Everyone’s on board. After a 4-0 week, all major polls have ranked Illinois baseball in the single digits. In fact, the Illini are ranked no lower than #8 and Perfect Game has them as high as #6. Of note, they also have a photo of Illini starter Kevin Duchene headlining…
Starter John Kravetz is now 4-0 for the Illini The Illinois baseball team can add one one more Big Ten sweep to their 2015 accomplishments. On Sunday, they won 6-3 against the Penn State Nittany Lions (13-25, 2-12 Big Ten) giving them their fourth conference sweep of the season. The…
Reid Roper has a team-leading 37 rbis With a 10-1 blowout victory on Friday and a record setting 15-inning win on Saturday, #8 Illinois (35-6-1) baseball took the first two games at Medlar Field against Penn State to extend their winning streak to 16 games. With the win, Illinois keeps…
Drasen Johnson will take the hill on Saturday vs the Nits #8 ranked Illinois baseball takes their 14-game winning streak on the road. For seven games, they will be on the road beginning with Penn State this Friday. Read all about it in the Fighting Illini weekend preview. The starting…
David Kerian now leads the team in HR (9) and hitting (.346) The Illinois offense got off to a slow start but once they got cookin’ they couldn’t stop. Hitless through four innings, the Illini caught fire with David Kerian’s ninth homerun of the season. By the time the dust…
Illinois baseball has cracked the top ten! After another successful week on the diamond, Illinois has gone up in the polls, reaching as high as #8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and #9 in the D1Baseball and Baseball America polls. The Illini went 4-0 in the past week. That…
Sunday’s game with the Indiana Hoosiers has been rained out. Here’s an inside look at the coaches’ decision making process inside the Illinois Field clubhouse courtesy of Senior Associate Director of Athletics Mike Waddell via Twitter: In other words, this @IlliniBaseball baseball series finale vs @HoosierBaseball is in jeopardy /…
David Kerian bangs out a 2-run triple in the first inning Saturday’s game versus Indiana was almost a mirror image of Friday’s. Indiana scored in the top half of the first then Illinois responded in the bottom half of the first. Illini pitching held and the offense bolstered the lead. …
Duchene climbs to 6-1 for 2015 Friday’s game started out auspiciously enough when Kevin Duchene hit Indiana’s leadoff batter in the first inning. Two at-bats later, that run scored giving the Hoosiers a quick lead. However, Illini leadoff man Adam Walton didn’t waste time getting back into the game. He…
Jason Goldstein hopes to keep his 12-game hit streak alive against Indiana Friday night’s annual Bleacher Bum BBQ will kick off a three-game weekend series between the #11 Fighting Illini (30-6-1, 8-1) and the Indiana Hoosiers (21-13, 5-6 Big Ten). With their 14-2 home record and 11 straight wins, Illinois…