David Kerian is welcomed back to the dugout by starting pitcher Drasen Johnson after scoring the winning run As some of the Illinois baseball “oldtimers” who have shown up for this weekend’s alumni festivities can attest, there something about a Illinois-Michigan State series. Adam Walton slaps a triple to drive…
John Kravetz goes for win #6 on Saturday This is it, local Illinois baseball fans! If you waited to see the Fighting Illini baseball team (27-14, 10-5 Big Ten) in action, this weekend against Michigan State (27-14, 8-7 Big Ten) is the last chance you can see them at Illinois…
Bill Beherns did a nice feature news piece on the familial connection between former Illini legend Darrin Fletcher and his son, current right fielder Casey Fletcher. And a quick note: Tonight’s game against SIU has been postponed to Wednesday due to weather. Game time has moved up to 5pm.
Casey Fletcher scores on Ryne Roper’s triple in the third inning If we had that one more inning, I just know the Illini would have come back from their 11-3 deficit. Well, maybe. With one pitch thrown in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game, the men in blue called the…
John Kravetz improves to 5-1 after his victory against #24 Indiana Behind the superb pitching of junior John Kravetz and a key hit by transfer Casey Fletcher, the Illini (23-16, 10-4 Big Ten) join Michigan as the only team to beat Indiana (27-12, 12-2 Big Ten) in conference play. Reid…
Support your local starting pitcher: Drasen Johnson is 4-4 with a 2.30 ERA You could say it was Illinois’ biggest series of the year but even that is an understatement. In some ways, this weekend’s three game set against Indiana is one the highlights of the conference. Imagine the two…
Each week when the Big Ten awards announcement is released, I eagerly read it in anticipation of another Illinois player getting their due. Some weeks, it’s apparent that our guys won’t be named but some like this week, the powers-that-be at the conference office see it our way. Indeed, this…
Will Krug now batting .329 with 15 stolen bases On Sunday, Illinois completed a sweep at Penn State (17-19, 5-6 Big Ten) behind the pitching of Ryan Castellanos. Penn State had the lead in each of the three games this weekend and two of the games were truly comeback efforts…
Catcher Jason Goldstein takes a team leading .377 batting average into this weekend This weekend, the Illini baseball team travel to State College to reverse their recent downward trend against Penn State (17-16, 5-3 Big Ten). After winning ten of eleven games, Illinois (18-14, 6-3) has now lost three straight…
A fine performance but no decision for John Kravetz today Illinois didn’t take advantage of a solid pitching performance by starter John Kravetz and dropped the last game of their three game series to Michigan 4-2. The winds were still blowing out to left center but both starters managed to…