“Kevin Johnson pitched extremely well and deserved to win, but we were bad out of the bullpen,” -Coach Dan Hartleb on Friday’s game against Central Michigan That about sums it up. Illinois went into the top of the eighth inning ahead 5-0 in their first game of the Bright…
It’s down to Florida for the third weekend in a row for the Illini baseball team. This time, they are participating in the Bright House Invitational in Deland, Florida. Stetson University are the gracious hosts. FightingIllini.com beat me to the punch with their weekend preview. It looks like the Johnson-Anderson-Kimes…
Casey McMurray leads the Illini in hitting (.391) and rbis (7) Sunday’s 5-1 loss to Florida Gulf Coast was a little disappointing but overall the Illini baseball should feel good about their 2-1 series against the Eagles. According to the team press, this was the first time Illinois has won…
Two games into the weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast University, I’m wondering what Coach Hartleb told them during this past week. Whatever it was, it worked. Remember, this is a FGCU team that enjoyed a 38-20 record just one year ago. In just two games, the Illini have proven…
Tonight, the University of Illinois baseball team (1-2) will take on Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) at Fort Myers. It will be the first in a three game series. FightingIllini.com has their weekend preview up. We’re looking at the same starters from last weekend: Johnson, Anderson and Kimes. The interview…
Josh Parr and Casey McMurray combined for 8 rbis at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge Tournament play has that added competitive tension but this weekend, Illinois (1-2) gets to play an honest-to-goodness three game series. This weekend’s opponent is Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) and they’ll be playing in warm…
The last game for Illinois at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge was a hard fought contest but their opponent West Virginia, seemed to stay one step ahead of them for most of the game. The Parr brothers provided some excitement in the top of ninth as Josh was hit by…
I’m sure a lot of the Illini players are thinking the same thing. That it’s nice to get that first win under your belt. In the second game of the Big East/Big Ten Challenge down in Florida, the Illini defeated University of Cincinnati Bearcats 7-3. It was a game of…
Illinois got off to a rocky start to the 2011 season with a 10-6 loss to Pitt today. All ten of Pitt’s runs came in the fifth inning and nine of those runs were with two out. Illinois rallied for the six runs but obviously that was not enough. I’m…
Fightingillini.com has their weekend preview up now. This week’s preview includes a bonus video of an interview of Willie Argo just before getting on the team bus before heading down to Florida. Willie looks spiffy wearing a red orange tie (you know that’s coming off as soon as he’s on…