Davis Hendrickson and Thomas Lindauer share a high five In the past, Eastern Illinois University has given the Illini fits. Tonight however, Brian de la Torriente had no trouble with the Panther offense and Illini offense teed off of EIU pitching and Illinois won 10-3. Brian de la Torriente, in…
As some of you know, I was in town for Friday’s game but had to leave town and wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s or Sunday’s events. Heh, what events they were! Let it be known I did follow each game though. Thank goodness for Gametracker. There’s something about a baseball…
Reliever Anthony Milazzo pitches under a full moon Friday’s game against Indiana was just not meant to be. Before Illinois even had a hit, Indiana racked up seven runs off starter Kevin Johnson (5-2), who had won his previous five starts. From then on it just one missed opportunity after…
Jordan Parr leads the Illini with a .385 batting average The Hoosiers are coming to town! Indeed, the Illini are in the midst of a eight game home stand so take your chance to see them while they are in town. It’s Easter weekend so bring the family before you…
Bill Charvat ropes a double in the ninth inning It was a rematch with the Bradley Braves tonight and coincidentally the score was the same as last week’s game. Unfortunately, the victor was not. Bradley came out on top, 6-3. When I arrived to the park from work around the…
John Kravetz rebounds from last weekend and gets his fourth win Sunday John Kravetz allowed just three hits in seven innings in Sunday’s game against Mississippi Valley State giving him his fourth win of the year. That completed a sweep of the Delta Devils now putting the Illini at 15-10…
Jordan Parr hustles into third as he triples in the first inning It was more of the same Saturday as the Illini pounded the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 12-4 at Illinois Field. Once again, a big inning helped as the six-run second pretty much put the game away. By…
Shortstop Thomas Lindauer makes the play at first Illinois baseball team came home to a crowd of 827 baseball fans and did everything they could to not disappoint. Hosting the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, they succeeded as they outslugged the opposition 15-6 behind the solid pitching of Kevin Johnson. …
Finally! Home Field! It’s a bit of a strange schedule this year. After the Big Ten opener last weekend against Nebraska, the Illini come home to play a non-conference team, the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils. To add to the weirdness, Illinois hosts Bradley for a midweek game next week. …
We’ll just forget the last three games. Tonight was a different night. Illinois broke their three game losing streak Wednesday night in Peoria against the Bradley Braves winning a no-nonsense 6-3 game. Nick Chmielewski pitched six solid innings for the win. The win was probably a happy one for the…