Kimes, Illini bring down St Louis

The Illini broke a three game losing streak today by defeating the St Louis University Billikens 7-4 at Abe Martin Field in Carbondale.  Corey Kimes pitched a fine game and some key offensive players came through with key hits. Kimes (right) only allowed two earned runs in seven innings giving…

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NIU Huskies take both from Illini

In the last two days, Illinois baseball took on the Northern Illinois Huskies on neutral territory twice in two different venues.  The ballgames were polar opposites of each other but end result was the same.  An Illinois loss. Thursday Thursday, the Illini played the Huskies at Rent One Park in…

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Illini bullpen can’t hold Chippewas, lose 9-6

“Kevin Johnson pitched extremely well and deserved to win, but we were bad out of the bullpen,” -Coach Dan Hartleb on Friday’s game against Central Michigan   That about sums it up.  Illinois went into the top of the eighth inning ahead 5-0 in their first game of the Bright…

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Post weekend wrap-up: things are looking up

Casey McMurray leads the Illini in hitting (.391) and rbis (7) Sunday’s 5-1 loss to Florida Gulf Coast was a little disappointing but overall the Illini baseball should feel good about their 2-1 series against the Eagles.  According to the team press, this was the first time Illinois has won…

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Weekend Preview: Illinois takes on Florida Gulf Coast

Josh Parr and Casey McMurray combined for 8 rbis at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge Tournament play has that added competitive tension but this weekend, Illinois (1-2) gets to play an honest-to-goodness three game series.  This weekend’s opponent is Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) and they’ll be playing in warm…

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Illini bag their first win of the 2011 baseball season

I’m sure a lot of the Illini players are thinking the same thing.  That it’s nice to get that first win under your belt. In the second game of the Big East/Big Ten Challenge down in Florida, the Illini defeated University of Cincinnati Bearcats 7-3. It was a game of…

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Dittman, Davis and Parr honored by Northwoods League

Congrats to Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Matt Dittman who made the Northwoods League postseason All-Star team. All three had excellent summers for their respective teams.  For the Rochester Honkers, Matt Dittman hit .332 with 44 rbis.  Parr, who was with the Madison Mallards, hit .307 and scored 41 runs…

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