February 14th is Valentine’s Day. What better way to spend it with your loved one than to follow your favorite baseball team during their season opener? This weekend, Illinois will be taking on Milwaukee, Seton Hall and Wake Forest. It’s been a long off-season and we’re all ready for some…
I like Illinois Baseball so much that I think Champaign-Urbana should make the home opener an official city holiday. Unfortunately, this year, we will have to wait just one more day to watch baseball at Illinois Field. FightingIllini.com announced today that Illinois baseball’s series against Southern Illinois will open with…
You can throw out the 12-5 record now. On the eve of conference season, it gets real tomorrow. This weekend, the Big Ten baseball season begins and Illinois travels to Evanston to take on their in-state rivals, the Northwestern Wildcats. While Illinois is listed in second place behind Indiana (15-4),…
I’m sure it’s been a hectic few days for the Illini baseball program. Due to cancelled flights, the scheduled opening weekend games in Beaumont, Texas just aren’t going to happen. Fortunately with a little collaboration, Illinois will play this weekend thanks to the help of host St. Louis University. Hey…
[UPDATE] Schedule change: Keep your eye on FightingIllini.com for pending changes. Hot Stove Banquet completed? Check. Pre-season practice? Check. Promotional schedule in place? Check. Fightingillini.com pre-season previews? Check. What’s left than to go out and win some ballgames, am I right? Sure enough, this Friday starts the 2018 Fighting Illini…
Jack Yalowitz leads all Illini with a .389 average I say this every year but it’s worth repeating… the non-conference season is just the beginning. The Big Ten season is almost here and that brings a whole new aspect to college baseball. The competition is more intense, the rivalries…
“It’s just good to be home. You get to play on your own field, we have great fans here, and I think that’s a huge plus for us.” Dan Hartleb via Daily Illini For the first time this season, local fans will get to see the Illini baseball team at…
Hayes improves to 3-2 with a one-hitter over Penn State Two fantastic starting performances by Illinois’ Doug Hayes and Cole Bellair resulted in just win in Saturday’s doubleheader with Penn State. Hayes pitched the first complete game one-hitter by an Illini pitcher in nine years to win Game 1 by…
Cody Sedlock improves to 4-1 for the season With a little help from his friends, Cody Sedlock got Illinois baseball’s conference season off to the right start. Sedlock threw seven shutout innings to give Illinois a 5-0 win over Penn State on Friday at Illinois Field’s home opener. Charlie Naso…
Illinois sees the return of catcher Jason Goldstein this weekend “There’s no place like home”, said Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz but I think the Illinois baseball players are probably thinking the same thing. Illinois (8-10) is looking to start off the Big Ten conference portion of the season…