Adam Davis, who contributed a solo homerun Saturday, is ready for the tournament. The shot that launched a Big Ten Championship The photo of Matt Dittman directly above pretty much says it all. When we look back at this past weekend, there’s no doubt it will remain one of…
Casey McMurray hits a solo shot in the bottom of ninth to win the game… … and was warmly greeted at the plate by all his teammates. Casey McMurray’s timing was impeccable tonight. With one out in the bottom of the ninth and the score tied, he chose that moment…
Sadly, I didn’t make it out to the game on Sunday. Sad, only because it would have been nice to see another fantastic Illini victory. It was Mother’s Day, you see. Don’t blame my wife. She let’s me come out to every other ballgame and I’m grateful for that. Looking…
Davis Hendrickson takes a cut in Illinois’ 12-7 loss on Saturday Illinois took a while to get their offense going on Saturday… too long it seems, as they lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 12-7. It almost looked liked Buckeye hurler Brett McKinney, who came into the game with just…
I really hope you came to the park last night. If you missed Illinois’ exciting 13-9 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, you missed, in my guess, one of the best games of past few years. It ranks up their with our win against the same Ohio State team two…
Lee Zerrusen put up four goose eggs for the Illini Tonight, the Illinois baseball defeated Illinois College 7-0 behind a committee of pitchers led by Lee Zerrusen who pitched four scoreless innings. Chris Pack got the win against the BlueBoys… Wait, stop! Blueboys? How did Illinois College get the nickname…
Illinois took their second straight Big Ten series as they defeated the Northwestern Wildcats two games to one at Evanston. Illinois lost Friday night’s affair 9-2 but it seemed they were ready for revenge Saturday as they scored four runs in first inning. That’s all they would need as John…
Why is this man smiling? Because today, he got a lot of offensive support. As a result, Illinois defeated Michigan 9-2. Kevin Johnson pitched a gem Friday afternoon striking out eight Wolverine batters. It was a complete game giving the bullpen some rest. Johnson’s win today was only his second…
The smile on Adam Davis as he scores on Matt Dittman’s homer says it all When I got to Illinois Field to watch the last game of this weekend’s Illinois-Iowa series and Illinois had already gotten a 5-0 lead before I was situated, I thought I was in for a…
Josh Parr scores in the sixth Everything went right and Illinois crushed Illinois State 14-2. This extends their winning streak to four games just before their Big Ten opener this weekend against Penn State. John Anderson got his third win of the year but it was a committee of hurlers…