David Kerian adds some late-inning excitement in Oklahoma on Sunday Illinois baseball finished out their road trip with a solid weekend against nationally ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys down in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Illini took two of three games winning games on Friday and Sunday and dropping Saturday’s contest. The series…
John Kravetz: getting the Illini back on track After splitting the first two games against Ball State, Illinois (9-2-1) lost their second straight game against Kent State. However, it was back to their winning ways as the Fighting Illini finished up the Chanticleer Classic in Myrtle Beach with two wins…
Casey Fletcher is hitting .417 in seven games this season In Friday’s game, Drasen Johnson got run support. An Illini win ended with a walk-off HBP on Saturday. And Sunday’s game ended in a tie. Indeed, it was a strange weekend for Illinois baseball down in Florida. But in the…
David Kerian is batting an even .500 after last weekend It’s been a exciting week after Illinois’ surprise 4-0 opening weekend in Beaumont, Texas. Surprising that is, to everyone outside of the Illini Nation. It wasn’t so much that the good guys swept opponents New Mexico State and Lamar but…
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…
The Fighting Illini baseball program has been doing position-by-position previews in the last few days on the fightingillini.com website. The previews of the actual starting position players haven’t been too surprising but I was wondering what would happen when it came to the pitchers. Illinois may be in the envious…
On Friday, Illinois gave it their best shot but eventually the Spartans’ offense caught up to them. The #3 seed Illinois (32-21) got an early lead against Michigan State (31-25) and had a 2-1 lead as late as top of the seventh inning. But then things went sour and the…
Six fighting Illini baseball players were awarded with All-Big Ten honors yesterday. In addition, two were named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team… Jason Goldstein, Catcher All-Big Ten Second Team Adam Walton, Shortstop All-Big Ten Second Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team John Kravetz, Pitcher All-Big Ten Second Team Tyler…
John Kravetz scheduled to pitch last game of the regular season The final regular season is upon the Illinois (30-17, 16-5 Big Ten) baseball team as they face the tough #28 Nebraska Cornhuskers (35-17, 16-5 Big Ten). It will be a battle of the two second place teams and one…
Will Krug and David Kerian are hoping to spark some offense at Duane Banks Field this weekend A lot has happened in the Illinois baseball program in the past week but it’s time for them to buckle down and play some baseball. They’ll be playing the Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa…