#12 Illinois (25-6-1) continued their torrid hitting as they defeated their downstate rivals Eastern Illinois (1-24) by the score of 14-10. Newly honored Big Ten Player of the Week Jason Goldstein didn’t stop his hot hitting. He had a career high six rbis against EIU going 3 for 6 with…
Not one but TWO Illini baseball players were honored by the Big Ten today for their performances for the past week. Jason Goldstein was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the first for the Illini of 2015. And what a week he had! With four multi-hit games, Jason batted…
After a 5-0 week and a sweep against the Northwestern Wildcats, Illinois baseball (24-6-1) has risen in the national polls. D1baseball once again places the Illini the highest at #12. Here is the full list of polls and where Illinois is placed: National Poll Illinois’ Ranking Previous Ranking NCBWA…
Celebrating a sweep! Illinois baseball completed their weekend sweep of Northwestern on Sunday in almost ruthless fashion. They defeated the Wildcats by a football-like score of 17-2. The game was really never in question with the Illini scoring three runs in the top of the first inning and by the…
Drasen Johnson wins #4 of the year There was no game winning homerun today. Nor was their any other late inning heroics. There was no need for any. #15 Illinois (23-6-1) got off to a nice 6-1 lead by the third inning and never looked back against Northwestern on Saturday. …
Pat McInerney breaks the 1-1 tie with a solo shot in the 13th The new video scoreboard got a rude workout today as it took 13 innings for the #15 Illini to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats 3-1 at Illinois Field. The cold Illinois fans have Pat McInerney to thank for…
Pat McInerney is tied for the Illini lead in rbis with 19 We are one day away from Illinois baseball’s Big Ten home opener… …sort of. #15 Illinois (21-6-1) will be playing Northwestern (8-19) this weekend. While this isn’t technically a home series for Illinois, this will be the first…
Kerian leads the Big Ten with seven homers At GCS Ballpark In Sauget, Illinois, David Kerian was the man of the night on Tuesday night. Down 3-2 in the top of the sixth, his two-run homerun put the Illini up for good against the Missouri Tigers. With help from the…
John Kravetz improves to a career 21-7 record It was wild, wooly game up in East Lansing today. After getting off to a 7-0 lead, Illinois sustained a Spartan rally and prevailed in the last game against Michigan State, 13-9. John Kravetz came out the winner and is now 2-0…
David Kerian is currently on a 12 game hit streak David Kerian extended his hit streak to 12 games and hit his sixth homer of the season but it just wasn’t enough for an Illini win. The Michigan State Spartans outplayed Illinois on Sunday and won 5-2. They handed Drasen…