Three hits for Illinois’ David Kerian in Game 1 loss In a heartbreaking Game One of the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois (33-17) lost to Minnesota (31-20) on walk-off hit by the score of 3-2. Illinois had the lead till the Gophers tied it 2-2 in the bottom of the fifth…
On the eve of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament opening day, the conference awards were announced and the Fighting Illini were represented quite well. For starters, Illini players wrapped up two big awards. First the big news, centerfielder Justin Parr was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Following that…
Drasen Johnson gets the ‘W’ in Illinois’ clinching victory Illinois Baseball dropped their last game of the regular season to Minnesota but they still had plenty to be happy about. With Friday’s 4-3 win over the Golden Gophers, the Orange and Blue will be advancing to the Big Ten Tournament…
Kevin Duchene comes through again versus Minnesota Kevin Duchene continues to pitch well as he won his eighth game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It was a key win as the Illini (32-15, 13-9 Big Ten) were facing a formidable pitcher in Tom Windle. The Illinois offense managed to score…
Kevin Duchene mowed down the opposition in Friday’s contest Wow! We just need about five more games like these and we might be set. Kevin Duchene pitched one of the best performances we’ve seen this season tonight against Penn State. Throwing a complete game two-hit shutout, Duchene struck out 11…
The Illini get a little defensive help from Brandon Hohl today It was a wild and wooly win for the Illini today against the Purdue Boilermakers. While Ryan Castellanos earned his second win in a row, Justin Parr hit for the cycle and Reid Roper hit his third homer…
Reid Roper launches one to win it Last night, we had a slugfest against Purdue. Today, there weren’t as many runs but it certainly wasn’t any less exciting. Down by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning, David Kerian singled home the tying run and was followed…
Thomas Lindauer got Illinois off to a good start with his seventh homerun of 2013 Illinois and Purdue got off to a raucous start Friday night when both teams scored 12 runs in the 40-minute first inning alone. It wasn’t over yet either. Both teams combined for 29 runs…
David Kerian and the rest of the Illini hope to gain some ground in the Big Ten this weekend Illinois has their chance to improve on their 2-4 Big Ten record this weekend as the Purdue Boilermakers come to town. While the Illini’s 2-4 record is nothing to write…
Justin Parr got us off to a good start tonight… but it wouldn’t last Justin Parr got the Illini off on the right foot with a homerun in the first inning while starting pitcher Kevin Duchene pitched five scoreless innings. However, Eastern Illinois caught up to the Illini with…