head back to Texas to take on the tough Baylor Bears for a three game series. After their successful trip to Arlington last weekend where they won three of four games, the Illini hope to build on their Big Ten leading 7-6 record. Baylor Ballpark…
That was my first reaction when seeing the final score of tonight’s game. The lights-out pitching from last weekend just saw their ERA skyrocket. Scott Shaw only lasted for 2 1/3 innings giving up 12 runs. Only 5 of those runs were earned due to an error with two out.…
Next Game: Game #4 Fri Feb 29, 6:30 pm Record: 2-1 vs Baylor #24 at Waco, Tx It’s back to Lone State for the Illini baseball team as they play in the Quala-T Imprints Baylor Classic tournament. First up on Leap Day is the home team, Baylor: Opponent: Baylor Nickname:…
Texas State 2 Illinois 1 Today’s game was a mirror image of yesterday’s. Friday Illinois scratched out runs out of nothing. Today, the hits were there but runs were scarce. Illini starting pitcher Mike Stankiewicz pitched a six inning gem allowing six hits and one run. Unfortunately, the Illinois offense…