Pat McInerney is tied for the Illini lead in rbis with 19 We are one day away from Illinois baseball’s Big Ten home opener… …sort of. #15 Illinois (21-6-1) will be playing Northwestern (8-19) this weekend. While this isn’t technically a home series for Illinois, this will be the first…
Kerian leads the Big Ten with seven homers At GCS Ballpark In Sauget, Illinois, David Kerian was the man of the night on Tuesday night. Down 3-2 in the top of the sixth, his two-run homerun put the Illini up for good against the Missouri Tigers. With help from the…
David Kerian is currently on a 12 game hit streak David Kerian extended his hit streak to 12 games and hit his sixth homer of the season but it just wasn’t enough for an Illini win. The Michigan State Spartans outplayed Illinois on Sunday and won 5-2. They handed Drasen…
Kevin Duchene improves to 4-1 for 2015 In probably the coldest game the Illinois baseball team has played in long, long time, they won their Big Ten opener. They defeated the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing today by the score of 8-4. It was a brisk 25 degrees in…
Rob McDonnell pitched five scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 1.14 I’m glad we got a home game in today. This is the last of a scheduled ten-game home stand (though yesterday’s game was canceled). The Illini made the most of it too. Starter Rob McDonnell (2-1) pitched five…
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…
Ryan Nagle and Jason Goldstein glad-hand David Kerian after his 2-run homer For #19 Illinois, it was again a story of late inning heroics as both Casey Fletcher and David Kerian hit homeruns in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie with the Southern Illinois Salukis. …
David Kerian adds some late-inning excitement in Oklahoma on Sunday Illinois baseball finished out their road trip with a solid weekend against nationally ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys down in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Illini took two of three games winning games on Friday and Sunday and dropping Saturday’s contest. The series…