Thursday, Illinois entered the loser’s bracket at the Big Ten Tournament as they lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 10-3. Starter Mike Stankiewicz The Gophers got to starter Mike Stankiewicz early as they hit him for 5 runs in the first inning and four runs before he got his first…
Ray Fisher stadium, home of the University of Michigan baseball team, seems like a pretty decent facility. I (and at least one other person who I gave directions to) had a little problem finding the place partially because of all the construction going on and because I got some bad…
I’m finally coming down a bit from Sunday’s incredible comeback by the Illini over Michigan State. It’s not often you see a team come back from a 7-0 deficit to win 8-7 in a must-win game. But I’m sure the Illini baseball team isn’t looking back… they’re looking forward. Forward…
The Big Ten Tournament is almost a week away. With one more regular season conference weekend left before the Big Ten Tournament, it’s no surprise that there are a lot of scenarios that could occur. Let’s start with the two main rules regarding the Tournament qualification: 1. To qualify for…
It couldn’t get any better today for the University of Illinois. With Illinois going against Michigan in a doubleheader, I had Gametracker going on all day today. When the Illini won the first in extras that was great. When they won the second game behind a solid performance by Scott…
Kyle Hudson Illini Kyle Hudson, who has the dual role of centerfielder for the baseball team in the spring and wide receiver for the football team in the fall (and he does very well at both) was featured in Doug Kroll’s column at CSTV’s web site. By the way, Illinois…
…they’re going to need it for this coming weekend’s series against ranked Michigan. It was an offensive display for the University of Illinois and a lack of fundamentals on defense for Greenville. Either way you look at it, Illinois crushed them 16-1. There was no doubt from the beginning as…
It seems nothing can stop Michigan this weekend. So far, they have gone 3-0 against Iowa (including two 1-0 shutouts today!) and have clinched their 33rd Big Ten title. In doing this, they have home-field advantage and a first-round bye. Northwestern, with one game left tomorrow, have at least clinched second…
It’s a big weekend for Big Ten baseball. I won’t re-discuss the importance why since I did so a couple posts ago. Needless to say, the Illini and Northwestern need to win big for their own separate reasons. Well, both teams had 3:00 games today, the Wildcats playing Penn State…
Two big races going on in the Big Ten baseball right now. Let’s look at the standings before the last weekend of regular play: 2005-06 Big Ten Overall Teams W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Northwestern 19 9 0 .679 23 29 0 .442 Michigan 19 9 0…