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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Illini issues major comeback win against ISU, 7-5

Jordan Parr heads home to score in the second inning Illinois spotted Illinois State a five run lead but came back for seven unanswered runs to win Tuesday night, 7-5.  Usual secondbaseman/closer Reid Roper was the starter.  Roper couldn’t quite handle the tough ISU lineup tonight as they scored five…

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EIU no problem for Illini 10-3

Davis Hendrickson and Thomas Lindauer share a high five In the past, Eastern Illinois University has given the Illini fits.  Tonight however, Brian de la Torriente had no trouble with the Panther offense and Illini offense teed off of EIU pitching and Illinois won 10-3.  Brian de la Torriente, in…

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With help from Milroy and Roper, Illini finish off Indiana

As some of you know, I was in town for Friday’s game but had to leave town and wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s or Sunday’s events.  Heh, what events they were!  Let it be known I did follow each game though.  Thank goodness for Gametracker.  There’s something about a baseball…

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Bradley Braves edge Illinois 6-3

Bill Charvat ropes a double in the ninth inning It was a rematch with the Bradley Braves tonight and coincidentally the score was the same as last week’s game.  Unfortunately, the victor was not.  Bradley came out on top, 6-3. When I arrived to the park from work around the…

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Illinois get a big inning vs MVSU in home opener, 15-6

Shortstop Thomas Lindauer makes the play at first Illinois baseball team came home to a crowd of 827 baseball fans and did everything they could to not disappoint.  Hosting the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, they succeeded as they outslugged the opposition 15-6 behind the solid pitching of Kevin Johnson. …

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With Sunday split, Illinois posts 3-1 weekend mark

Wow!  Lots of big stuff happened yesterday in Illinois baseball.  They did manage to get shutout by one the most struggling teams they’ve faced this year in Northern Illinois 3-0.  But on the other hand, they came back and walloped SIU 13-5.    Some of the big stories of the…

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Illini, Johnson unleash against the Salukis 8-2

Three rbis today for Brandon Hohl “Days like this when Illinois wins, I’m that much happier”, I just told Jay, the guy behind the counter at the coffee shop who’s also a baseball fan.  And it’s true.  Indeed, Illinois did win against the Southern Illinois Salukis.  Thanks to another stellar…

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