John Kravetz and Tyler Jay combine for Illini’s tenth straight On Monday evening, #11 Illinois pitchers John Kravetz and Tyler Jay combined to shut down the Purdue Boilermakers in a pitchers’ duel. The winning run came in the seventh with the help from the Purdue defense when Jason Goldstein scored…
Six rbis for Reid Roper in the last two games The Illini cruised to their ninth straight win over the Purdue Boilermakers on Sunday winning 5-1. Starter Drasen Johnson had some help from Reid Roper’s bat. Roper hit a three-run triple in the fifth inning to give Johnson and the…
Pat McInerney (27)is welcomed at home plate by Casey Fletcher after his 3-run HR in the first On Saturday, the Illinois offense exploded early for three homeruns and and ten runs as the Illini defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 10-5. Starting pitcher Kevin Duchene pitched six solid innings and won his…
Kevin Duchene sports an unreal 0.64 ERA for the Illini This weekend, #12 Illini baseball (26-6-1, 5-1 Big Ten) will host Purdue (11-21, 1-5 Big Ten) for a three-game series. The schedule is moved back one day so games will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The good news……
Casey Fletcher gets congrats from the batboy in the 3rd inning while Ronnie Muck watches on On Sunday, it was a warm afternoon and the Illinois bats were pretty hot too. With the help of thirteen hits, the home team scored eight runs to defeat the Purdue Boilermakers 8-3 in…
In Saturday’s game against Purdue (5-17, 1-1 Big Ten), the Illinois squad (13-11, 1-1 Big Ten) combined timely hitting with another fine performance by sophomore righty Ryan Castellanos to tie the weekend series 1-1. Castellanos pitched his first complete game as an Illinois pitcher and improved to 3-1 for the…
Firstbaseman David Kerian flashes some leather during Friday’s game It’s spring break but the Illinois baseball player cut theirs short to host the Purdue Boilermakers for the Big Ten opener this weekend at Illinois Field. Unfortunately, game one was no vacation. The Boilermakers held off an Illini ninth inning rally…
Ryan Castellanos scheduled to toe the rubber on Saturday As I’m fond of saying this time of year, it’s a whole new season. Unless you follow the RPI rankings and such, the we start anew in the Big Ten and all games from here on out are what really count. …
The Illini get a little defensive help from Brandon Hohl today It was a wild and wooly win for the Illini today against the Purdue Boilermakers. While Ryan Castellanos earned his second win in a row, Justin Parr hit for the cycle and Reid Roper hit his third homer…
Reid Roper launches one to win it Last night, we had a slugfest against Purdue. Today, there weren’t as many runs but it certainly wasn’t any less exciting. Down by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning, David Kerian singled home the tying run and was followed…