Justin Parr: Four hits in 2012 season opener Well, if you want to find the silver lining in today’s 13-12 loss to Notre Dame at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida, it’s this: at least the Illini had no problems providing offensive support for starter Kevin Johnson. …
First things first, Wednesday’s game against Bradley has been canceled. Something about impending storms and flash floods. The game will not be made up. Last night’s contest against our sister school U of I Springfield began perhaps a little shaky but it didn’t take much time for the Illini to…
It was a wild and crazy one in Bloomington today. Indiana continued to hit and scored 12 runs. Fortunately, Illinois had a blockbuster afternoon scoring 17 runs on the same amount of hits. Brandon Hohl hit two homers and drove in three runs. Final score: Illinois 17 Indiana 12. The…
Ever been to a ballgame where everything just seemed to go right? That pretty much happened Wednesday night as the Illini embarrassed the Butler Bulldogs 19-0. Tanner Libby makes the most of his first Illini start First, props go out to starter Tanner Libby who made his first start for…
If we keep these 1-2 Big Ten weekends up, we’ll be watching the Big Ten tournament from home. With Illinois’ 16-1 loss to the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, that will make it three straight weekends against conference teams with only one win. MSU’s 16 runs were spread throughout the…
Shortstop Josh Parr ponders the scoreboard in the seventh inning Can we just forget about Friday night? Friday’s night’s game against Michigan was over pretty much before we knew it. I had to feel for anyone who came a few innings late to the game. When they walked in and…
Before the game, Pete Cappetta predicted two wins for the weekend This time it was the Illini who took some advantage of the 20-25 mph wind at Illinois Field. With four homers and a fantastic effort by the bullpen, Illinois closed out this past weekend’s series on a winning note. …
Will Strack struggles with his jacket in the strong Friday wind before the game. There was a fierce wind at Illinois Field Friday night. Unfortunately, Penn State took advantage of it and Illinois didn’t. The Nittany Lions cracked four homeruns and defeated the Illini 16-9. It’s not that Illinois didn’t…
Wow, the University of Illinois baseball team sure knows how to put on a show for their home opener, eh? The Illini crushed the Chicago State Cougars last night by the score of 18-2. The outcome of the game almost seemed apparent by the end of the second inning. By…
It was the Willie Argo show today as the Illini defeated Southeastern University 11-3 down in Winter Haven, Florida. Looking at their schedule, Southeastern is used to scoring in double-digits but today, Kevin Manson and company managed to keep the damage to a minimum. Despite the Fire’s ten hits, they…