Will Krug drives in two key runs against ISU On Tuesday night at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois scored seven runs late in the game to come back against the Illinois State Redbirds. Down 3-2 in the eighth, the Fighting Illini offense scored five runs in the final two…
John Kravetz and Tyler Jay combine for Illini’s tenth straight On Monday evening, #11 Illinois pitchers John Kravetz and Tyler Jay combined to shut down the Purdue Boilermakers in a pitchers’ duel. The winning run came in the seventh with the help from the Purdue defense when Jason Goldstein scored…
There is still one more game left in the Illinois-Purdue series but the national polls wait for no one. Fortunately for the Illini, direction is still up. They are ranked as high as #11 by D1Baseball up one spot from last week. That’s as high as Illinois has been ranked…
Six rbis for Reid Roper in the last two games The Illini cruised to their ninth straight win over the Purdue Boilermakers on Sunday winning 5-1. Starter Drasen Johnson had some help from Reid Roper’s bat. Roper hit a three-run triple in the fifth inning to give Johnson and the…
Pat McInerney (27)is welcomed at home plate by Casey Fletcher after his 3-run HR in the first On Saturday, the Illinois offense exploded early for three homeruns and and ten runs as the Illini defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 10-5. Starting pitcher Kevin Duchene pitched six solid innings and won his…
Kevin Duchene sports an unreal 0.64 ERA for the Illini This weekend, #12 Illini baseball (26-6-1, 5-1 Big Ten) will host Purdue (11-21, 1-5 Big Ten) for a three-game series. The schedule is moved back one day so games will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The good news……
Four wins for Big Bob! Wednesday night, the Illinois baseball team extended their winning streak to seven games with a 7-2 win over the visiting St. Louis Billikens. Rob McDonnell won his fourth game of the year and with a 2 for 4 performance, left fielder Ryan Nagle has now…
#12 Illinois (25-6-1) continued their torrid hitting as they defeated their downstate rivals Eastern Illinois (1-24) by the score of 14-10. Newly honored Big Ten Player of the Week Jason Goldstein didn’t stop his hot hitting. He had a career high six rbis against EIU going 3 for 6 with…
Not one but TWO Illini baseball players were honored by the Big Ten today for their performances for the past week. Jason Goldstein was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the first for the Illini of 2015. And what a week he had! With four multi-hit games, Jason batted…
After a 5-0 week and a sweep against the Northwestern Wildcats, Illinois baseball (24-6-1) has risen in the national polls. D1baseball once again places the Illini the highest at #12. Here is the full list of polls and where Illinois is placed: National Poll Illinois’ Ranking Previous Ranking NCBWA…