Hot-hitting Illinois to host Huskies this weekend
8-1! That is Illinois baseball’s record at home so far this season. They hope to embellish that this weekend against the Northern Illinois Huskies in a non-conference series at Illinois Field.
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Illinois looking for three wins against the Northwestern Wildcats this weekend
Ty Weber takes on the Wildcats Friday night Illinois Baseball is on its best this roll season. With its three-game sweep against Indiana State, two midweek wins, and a win versus Michigan, the Illini have won six of its last eight games! The boys in Orange and Blue will look…
Comeback against ISU gives Illini win #30
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…
Illinois Baseball cook the ISU Redbirds 6-1
Ryan Nagle, Will Krug and Casey Fletcher celebrate after today’s win I stopped by for the last few innings of Wednesday’s game between the Illini and the Illinois State Redbirds. The Redbirds came in with a 15-6 record but when I got there, Illinois was putting the finishing touches on…
Illini issues major comeback win against ISU, 7-5
Jordan Parr heads home to score in the second inning Illinois spotted Illinois State a five run lead but came back for seven unanswered runs to win Tuesday night, 7-5. Usual secondbaseman/closer Reid Roper was the starter. Roper couldn’t quite handle the tough ISU lineup tonight as they scored five…
Tuesday’s game vs Redbirds canceled
Yes, canceled not postponed. There just isn’t are enough dates to accommodate both teams. I wasn’t too surprised to hear this. It’s been rainy here in Champaign-Urbana all day. It wasn’t until 5:00 when the sun poked out. The good news (knock on wood) is that Wednesday looks nice and…
Midweek Report: Two re-matches on the schedule
Illinois baseball had a pretty rough Sunday against Michigan. In game 1, they were shut out for the third time this year, 3-0. Pete Cappetta did manage to bang out two hits in the losing cause. John Anderson does deserve some credit for his eight inning complete game where he…
Illini baseball cooks Redbirds 14-2
Josh Parr scores in the sixth Everything went right and Illinois crushed Illinois State 14-2. This extends their winning streak to four games just before their Big Ten opener this weekend against Penn State. John Anderson got his third win of the year but it was a committee of hurlers…
Illinois State Redbirds come to town on Wednesday
Casey McMurray is tied for the team lead in rbis with 13 Just a reminder, Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm. I’ll be there but maybe a little late. The Redbirds have a decent team… there’s no doubt. Right now, they’re second place…
Weather wreaking havoc with the schedule
Weather continues to be an issue with the Illinois baseball schedule. The Battle at Busch game tonight against Missouri has been postponed with no makeup scheduled yet. Also, the time of Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm to take advantage of the warmer…