Despite five errors by the Nittany Lions and a fine pitching performance by starter Kevin Johnson, Illinois dropped the first game of the all-important series against Penn State last night 3-2. Johnson allowed just two earned runs in a complete game effort giving up just walk. Illinois managed to tie…
Willie Argo is batting .487 with 12 rbis against Penn State Illinois is on the road for the last time for the regular season this weekend as they travel to Penn State to face the Nittany Lions. It’s another crucial series as the Lions (10-8) are only one game ahead…
A rare loss for Kevin Johnson It was a case of not enough pitching, not enough hitting and poor fielding as the Illini lost to the Michigan State Spartans 15-8 in the first game of this weekend’s series. Atypical for him, starter Kevin Johnson had an off game. He gave…
The baseball fans at Rocky Miller Park were treated to a pitchers’ duel extraordinaire today. Both Illinois starter Kevin Johnson and Northwestern pitcher Francis Brooke pitched complete games and between the two of them, only one earned run was allowed. Fortunately for Johnson, he had just enough offense behind him…
Thomas Shelton hopes to extend his five game hitting streak this weekend The University of Illinois baseball team hope to continue to climb the Big Ten standings this weekend as they take on the Northwestern Wildcats. This year’s intrastate series will be played at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston. The…
Thomas Shelton hits a 3-run homer in the 7th inning… …and gets welcomed at the plate by his teammates. Lots of excitement tonight at the Illinois-Ohio State game… from off and on rain to a 20 minute delay due to an outage of the stadium lights. However, nothing thrilled the…
Reliever Anthony Milazzo pitches under a full moon Friday’s game against Indiana was just not meant to be. Before Illinois even had a hit, Indiana racked up seven runs off starter Kevin Johnson (5-2), who had won his previous five starts. From then on it just one missed opportunity after…
Jordan Parr leads the Illini with a .385 batting average The Hoosiers are coming to town! Indeed, the Illini are in the midst of a eight game home stand so take your chance to see them while they are in town. It’s Easter weekend so bring the family before you…
Shortstop Thomas Lindauer makes the play at first Illinois baseball team came home to a crowd of 827 baseball fans and did everything they could to not disappoint. Hosting the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, they succeeded as they outslugged the opposition 15-6 behind the solid pitching of Kevin Johnson. …
The Illini baseball team started the Big Ten conference season in a grand fashion by crushing the tough Nebraska Cornhuskers by the score of 11-3 in the opener at Lincoln. Kevin Johnson won his fourth straight game getting all the offense he needed. Leftfielder Justin Parr (right) was a big…