The Hoosiers were on a roll and no one was going to stop them, not even the Gophers, who were pretty hot themselves. They won the Big Ten Tournament championship by defeating the red hot Minnesota Golden Gophers 13-2. This is Indiana’s first Tourney title in in 13 years. This…
Now, that Illinois win was just a little TOO interesting. With a 15-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Northwestern Wildcats rallied for nine runs to make it close. Fortunately, Will Strack came in and shut the door on the ‘Cats, pitching a perfect ninth. The…
This gentleman had the right idea during the break but a sweep was not in the cards for the Illini Illinois was oh so close to a sweep of Minnesota this weekend. After a major comeback on Friday, they did the same for the first game on Saturday coming back…
Brandon Wikoff trots around the bases after hitting his 3rd homerun of the season It was the best game of the season in my opinion. For those that missed it, it’s too bad. You missed a heckuva battle between the Illini and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. A couple facts…
Wow! It was almost as if the #1 LSU Tigers offense was punishing the Illini for embarrassing them for Friday’s 3-1 win. In a game that was a polar opposite of that contest, LSU defeated the Illini today in a 22-10 slugfest at the Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge,…
Illinois Baseball lost Saturday night against Notre Dame but rebounded versus West Virginia today to conclude the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge down in Florida. I think it would be safe to say that both games were slugfests. Notre Dame on Saturday Illinois had a chance to win it against the…
Saturday, the Illini went 1-2. Not every day that’s going to happen. My plan was to go the ballpark to see the Illini finish up Friday’s game with the Nittany Lions and play their regularly scheduled doubleheader and was pleasantly surprised to see my buddy Brando had shown up to…
When then wind is blowing out like this you’re going to expect a high scoring game. In this case, it might contribute to bad weather. In this case, rain which suspended that game in the eighth inning. Friday’s game will be be picked up at 2pm Saturday to be followed…