A rare loss for Kevin Johnson It was a case of not enough pitching, not enough hitting and poor fielding as the Illini lost to the Michigan State Spartans 15-8 in the first game of this weekend’s series. Atypical for him, starter Kevin Johnson had an off game. He gave…
Thomas Lindauer gets back to first safely No weather concerns today. No light outage dramatics either. Just a nice simple win fueled by good pitching and plenty of offense. Illinois defeated Ohio State Saturday in a little comeback style 8-3. Kravetz earns his sixth win today Illinois did draw first…
Thomas Shelton hits a 3-run homer in the 7th inning… …and gets welcomed at the plate by his teammates. Lots of excitement tonight at the Illinois-Ohio State game… from off and on rain to a 20 minute delay due to an outage of the stadium lights. However, nothing thrilled the…
Davis Hendrickson and Thomas Lindauer share a high five In the past, Eastern Illinois University has given the Illini fits. Tonight however, Brian de la Torriente had no trouble with the Panther offense and Illini offense teed off of EIU pitching and Illinois won 10-3. Brian de la Torriente, in…
As some of you know, I was in town for Friday’s game but had to leave town and wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s or Sunday’s events. Heh, what events they were! Let it be known I did follow each game though. Thank goodness for Gametracker. There’s something about a baseball…
Reliever Anthony Milazzo pitches under a full moon Friday’s game against Indiana was just not meant to be. Before Illinois even had a hit, Indiana racked up seven runs off starter Kevin Johnson (5-2), who had won his previous five starts. From then on it just one missed opportunity after…
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. …
We’ll just forget the last three games. Tonight was a different night. Illinois broke their three game losing streak Wednesday night in Peoria against the Bradley Braves winning a no-nonsense 6-3 game. Nick Chmielewski pitched six solid innings for the win. The win was probably a happy one for the…
I’m going to talk a bit about Illini shortstop Thomas Lindauer. Given that on the heels of Saturday’s 18-5 loss to Nebraska, Illinois (11-9) took another one on the chin by the Huskers on Sunday 13-3, there isn’t a whole else positive to talk about. So let’s talk a little…