Congratulations to the Purdue Boilermakers on their Big Ten Tournament Championship. On Saturday, they won a hard-fought victory against the Indiana Hoosiers in the final to claim the tourney title. It was Purdue’s first Big Ten Tournament championship. In all the years I’ve followed Big Ten Baseball, I haven’t seen…
It looks like Purdue’s stranglehold on the rest of the Big Ten is not going to let up. They’ve already clinched a spot in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game. They’ll be playing the winner of the Michigan State/Indiana game today. There’s more info at Big Ten Baseball’s Tournament Central.…
Willie Argo: First Team All-Big Ten Three Illini baseball players received All-Big Ten honors today including outfielder Willie Argo who was named to the first team All-Big Ten team. In addition to Argo, shortstop Thomas Lindauer and outfielder Justin Parr were named third team All-Big Ten team. Catcher Alex Lincoln…
The Big Ten has come out with the bracket for this week’s baseball tournament in Columbus. Don’t bother looking for Illinois. They haven’t changed their mind. “Ohio State earned the No. 6 seed, finishing 11-13 in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes finished tied in the standings with Illinois and Minnesota,…
The scoreboard says it all as Coach Hartleb exits the field after being thrown out With Saturday’s 8-3 loss to Minnesota in the final game of the season, Illinois is now out of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament contention. Even with a Ohio State loss (they are tied 2-2 in…
John Kravetz: team leading 8 wins Illinois won their second crucial game in a row against the Minnesota Golden Gophers 3-2 on Friday night behind the formidable pitching of starter John Kravetz. With the win, the Illini (11-12) jumped over Minnesota (10-13) in the standings. With some help from the…
Coach Snider congratulates Justin Parr on his rbi triple in the 4th inning Simple fundamentals and sound strategy. That’s how Illinois won tonight’s game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers keeping postseason hopes alive. With the score tied in the bottom of the eighth and runners on first and second, Justin…
Jordan Parr: Team leader in HR (5), rbi (42), slugging (.534) and doubles (13). One last home series for 2012! After getting swept by Penn State last weekend, the Illini (26-24, 9-11 Big Ten) will need to have a really good series against the Golden Gophers of Minnesota this coming…
Earlier today, Illinois baseball player Thomas Shelton was commissioned into the United States Navy. Above you see the Facebook posting from Fighting Illini Baseball announcing this. Now, I have a connection with Shelton. He’s a student in the Technical Systems Management program of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. …
Well, it was big loss on Sunday as Illinois dropped their third loss against Penn State 3-2 despite a fine effort by starting pitcher Drasen Johnson. Johnson (left) spread out five hits in 5 1/3 innings and only gave up one run. After scoring the first run of the game…