Will Krug’s 3 for 5 performance wasn’t enough to overcome Michigan’s 17 runs Before today, Illinois hurlers hadn’t given up a run for 25 innings. As I approached Illinois Field, I knew that win or lose, that streak wasn’t going to last. The winds were blowing straight out to centerfield. …
Drasen Johnson finally got the offensive support he deserved today not that he needed it all. In Evanston, Johnson (3-4, 2.74) struck out ten batters in seven shutout innings against Northwestern while his Illini teammates exploded for 13 runs. The Northwestern defense didn’t help their cause with five fielding miscues. …
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…
Thomas Lindauer got Illinois off to a good start with his seventh homerun of 2013 Illinois and Purdue got off to a raucous start Friday night when both teams scored 12 runs in the 40-minute first inning alone. It wasn’t over yet either. Both teams combined for 29 runs…
Jordan Parr is welcomed at home by Justin Parr and Michael Hurwitz after hitting his fourth homerun of the year You could say Illinois Baseball’s two games against the Oakland Grizzlies in Saturday’s doubleheader were like night and day. Game 1 was a long drawn affair which it seemed…
Jordan Parr hustles into third as he triples in the first inning It was more of the same Saturday as the Illini pounded the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 12-4 at Illinois Field. Once again, a big inning helped as the six-run second pretty much put the game away. By…
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. …
I guess, it’s the nature of college baseball. Saturday, I was listening to the Illinois-Nebraska game on the way home from grocery shopping when Illinois had a 2-0 lead. I thought to myself, “Good. They’ll need more. But that’s a nice start.”. But by the time we brought the groceries…
The Illini baseball team started the Big Ten conference season in a grand fashion by crushing the tough Nebraska Cornhuskers by the score of 11-3 in the opener at Lincoln. Kevin Johnson won his fourth straight game getting all the offense he needed. Leftfielder Justin Parr (right) was a big…
On Sunday, the Illini didn’t waste time against the West Virginia Mountaineers. In their last game at the Nike College Showcase in Eugene, Oregon, the bats were swinging and the runs were scoring. The game almost seemed in the bag by the bottom of the first when Illinois scored seven…