Illini show us three ways to skin a Wildcat

With today’s 3-2 victory against Northwestern, Illinois completed a three-game sweep of the Wildcats.  Once again, Matt Milroy was fantastic in relief.  He pitched 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball and struck out eleven batters and allowed just two hits.  Northwestern actually got off to a good start today getting…

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Illini take on Wildcats in I-57 Series

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…

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Illinois hustles another win vs Buckeyes, 8-3

Thomas Lindauer gets back to first safely No weather concerns today.  No light outage dramatics either.  Just a nice simple win fueled by good pitching and plenty of offense.  Illinois defeated Ohio State Saturday in a little comeback style 8-3.  Kravetz earns his sixth win today Illinois did draw first…

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With help from Milroy and Roper, Illini finish off Indiana

As some of you know, I was in town for Friday’s game but had to leave town and wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s or Sunday’s events.  Heh, what events they were!  Let it be known I did follow each game though.  Thank goodness for Gametracker.  There’s something about a baseball…

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Bradley Braves edge Illinois 6-3

Bill Charvat ropes a double in the ninth inning It was a rematch with the Bradley Braves tonight and coincidentally the score was the same as last week’s game.  Unfortunately, the victor was not.  Bradley came out on top, 6-3. When I arrived to the park from work around the…

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With Sunday split, Illinois posts 3-1 weekend mark

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…

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Illini split pair at Nike College Showcase

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…

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Illini edged by Coastal Carolina 5-4

It was a tight game but Coastal Carolina ended up on the winning side on Sunday.  They edged Illinois 5-4 on the last day of the Coastal Carolina Invitational.  Matt Milroy pitched fantastically in relief, striking out a career high six and allowing just one run.  He took over the…

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