Adam Walton leads the team in steals and is tied for the team lead in runs scored The Illinois baseball team have had great ride up until now. They are 18-5-1 and are ranked as high as #17 in the polls. Throw that all out the window now because the…
Three years. Three career Pitcher of Week honors for Kevin Duchene… and the season is still young. Kevin Duchene was awarded the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award for his fantastic effort last Friday against South Florida on Friday. In seven innings, he allowed just two hits did not…
The scoreboard says it all. Not only did Kevin Duchene pitch a masterpiece but the Illinois (16-4-1) exploded with the bat in Friday’s game against the University of South Florida Bulls (15-7-1). Facing just 26 batters, Duchene gave up just two hits and one unearned run in seven innings for…
The fog eventually lifted but the home fans’ spirits did not There was something about the late afternoon fog that added to atmosphere of Friday’s game against the Southern Illinois Salukis (3-13). It certainly didn’t bode well for the Illini as they were handed their first home loss by the…
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…
Kevin Duchene is back with a vengeance It’s bad news, good news and bad news time. The bad news is that Illinois scored just two runs in as many games against Ball State. The good news is that they won one of those games. The bad news is that yes,…
Kevin Duchene is ready to get into action at Myrtle Beach This weekend, it will be a five-game set for #25 Illini (6-0-1) down in South Carolina. Coastal Carolina University Baseball will be hosting the four-day event known as the Chanticleer Classic. Fire up Gametracker! It’s time to follow some…
Tyler Jay: High expectations in 2015 for the stopper It’s finally opening weekend!! With brand new uniforms and two new coaches, the Illini have the same old desire to win. Don’t expect a lot of changes on this team. Other than acquiring assistant coach Spencer Allen and volunteer assistant coach…
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…
This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone following Reid Roper’s summer up in Rochester but it has recently been announced that he has been named “Honker of the Year” by his summer league team the Rochester Honkers. Not only did Roper become the Honkers’ all-time leader in hits,…