With a Willie Argo triple and a Josh Parr rbi single, the Illini once again won in the ninth inning, this time against Penn State 7-6 in the Big Ten opener on Friday night. This extends the Illini’s winning streak to five games and they are now breaching the .500…
Pat Sheehan gets congratulated by his teammates for having a good eye Wow, if the rest of Illinois baseball season is as exciting as today’s home opener, the EMTs are going to have to stock up on chest paddles. What a heart pounder! In the bottom of the ninth, 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…
Illinois just came away with a 1-2 weekend against Western Kentucky University. Without being snide, they did win a game. WKU have a tough team and Illinois came off a pretty rough weekend down in DeLand, Florida. Saturday’s win came at the hands of the John Anderson / Chris Pack…
“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…
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…
Two games into the weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast University, I’m wondering what Coach Hartleb told them during this past week. Whatever it was, it worked. Remember, this is a FGCU team that enjoyed a 38-20 record just one year ago. In just two games, the Illini have proven…
Fightingillini.com has their weekend preview up now. This week’s preview includes a bonus video of an interview of Willie Argo just before getting on the team bus before heading down to Florida. Willie looks spiffy wearing a red orange tie (you know that’s coming off as soon as he’s on…
What’s there to do for an Illini baseball blogger when there’s no baseball?? Update the banner, of course. I’ve updated the banner annually to reflect the changes in the personnel of team for the past few years now. Now that fall practice is over, it was time to do so. …
On the eve of the Big Ten Tournament, conference awards were handed out. Three Illinois players got some hardware to display on their mantles. Shortstop Josh Parr (left) was named to the All-Big Ten third team. Making the switch from second base to short, his conference.337 average and 21 runs…