Congratulations to Will Krug for his candidacy in the Senior CLASS Award. The CLASS Award is devoted to those who excel on and off the field and who epitomize the total student-athlete. CLASS which stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, recognizes student-athletes who stand out as…
Tuesday’s baseball game after initially being delayed a few hours has been cancelled due to impending weather. I’m glad I decided to check this afternoon before coming in. “Why would they cancel it?”.my wife asked me. “It’s starting to look nice out.” Indeed, there always reasons. I don’t pretend to…
Three years. Three career Pitcher of Week honors for Kevin Duchene… and the season is still young. Kevin Duchene was awarded the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award for his fantastic effort last Friday against South Florida on Friday. In seven innings, he allowed just two hits did not…
After a grueling 2-1 series win against the University of South Florida Bulls team plus a midweek win versus Lindenwood-Belleville, the Fighting Illini (17-5-1) find themselves slowly moving up in the polls… again. In three of the five major national polls, they moved up. Baseball America kept them at #25…
First loss… and first runs allowed this season Put away the brooms. Today just wasn’t going to happen for the Illini. Despite coming back from a four run deficit, Illinois (17-5-1) lost to South Florida (16-8-1) in ten innings 8-5 on Sunday at Illinois Field. Game #23 / March…
Victory leap! It was a sunny day at Illinois Field and the balls were flying out of the park. In fact, every run scored today was the result of a homerun. The good news is that Illinois (17-4-1) came out ahead of the South Florida Bulls (15-8-1) in the end…
The scoreboard says it all. Not only did Kevin Duchene pitch a masterpiece but the Illinois (16-4-1) exploded with the bat in Friday’s game against the University of South Florida Bulls (15-7-1). Facing just 26 batters, Duchene gave up just two hits and one unearned run in seven innings for…
Drasen Johnson will go for win #3 this Saturday This weekend, #18 Illinois baseball will take on a tough University of South Florida Bulls team at Illinois Field This season, the Bulls are 15-6-1 and currently on a nine-game win streak. The Illini are 15-4-1 and look to extend their…
Adam Walton drives in a run with a double in the sixth inning today In a game scheduled just two days ago, Illinois defeated the Lindenwood University-Belleville Lynx 7-1 at Illinois Field on Wednesday. It was a team effort as the Illini used 23 players including five pitchers. This gives…
“Did you hear? There’s a game on Wednesday!” The Illinois baseball team just can’t wait till the weekend so they’ve scheduled a midweek game this week. On Wednesday, March 18, they will host Lindenwood-Belleville at Illinois Field. The game will start at 4pm. The Lindenwood-Belleville Lynx of the Midwest conference…