Casey McMurray hits a solo shot in the bottom of ninth to win the game… … and was warmly greeted at the plate by all his teammates. Casey McMurray’s timing was impeccable tonight. With one out in the bottom of the ninth and the score tied, he chose that moment…
Reliever Chris Pack has a 5-1 record on the season This is it. If any of you were waiting for the right time to attend an Illinois game, your days are running out. This weekend’s three game series (which starts on Thursday due to the Big Ten Tournament next week)…
Illinois came into last weekend’s series against Purdue tied for third and winning their last three Big Ten series. After losing Friday’s game in low scoring fashion, 3-1, it looked like they had their work cut out for them the rest of the weekend. The Orange and Blue proved they…
Justin Parr is hitting .346 and an even tastier .486 against Big Ten teams This coming weekend, the Illini will be making their last road trip of the year… not including the Big Ten Tournament, of course. They will be traveling to West Lafayette, Indiana to play the offense-laden Purdue…
Sadly, I didn’t make it out to the game on Sunday. Sad, only because it would have been nice to see another fantastic Illini victory. It was Mother’s Day, you see. Don’t blame my wife. She let’s me come out to every other ballgame and I’m grateful for that. Looking…
Just catching up on a few stories… The Daily Illini has a nice article on the Parr brothers not to mention Dad Cam who we find out was a shortstop himself at Huntington University. Speaking of shortstops, former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff (left, during his Illini days) has been doing…
Davis Hendrickson takes a cut in Illinois’ 12-7 loss on Saturday Illinois took a while to get their offense going on Saturday… too long it seems, as they lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 12-7. It almost looked liked Buckeye hurler Brett McKinney, who came into the game with just…
I really hope you came to the park last night. If you missed Illinois’ exciting 13-9 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, you missed, in my guess, one of the best games of past few years. It ranks up their with our win against the same Ohio State team two…
In case you haven’t heard, this Friday is the 3rd annual Bleacher Bum Barbeque. In addition to a great Illinois-Ohio State baseball matchup, there will be free food, inflatable games for the kids, fireworks and presumably a lot of people. If you want to get in on the free grub,…
Lee Zerrusen put up four goose eggs for the Illini Tonight, the Illinois baseball defeated Illinois College 7-0 behind a committee of pitchers led by Lee Zerrusen who pitched four scoreless innings. Chris Pack got the win against the BlueBoys… Wait, stop! Blueboys? How did Illinois College get the nickname…