In front of a record crowd Friday night, the Illini eked out a win against rival Purdue, 9-7. I was there and the wind, blowing to right-center, was so strong, I had a hard time holding on to my hat. That same wind played havoc with fly balls, taking two…
Yikes! I go away for one weekend and come back to find that the U of I has lost 3 straight. The Illini played in the Baseball Express Collegiate Classic. Unfortunately, all the lessons they learned last weekend when they swept Southern Florida had gone by the wayside. Well, the…
Just logged on to Gametracker to see how the Illini were doing against University of South Florida only to find the game was over. But the good news is the Illini won! The good guys defeated USF 5-1. Chase Kliment and Ryan Snowden both had 2 rbis each and Brian…
I attended the Illini game last night and it wasn’t pretty. They lost their fifth in a row and their magic number remains at two. With three games left against Iowa this weekend, they need to win the next two to clinch the Big Ten title. Brian Blomquist took the…
Today I took the kids to the first game of the doubleheader between the Northwestern Wildcats and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Last night’s game between the two was a laugher as Illinois won 21-4. Brian Blomquist pitched a complete game and Dusty Bensko hit a grand slam in…
A little catch-up work in regards to the Illini Baseball. They had a four game series over the weekend with Penn State. Friday, Brian Blomquist pitched a complete game but it wasn’t enough as PSU came back to win 3-2. Saturday was a different day as the Illini had their…
The University of Illinois baseball team traveled to Bloomington, Indiana for a 4 game set against the University of Indiana Hoosiers. After losing their last two games, Illinois needed a win badly Friday night and that’s what they got as the good guys won 8-3. Chris Robinson helped out with…