Illini Baseball at .500; Parr’s streak at 24 games and climbing

Justin Parr:  24 and counting… Illinois couldn’t pull out a victory against the Buckeyes in their rubber game on Sunday losing 7-3.  The loss gives the Illini a 6-6 conference record and puts them in seventh place in the Big Ten.    Game #36 / April 21, 2013    …

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Illinois looks to win rubber game against Buckeyes

Kevin Johnson: all time Illini leader with 333 innings Illinois and Ohio State split their first two games in Columbus this weekend.  Kevin Johnson won Friday’s game in a record breaking fashion 9-2.  On Saturday, it was a narrow defeat for the Illini (24-11, 6-5 Big Ten) as they lost…

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Illini look to improve on 5-4 record in Columbus

  Reid Roper has hit three HR in his last three games After their three-game sweep of Purdue last weekend, Illinois baseball hopes to continue their conference success this coming weekend against the Ohio State Buckeyes.  Ohio State (23-12, 7-5 Big Ten) is one spot above the Illini in 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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Shelton, Johnson key big win against Buckeyes

Thomas Shelton hits a 3-run homer in the 7th inning… …and gets welcomed at the plate by his teammates. Lots of excitement tonight at the Illinois-Ohio State game… from off and on rain to a 20 minute delay due to an outage of the stadium lights.  However, nothing thrilled the…

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Yes, Illinois pulls another comeback: win 5-4 vs Ohio State

Ho hum… another walk-off win for the Illini.  What else is new? Hehe, I can’t pull that complacent shtick off, I am psyched as all get out.  Maybe I got worried a bit watching the Illinois-Ohio State game on my friend’s wide screen TV in his basement but I’ll tell…

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Fighting Illini win another series on 11-5 victory vs Buckeyes

Sadly, I didn’t make it out to the game on Sunday.  Sad, only because it would have been nice to see another fantastic Illini victory.  It was Mother’s Day, you see.  Don’t blame my wife.  She let’s me come out to every other ballgame and I’m grateful for that. Looking…

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