Today’s University of Illinois baseball game is being billed as “Dog Day Afternoon”. It says in part: Bring your dog to the park and receive free admission for yourself and your four-legged friend Yes, and don’t forget to bring your pooper scoopers. And I’m sure your dogs will behave just…
I attended the Illini game last night and it wasn’t pretty. They lost their fifth in a row and their magic number remains at two. With three games left against Iowa this weekend, they need to win the next two to clinch the Big Ten title. Brian Blomquist took the…
In what hopefully will not be a trend, the Illini lost their fourth game in a row against #20 Missouri. Despite 3 Missori errors, they lost 6-2. It was a game of lost opportunities as they stranded 6 runners in scoring position. Illinois remains first in the Big Ten but…
After winning their first game against Minnesota Friday night, Illinois seemed to fall apart for the rest of the 4 game series. Saturday’s game was won by the Gophers 5-4. The Illini struck out 12 times. Game two was postponed till Sunday because of rain. On Sunday, things didn’t get…
With the Big Ten season coming to a close in a few weeks, a few of the University of Illinois players have made plans to play in leagues throughout the country. Good luck to all of them!! Cape Cod Baseball League Chris Robinson, Hyannis Alaska Baseball League Ryan Hastings, Mat-Su…
The Illini barely won the first of a 4-game series against the Minnesota Gophers. Reliever Jake Toohey struck the last two batters with the bases loaded to close out the game. Chris Robinson was 4 for 5 and Drew Davidson and Dusty Benkso both hit homers in the game.
The awards keep comin’ for Illini secondbaseman JR Kyes. For his efforts in the last week, Kyes has won the: Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (see bottom of page) Co-Big Ten Player of the Week NCBWA Pro-Line Caps National Hitter of the Week For the week, Kyes went…
For the first time this year, the University of Illinois made the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll. They are ranked 29th this week. Congrats to the team!
Today I took the kids to the first game of the doubleheader between the Northwestern Wildcats and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Last night’s game between the two was a laugher as Illinois won 21-4. Brian Blomquist pitched a complete game and Dusty Bensko hit a grand slam in…
Chalk up another victory for Illinois as they overcame Southern Illinois in extra innings 9-7. Aaron Saving (nice name for a reliever, eh?) got the win by pitching a 1-2-3 10th. Toby Gardenhire doubled in the go-ahead run. In case you’re wondering, Toby is indeed the son of Ron Gardenhire.…