Illinois baseball had a successful weekend in Ball State. The bats certainly showed up. Illinois scored 23 runs in the three games against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Winning two of three games, they upped their record to a more respectable 5-8. Cam McDonald continues to hit as he now owns…
This weekend, Illinois baseball (3-7) travels to Bowling Green for three games against Western Kentucky (7-5). Read more details at the Fighting Illini website. Illinois suffered a midweek loss against Eastern Illinois on Tuesday and lost two of three last weekend. Their one win however, was against #25 West Virginia…
A hard luck loss by Drasen Johnson on Sunday Illinois starting pitching was on target this weekend but that wasn’t enough for the Illini baseball squad. A lack of offense contributed to a sweep by the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers down in Bowling Green. After an uplifting tournament a week ago,…
Drasen Johnson will be looking for win #3 on Sunday Coming off their surprise 4-0 performance last weekend down in Gainesville, the Illinois baseball team hopes to build on their momentum. This weekend, they’ll taking on the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky. The Illini have plenty of history with the Hilltoppers,…
Illinois just came away with a 1-2 weekend against Western Kentucky University. Without being snide, they did win a game. WKU have a tough team and Illinois came off a pretty rough weekend down in DeLand, Florida. Saturday’s win came at the hands of the John Anderson / Chris Pack…
FightingIllini.com has come out with their preview of this weekend’s series against the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers. A couple telling statistics… Illinois is: 3-0 when out-hitting its opponent 3-1 when making 0 or 1 error Also, it’s confirmed that WKU is indeed a tough team: WKU was picked fourth in…
I wouldn’t say the Illini are going north this weekend. They’re just not travelling as far south. Bowling Green, Kentucky is their destination and they will be facing off against the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky University. WKU (6-5) seems to be a pretty tough team both offensively and on the…
A bit of news in case you might have missed it… there has been a schedule change. Due to the stadium calamity that occurred at the Metrodome on December 12, they have been forced to cancel the Metrodome Tournament. Coach Hartleb was up for the challenge and filled the March…