The difference was night and day for the Illini. Compared to Friday night’s game against the Indiana, our pitchers pitched well, we had good defense and we kept Josh Phegley at bay (1 for 9, 1 rbi, 1 run). Ben Reeser was one strike from a shutout Unfortunately, we only…
Snowy day We got started early today at 11am because of the re-scheduled game from yesterday’s rained out affair. So today instead of rain, we got snow. Granted it wasn’t a blizzard or anything but dang, it was cold. Towards the end of Game One, the snow stopped. The sun…
Illinois made the most of their last game of their spring break trip against Central Connecticut State. Particularly Bryan Roberts who in his second start of the season, pitched seven innings of shutout ball allowing five hits. Box Score Relievers Wes Braun, Aaron Martin and Nick Chmielewski combined for two…
It was a good effort but not the result intended for Illinois’ first game of their spring break trip today down in Lakeland, Florida. In this morning’s game, Illinois lost to Army 9-8 despite a good effort by the Illini who rallied for five runs for in the the ninth. …
Woo hoo! If only I was there at Alex Box Stadium tonight! Illinois defeated the #1 LSU Tigers in a nailbiter 3-1. Tonight’s game was the first of three games this weekend and the Illini got off to a great start, showing that they can win against ANY team. Starter…
Brandon Wikoff laying down a bunt College baseball is a strange beast. After a weekend against a Big Ten rival where we score 49 runs and give up 43 runs, they take on Southern Illinois and pitch their hearts out. After a rough 3 innings giving up two runs, Illinois…
This will teach me to leave a game early… I got to the park early today so I could see the boys practice. The game had a auspicious beginning as starter Nick Chmielewski walked the bases loaded in the first. To his credit, he got out of that jam. Unfortunately…
The good guys had the lead but Stephen F Austin came back to score three runs in top of the 9th to pull a win out of the hat. Final Score SFA 8 Illinois 7. CF Kyle Hudson had 3 hits and two runs in his traditional eighth spot in…