Four and Ohhhh! Illini off to a spectacular start!

Johnson, McDonnell, Kravetz and Jay get the job done at the Cardinal Classic If there was any question as to Illinois baseball’s standing in the preseason polls, they have been put to rest.  The Illini baseball team shone in the Lamar University’s Cardinal Classic down in Beaumont, Texas winning all…

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Happy days in Happy Valley!

Will Krug now batting .329 with 15 stolen bases On Sunday, Illinois completed a sweep at Penn State (17-19, 5-6 Big Ten) behind the pitching of Ryan Castellanos.  Penn State had the lead in each of the three games this weekend and two of the games were truly comeback efforts…

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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…

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McDonnell, Goldstein give home crowd a treat against Indiana State, 8-0

Rob McDonnell notches his first college win Behind the strong pitching of Rob McDonnell and the bat of catcher Jason Goldstein, the Illinois baseball (8-9) won their home opener at Illinois Field today against the Indiana State Sycamores (14-3).  A common thread of discussion among the crowd was that pitching…

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NWL’s Kenosha dubbed as Kingfish in celebratory unveiling

Today, the new Kenosha team in the Northwoods League unveiled their logo and name.  They will be called the Kingfish and you can find them at their new website at http://www.kingfishbaseball.com/.  From the Northwoods League website: A new era of baseball will begin at a renovated Simmons Field on May…

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Nielsen, Kolakowski are charter members of expansion team Kenosha in Northwoods League

J.D. Nielsen Zack Kolakowski Illini Zack Kolakowski and J.D. Nielsen are making history of sorts. According to the Kenosha News, they’ll be the very first players signed to the new Northwoods League team based in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  J.D. Nielsen and Zack Kolakowski made a little Kenosha baseball history on Thursday…

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Kravetz helps keep Illinois in the Tourney

John Kravetz’ win extends the Illini’s stay in Minneapolis With their backs up against the wall at the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois (34-17) came through.  Like yesterday, it was a tight, 3-2 ballgame but this time, Illinois came up on top.  They defeated Michigan (29-27) who are already eliminated from…

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Illini Baseball at .500; Parr’s streak at 24 games and climbing

Justin Parr:  24 and counting… Illinois couldn’t pull out a victory against the Buckeyes in their rubber game on Sunday losing 7-3.  The loss gives the Illini a 6-6 conference record and puts them in seventh place in the Big Ten.    Game #36 / April 21, 2013    …

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Parr, Johnson key opener win against Tennessee Tech, 13-2

  Game #1 / February 15, 2013 vs 13 2 The Illinois Baseball players gave Coach Dan Hartleb a pretty nice birthday present today.  An opening day win. Today, pretty much everything went right for the Illini as they defeated the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in Cookeville. …

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2013 Illinois Baseball by the numbers

Brandon Hohl and Davis Hendrickson:  Two of only five Illinois seniors Only a month and a half from now, the Illinois baseball team will begin their new season against Tennessee Tech.  No time like the present to start to get to know our players of 2013.  Before I get into…

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