Nice going, @BigBob428. Go #Illini! pic.twitter.com/efurEyjnka — Illbaseballreport (@IllBaseballRpt) April 29, 2015 With a 7-5 victory against Southern Illinois on Tuesday night, #6 Illinois baseball team has done something pretty incredible. They have gone undefeated for a whole month. Eighteen whole games have come and gone and the Illini have…
Kevin Duchene will take the mound vs Minnesota on Thursday This weekend, Illinois heads north to Minneapolis to finish out the regular season against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. While both teams both have 12 conference wins, the Gophers (12-6, 29-18 overall) have three less losses than Illinois (12-9, 31-15 overall)…
Justin Parr advances to third in today’s victory against the Wildcats Sunday’s conclusion of the Illinois-Northwestern series at Illinois Field included just about everything… a Justin Parr hit (two, actually) to extend his hitting streak, a comeback for the Illini (26-3, 8-7 Big Ten) and a perhaps too-exciting-but-successful-nonetheless save for…
26 games in a row: Justin Parr’s infield hit to short breaks the record. Just as the game between the Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats began on Saturday afternoon, it began to rain. It was a little mist at first but a steady rain soon followed. The bad weather didn’t…
Justin Parr: 24 and counting… Illinois couldn’t pull out a victory against the Buckeyes in their rubber game on Sunday losing 7-3. The loss gives the Illini a 6-6 conference record and puts them in seventh place in the Big Ten. Game #36 / April 21, 2013 …
Kevin Johnson: all time Illini leader with 333 innings Illinois and Ohio State split their first two games in Columbus this weekend. Kevin Johnson won Friday’s game in a record breaking fashion 9-2. On Saturday, it was a narrow defeat for the Illini (24-11, 6-5 Big Ten) as they lost…
Justin Parr is really putting it together for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League this summer. Last night, he extended his hitting streak to 21 games and did it in style. He went 4 for 5 in the Honkers’ 11-3 defeat of Alexandria and hit a homerun with four…
Dominic Altobelli is on a roll now in the minors. Playing for the Casper Ghosts in the Rookie League, he has a 11 game hit streak going back July 1. According to his father Mike, Dom’s manager is trying him out at 2B just to keep him in the lineup. …