Jordan Parr having a little fun the batboy before Tuesday’s game Illinois Baseball will try to make up ground in the Big Ten this weekend as they take on the Ohio State Buckeyes for three games. At the moment, the Illini are 3-6 in conference (20-16 overall) and tied…
Jordan Parr heads home to score in the second inning Illinois spotted Illinois State a five run lead but came back for seven unanswered runs to win Tuesday night, 7-5. Usual secondbaseman/closer Reid Roper was the starter. Roper couldn’t quite handle the tough ISU lineup tonight as they scored five…
Davis Hendrickson and Thomas Lindauer share a high five In the past, Eastern Illinois University has given the Illini fits. Tonight however, Brian de la Torriente had no trouble with the Panther offense and Illini offense teed off of EIU pitching and Illinois won 10-3. Brian de la Torriente, in…
Reliever Anthony Milazzo pitches under a full moon Friday’s game against Indiana was just not meant to be. Before Illinois even had a hit, Indiana racked up seven runs off starter Kevin Johnson (5-2), who had won his previous five starts. From then on it just one missed opportunity after…
The Illini baseball team started the Big Ten conference season in a grand fashion by crushing the tough Nebraska Cornhuskers by the score of 11-3 in the opener at Lincoln. Kevin Johnson won his fourth straight game getting all the offense he needed. Leftfielder Justin Parr (right) was a big…
John Kravetz is 3-0 this season Illinois scored seven unanswered runs to begin the game while starter John Kravetz pitched a solid eight innings in Illinois’ 7-2 win against Northern Illinois down in Carbondale today. Kravetz won his third game of the year and Illinois has won five of their…
The Parr Bros: Justin and Jordan work together to win against Lamar Keyed by the Parr brothers who combined for six hits, Illinois pulled out a wild 9-8 win against host Lamar at the YMBL Cardinal Classic in Beaumont, Texas on Sunday. That gives the Illini a split for the…
Once again, it was a one-run game at the Big Ten/Big EAST Challenge tournament in St Petersburg, Florida and once again Illinois was on the losing end of the match. They lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 4-3 (boxscore). Other than that, there wasn’t much similar to Friday’s game with Notre…
Fightingillini.com is now just beginning to coming out with their annual previews of the baseball program. Part 1 was just posted today on pitching. It will be a very different pitching staff than what we saw go to Regionals in 2011. Overall, the team lost nine seniors plus three more…
I stopped by practice again today after work. I’m glad I did because I ran into my friend John Santas from the Dugout Club. John always makes watching baseball that much more fun. There was a special visitor at today’s practice at Illinois Field. Josh Parr, who was drafted just…