With three one-run wins against Penn State this past weekend, Illinois baseball is back in the hunt again! Despite cold and windy weather on Friday and wind on Saturday, Illinois swept the Nittany Lions by the scores of 2-1, 7-6 and 4-3. This past weekend was the sixth time Illinois…
This weekend, the #23 Illini will take on the Illinois State Redbirds (13-6) in the I-74 match-up. There will be a three-game series between the two teams who have both experienced success in the 2019 season. Illinois will be looking to sweep their opponent for the fifth time in the…
In their home opening series, Illinois baseball got down to business this past weekend. Winning their fourth weekend sweep in five weekend against the Southern Illinois Salukis (10-8), the 2019 Illinois team is off their best start in 30 years. Illinois won two hard played one-run games in a doubleheader…
Another weekend, another sweep. This past weekend, Illinois baseball (10-3) easily defeated the Grand Canyon University Lopes (6-9) in three straight games down in Phoenix, Arizona. Illinois had solid pitching giving up just twelve hits in the three games. Jack Yalowitz and Michael Massey put in some great offensive performances…
Three games. Three wins. Only five runs given up. Keep this up and we’ll be buying tickets for Omaha soon enough. Illinois Baseball got off to a stellar 2019 season start with a three-game sweep this past weekend. That included a big win over host #20 Wake Forest. Pitching was…
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…
After a fall’s worth a practice and a couple of scrimmages, the Orange and Blue World Series took place this week. This is probably the 12th one I’ve attended and I don’t think I’ve seen a more one-sided victory by one of the teams. The Orange Team swept the Blue…
Saturday was another repeat from last weekend. We had rain early in the morning but by the time the Illinois baseball players were scheduled to square off in their intrasquad matchup at 10:40am, it was nice and sunny and perfect baseball weather. It was a repeat in other ways…