Illinois baseball is just not content for settling for an undefeated April. Not stopping there, #6 Illinois baseball easily defeated the #23 Ohio State Buckeyes in the first of their three-game set. Behind the formidable pitching of starter Kevin Duchene, Illinois won 8-1 for their 19th straight victory. The Illini…
Reid Roper hopes to add to his team-leading 38 rbis this weekend This weekend, two ranked Big Ten baseball teams are facing off. It’s being billed as the Clash in Columbus. #6 ranked Illinois (37-6-1, 13-1 Big Ten) and #23 Ohio State (31-10, 12-3 Big Ten) are taking on each…
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…
A friend of mine observed to me, “Casey Fletcher just doesn’t seem to ever get fooled by a pitch”. He probably shouldn’t. He had a good teacher in his father, legendary Illini and former MLB player Darrin Fletcher. Well, Casey Fletcher wasn’t fooled much this past week. He helped himself…
Everyone’s on board. After a 4-0 week, all major polls have ranked Illinois baseball in the single digits. In fact, the Illini are ranked no lower than #8 and Perfect Game has them as high as #6. Of note, they also have a photo of Illini starter Kevin Duchene headlining…
Starter John Kravetz is now 4-0 for the Illini The Illinois baseball team can add one one more Big Ten sweep to their 2015 accomplishments. On Sunday, they won 6-3 against the Penn State Nittany Lions (13-25, 2-12 Big Ten) giving them their fourth conference sweep of the season. The…
Reid Roper has a team-leading 37 rbis With a 10-1 blowout victory on Friday and a record setting 15-inning win on Saturday, #8 Illinois (35-6-1) baseball took the first two games at Medlar Field against Penn State to extend their winning streak to 16 games. With the win, Illinois keeps…
Drasen Johnson will take the hill on Saturday vs the Nits #8 ranked Illinois baseball takes their 14-game winning streak on the road. For seven games, they will be on the road beginning with Penn State this Friday. Read all about it in the Fighting Illini weekend preview. The starting…
David Kerian now leads the team in HR (9) and hitting (.346) The Illinois offense got off to a slow start but once they got cookin’ they couldn’t stop. Hitless through four innings, the Illini caught fire with David Kerian’s ninth homerun of the season. By the time the dust…
Illinois baseball has cracked the top ten! After another successful week on the diamond, Illinois has gone up in the polls, reaching as high as #8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and #9 in the D1Baseball and Baseball America polls. The Illini went 4-0 in the past week. That…