In a dismally rainy evening, #2 Illinois (44-6-1, 20-1 Big Ten) gave 1000+ Illini fans reason to stay at the ballpark. With a 6-3 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (34-20, 9-13 Big Ten), they clinched the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 2011 and extended their winning streak…
Big Ten Player of the Week Jason Goldstein hopes to add a few more ribbies against the Huskers For the last conference series of the 2015 season, #2 Illinois (43-6-1, 19-1 Big Ten) will host the Nebraska Cornhuskers (34-19, 9-12 Big Ten) at Illinois Field for a Thursday-Friday-Saturday series. What’s…
Is Kevin Duchene slated for Game 1 of the Big Ten Tournament? It’s probably fitting that the two second place teams who entered this weekend would have one of closest series of the Big Ten weekend. Both teams have had won their share of three game sweeps but I had…
John Kravetz scheduled to pitch last game of the regular season The final regular season is upon the Illinois (30-17, 16-5 Big Ten) baseball team as they face the tough #28 Nebraska Cornhuskers (35-17, 16-5 Big Ten). It will be a battle of the two second place teams and one…
Alex Lincoln lays down a bunt with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th On Saturday, Illinois split a doubleheader with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. They won the first game 8-7 on a walk-off squeeze play by Alex Lincoln. In the second game, there were plenty of base runners…
I’ll admit, my photo of Cornhusker Michael Pritchard scares me a little As they say, all good things must come to an end. After winning twelve of their last thirteen games, Illinois Baseball faced reality in the form of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. In their home opener and the Big Ten…
Senior Kevin Johnson will test his mettle against 6-12 Nebraska Friday On Friday, those of us fans in the Champaign-Urbana area will finally get to see the Illini Baseball team. It’s been a long wait but the home opener is almost here! Second place Illinois (13-4) will host the Nebraska…
With Illinois’ good showing at the Keith LeClair Classic, I thought we might have seen a mention of one of our players in the Big Ten weekly awards (Nick Blackburn for Freshman of the Week, anyone?). Alas, Ohio State had three legit contenders and swept the awards: Player: Aaron Gretz,…
I’m going to talk a bit about Illini shortstop Thomas Lindauer. Given that on the heels of Saturday’s 18-5 loss to Nebraska, Illinois (11-9) took another one on the chin by the Huskers on Sunday 13-3, there isn’t a whole else positive to talk about. So let’s talk a little…
I guess, it’s the nature of college baseball. Saturday, I was listening to the Illinois-Nebraska game on the way home from grocery shopping when Illinois had a 2-0 lead. I thought to myself, “Good. They’ll need more. But that’s a nice start.”. But by the time we brought the groceries…