Jordan Parr having a little fun the batboy before Tuesday’s game Illinois Baseball will try to make up ground in the Big Ten this weekend as they take on the Ohio State Buckeyes for three games. At the moment, the Illini are 3-6 in conference (20-16 overall) and tied…
Jordan Parr hustles into third as he triples in the first inning It was more of the same Saturday as the Illini pounded the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 12-4 at Illinois Field. Once again, a big inning helped as the six-run second pretty much put the game away. By…
A couple of videos to link to this week. The first two come to us from Illini Productions’ YouTube Channel. Here’s Brandon Hohl’s postgame interview after Sunday’s game when he hit two homeruns and drove in six runs against SIU. That same day, Josh Ferry won his first college…
Wow! Lots of big stuff happened yesterday in Illinois baseball. They did manage to get shutout by one the most struggling teams they’ve faced this year in Northern Illinois 3-0. But on the other hand, they came back and walloped SIU 13-5. Some of the big stories of the…
The boys split a pair of games Saturday in Corvallis, Oregon at the Nike College Showcase. They defeated Connecticut 5-1 in the early afternoon game but lost to #22 Oregon State 8-2. Have we found a new A-1 starter in John Kravetz? He’s a freshman and it’s early in the…
Fightingillini.com is now just beginning to coming out with their annual previews of the baseball program. Part 1 was just posted today on pitching. It will be a very different pitching staff than what we saw go to Regionals in 2011. Overall, the team lost nine seniors plus three more…
Reid Roper awaits a pitch during the last game of the Orange and Blue World Series Today was the last game of Illinois Baseball’s Orange and Blue World Series. Having split the first two games, this was the rubber game and I’m sure competitive juices were flowing. Among the fans…
Yesterday, the Illinois baseball coaches announced the culmination of all their recruiting efforts from 2010. The net result? Six more recruits signed letters of intent to play for the University of Illinois including yes, one more Parr brother and the #1 ranked player in the state. Coach Hartleb described the…