This weekend, the #23 Illini will take on the Illinois State Redbirds (13-6) in the I-74 match-up. There will be a three-game series between the two teams who have both experienced success in the 2019 season. Illinois will be looking to sweep their opponent for the fifth time in the…
In their home opening series, Illinois baseball got down to business this past weekend. Winning their fourth weekend sweep in five weekend against the Southern Illinois Salukis (10-8), the 2019 Illinois team is off their best start in 30 years. Illinois won two hard played one-run games in a doubleheader…
I like Illinois Baseball so much that I think Champaign-Urbana should make the home opener an official city holiday. Unfortunately, this year, we will have to wait just one more day to watch baseball at Illinois Field. FightingIllini.com announced today that Illinois baseball’s series against Southern Illinois will open with…
Hard to believe that after three weekend sweeps, this 2019 Illinois baseball team (10-3) hasn’t collected a Big Ten weekly award yet. Until now, that is. The Big Ten announced today that outfielder Jack Yalowitz was named Big Ten Player of the Week after his well-deserving performance against the GCU…
Another weekend, another sweep. This past weekend, Illinois baseball (10-3) easily defeated the Grand Canyon University Lopes (6-9) in three straight games down in Phoenix, Arizona. Illinois had solid pitching giving up just twelve hits in the three games. Jack Yalowitz and Michael Massey put in some great offensive performances…
Illinois hopes to regroup after a less-than-stellar weekend in South Carolina. Traveling to the Mountain Time Zone, they visit Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. They have a three-game series versus the Lopes starting Friday. The Illini started out the season 6-0 but ran into a roadblock last weekend losing…
Two weekends. Six games. Six wins. By now, the nation has got start to take notice of the Illinois baseball team. Illinois (6-0) took three wins from the Florida Atlantic Owls (3-4) in an incredibly exciting series this past weekend. Two of the games were decided with last inning heroics…
This weekend, undefeated Illinois (3-0) travels to Boca Raton, Florida to take on Florida Atlantic Owls (3-1). FAU just came off a midweek loss against tough Miami but Illinois and Coach Dan Hartleb hope to keep their wins comin’. Teamwork is key to winning baseball games. These are the players…
Three games. Three wins. Only five runs given up. Keep this up and we’ll be buying tickets for Omaha soon enough. Illinois Baseball got off to a stellar 2019 season start with a three-game sweep this past weekend. That included a big win over host #20 Wake Forest. Pitching was…
This Friday is Opening Day! The Illini will take on Georgetown at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Last year’s team was young, no doubt about it. With one more year under their belt, they have a year’s worth of experience and the team is better off for it. While…