Kevin Duchene improves to 4-1 for 2015 In probably the coldest game the Illinois baseball team has played in long, long time, they won their Big Ten opener. They defeated the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing today by the score of 8-4. It was a brisk 25 degrees in…
Adam Walton leads the team in steals and is tied for the team lead in runs scored The Illinois baseball team have had great ride up until now. They are 18-5-1 and are ranked as high as #17 in the polls. Throw that all out the window now because the…
Rob McDonnell pitched five scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 1.14 I’m glad we got a home game in today. This is the last of a scheduled ten-game home stand (though yesterday’s game was canceled). The Illini made the most of it too. Starter Rob McDonnell (2-1) pitched five…
Congratulations to Will Krug for his candidacy in the Senior CLASS Award. The CLASS Award is devoted to those who excel on and off the field and who epitomize the total student-athlete. CLASS which stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, recognizes student-athletes who stand out as…
Tuesday’s baseball game after initially being delayed a few hours has been cancelled due to impending weather. I’m glad I decided to check this afternoon before coming in. “Why would they cancel it?”.my wife asked me. “It’s starting to look nice out.” Indeed, there always reasons. I don’t pretend to…
Three years. Three career Pitcher of Week honors for Kevin Duchene… and the season is still young. Kevin Duchene was awarded the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award for his fantastic effort last Friday against South Florida on Friday. In seven innings, he allowed just two hits did not…
After a grueling 2-1 series win against the University of South Florida Bulls team plus a midweek win versus Lindenwood-Belleville, the Fighting Illini (17-5-1) find themselves slowly moving up in the polls… again. In three of the five major national polls, they moved up. Baseball America kept them at #25…
First loss… and first runs allowed this season Put away the brooms. Today just wasn’t going to happen for the Illini. Despite coming back from a four run deficit, Illinois (17-5-1) lost to South Florida (16-8-1) in ten innings 8-5 on Sunday at Illinois Field. Game #23 / March…
Victory leap! It was a sunny day at Illinois Field and the balls were flying out of the park. In fact, every run scored today was the result of a homerun. The good news is that Illinois (17-4-1) came out ahead of the South Florida Bulls (15-8-1) in the end…
The scoreboard says it all. Not only did Kevin Duchene pitch a masterpiece but the Illinois (16-4-1) exploded with the bat in Friday’s game against the University of South Florida Bulls (15-7-1). Facing just 26 batters, Duchene gave up just two hits and one unearned run in seven innings for…