MSU fan Tom Tomkins posted some Spartan photos from last weekend’s series against Northwestern on his blog, Oak Openings and Observations. It looks like we played MSU at just about the right time. After we swept them, they mightily defeated Central Michigan 20-3. The Roof Brothers (brothers of former Illinois…
Okay, considering we were playing the last place team in the Missouri Valley Conference, that was awfully difficult. We came out on top 11-9 but it was a rollercoaster battle with Bradley coming back from a 7-2 deficit to tie it 7-7. Even when Illinois had it wrapped up 11-7…
Ben Reeser tossing over to first during the first game against Indiana on Saturday After a 1-2 weekend against the Hoosiers, the Illini will host the Bradley Braves at Illinois Field. By Tuesday game time, it looks to a bit chilly but nothing like the MSU Sunday. My source says…
The difference was night and day for the Illini. Compared to Friday night’s game against the Indiana, our pitchers pitched well, we had good defense and we kept Josh Phegley at bay (1 for 9, 1 rbi, 1 run). Ben Reeser was one strike from a shutout Unfortunately, we only…
Note: Because of impending bad weather on Sunday, the two remaining games will be played Saturday as a doubleheader starting at noon. Something happened at Illinois Field that hasn’t occurred all year. Illinois lost. Josh Phegley It wasn’t a close game, it wasn’t a heartbreaker. It was a train wreck. …
This week, we’re going to have a special edition of the weekend series preview. The editor of Behind the Plate, an Indiana Baseball blog, suggested that we both do a Q & A interview for each other’s blogs as an exciting preview for the upcoming Indiana-Illinois series. I thought it…
Boy, that was a close one! Josh Parr drove in the winning run in the 10th inning Down 4-1, Illinois pulled ahead in the fifth by a run only to lose the lead in the next inning. The Illini quickly tied it up and that’s where it stood till the…
On April Fool’s Day, #26 Illinois (yes, we dropped a spot in the polls) the Illini will take on the Cougars of University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The Cougars are a probationary member of the Ohio Valley Conference hoping for full NCAA Division I status in by 2012-2013. Game #22…
Congrats to Will Strack. With his complete game shutout in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader, Strack received the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award. Strack allowed just four hits and a walk in Illinois’ win which completed their weekend sweep of the Michigan Spartans. He is the second…
Note: The ISU-Illinois game on Tuesday has been postponed due to weather No make-up date has been scheduled yet. After the all-important Big Ten opener last weekend which the Illini swept Michigan State, they are going on the road for one night and probably hoping for better weather. They’ll be…