While Bren Spillane racked up his third straight Big Ten Player of the Week award as well as the Perfect Game Midseason Player of the Year honor, Illinois (17-7, 4-2 Big Ten) hopes to regroup after a disappointing 1-2 weekend against Iowa. This coming weekend, they will play the Maryland…
A couple of quick questions come from IBR reader Mark. He asks: What does the pitching staff look like for 2018? What is the projected rotation pre opening? Before I answer, I will say this… Nothing is sure when it comes to college baseball. I have asked Coach Hartleb similar…
Jack Yalowitz hits at a .347 pace After a critical series win against #24 Maryland last weekend, Illinois travels to New Brunswick, New Jersey to face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Rutgers (17-28, 5-10 Big 10) currently inhabits twelfth place in the Big Ten two spots below Illinois. Illinois is…
To think at the beginning of the season, I was unsure of Illinois’ situation at second base. With the departure of Michael Hurwitz last year and no heir apparent, it seemed like a hole that needed filling. Well, Michael Massey has filled that hole admirably. With six hits during Illinois’…
Freshman Michael Massey is on a hitting tear The Illinois baseball team continues its lengthy road trip by traveling to the University of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers (24-12, 8-4 Big Ten) are hosting the Illini who were swept by the Purdue Boilermakers last weekend in a conference series. Illinois…
The last two Illinois baseball games have gone into extra innings. Not only did the Illini win both of those games, Tyler Engel was responsible for the game winning rbi in both of them. Yes, Tyler’s stock is rising. On Friday night against the Northwestern Wildcats, Engel drove home Bren…
With a 3 for 3 game, Yalowitz’s average soars above .400 Up one win on the weekend, Illinois (5-10) couldn’t quite pull it off against Southern Illinois (10-9) Saturday afternoon despite another great game by Jack Yalowitz.. The Salukis took advantage of four unearned runs in the seventh inning to…
The headlines in last week’s Illinois baseball’s news feed had an ominous tone to it… While there is nothing other-worldly about new Illini baseball assistant coach Adam Christ (pronounced krist), he does bring with him some impressive credentials. Minnesota State assistant 2009-11, promoted to Associate Head Coach 2012-15 306-86…