C-U fans, this is your last chance to see the 2019 Illini baseball team in action! This weekend is the last home series at Illinois Field as the Illini (31-16, 10-8 Big Ten) host the Purdue Boilermakers (19-28, 7-10 Big Ten) for a three-game series. The Illini who are in…
In Saturday’s game against Purdue (5-17, 1-1 Big Ten), the Illinois squad (13-11, 1-1 Big Ten) combined timely hitting with another fine performance by sophomore righty Ryan Castellanos to tie the weekend series 1-1. Castellanos pitched his first complete game as an Illinois pitcher and improved to 3-1 for the…
Kevin Duchene hopes his rally cap with induce some Illini runs Friday night, Illinois and Northwestern were locked in an back-and forth extra-inning battle. The Wildcats eventually won the game 4-3 in 13 innings. For a few innings though, I saw some of the most exciting baseball at Illinois Field…
From Florida to Texas. This weekend, the Illini baseball team head down to Beaumont, Texas to participate in the YMBL Cardinal Classic. Our boys will be taking on the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the host Lamar Cardinals twice each (here are Lamar’s notes for the Classic). The combined records of both…
The first win of the season is always nice but when it comes against a nationally ranked team, it makes it so much better. Such was the case on Sunday when the Illini defeated #27 St John’s at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida. Illinois came back…
On Monday, Illini recruit Charlie Tilson finally made his decision and he chose to sign with the St Louis Cardinals who drafted him in this year’s MLB draft. It might not have been an easy decision to make but the $1.275 million may have helped the 79th round outfielder make…
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…
It seems once we find a good closer, he’s taken away from us… at least for a year. My heart sank a little when I read the news that Bryan Roberts had Tommy John surgery last week. Doing so means that he’ll be out for the 2011 season. The good…
Will Strack struggles with his jacket in the strong Friday wind before the game. There was a fierce wind at Illinois Field Friday night. Unfortunately, Penn State took advantage of it and Illinois didn’t. The Nittany Lions cracked four homeruns and defeated the Illini 16-9. It’s not that Illinois didn’t…
The difference was night and day for the Illini. Compared to Friday night’s game against the Indiana, our pitchers pitched well, we had good defense and we kept Josh Phegley at bay (1 for 9, 1 rbi, 1 run). Ben Reeser was one strike from a shutout Unfortunately, we only…