With Illinois’ good showing at the Keith LeClair Classic, I thought we might have seen a mention of one of our players in the Big Ten weekly awards (Nick Blackburn for Freshman of the Week, anyone?). Alas, Ohio State had three legit contenders and swept the awards: Player: Aaron Gretz,…
Illinois Baseball finished strong at the Keith LeClair Classic in Greenville, North Carolina this weekend. After an initial loss to the East Carolina Pirates and a win versus the Ohio Bobcats the next day, they followed that up with two more wins to close out the tournament against the New…
After a loss to the East Carolina Pirates last night, Illini Baseball came back this morning ready to play. Behind the pitching of Kevin Duchene and a 4 for 4 performance by David Kerian, they defeated the Ohio Bobcats 11-6. Game #4 / February 21, 2013 vs 8 2…
Keith LeClair Classic Clark-LeClair Stadium Greenville, N.C. February 21, 2013 4:00 pm CT vs East Carolina 0-2 February 22, 2013 12:00 n CT vs Ohio 0-2 February 23, 2013 5:00 pm CT vs New Mexico State 2-2 February 24, 2013 8:30 am CT vs Boston College 1-2 This weekend, Illinois…
I thought I’d take a quick look around the Big Ten after the opening weekend. No conference team went undefeated but two teams were swept. Michigan went 0-3 against California and surprisingly Nebraska lost all four of their games during their jaunt out West. To their credit, two of the…
Game #3 / February 17, 2013 vs 7 6 One thing I will say about Coach Hartleb is that he’s not afraid to let his freshman to take their licks in the early non-conference games. That was apparent Sunday with the game tied in the bottom of the ninth…
Game #2 / February 16, 2013 vs 6 5 I was so ready to write a tongue-in-cheek article about how the Illini remained “undefeated” in 2013. When I saw via GameTracker that the Illini had a 5-4 lead in top of fifth, that was a distinct possibility. Alas, host…
Game #1 / February 15, 2013 vs 13 2 The Illinois Baseball players gave Coach Dan Hartleb a pretty nice birthday present today. An opening day win. Today, pretty much everything went right for the Illini as they defeated the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in Cookeville. …
Opening week is so much fun, don’t you think? As the boys are on their way to Cookeville, Tennessee for their first meeting with the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech, the official weekend preview has been posted. As noted in my weekend preview, the pitching rotation will include two freshman. …
0-0 vs 0-0 T-minus two days before the 2013 season opener for the Fighting Illini Baseball team. On Friday at 3pm, the challenge begins. The challenge to see if Coach Hartleb’s Illini baseball team can come back from their lackluster finish in 2012. Time will tell but I know the…