Saturday’s hero Casey Fletcher gets a congratulatory hug from Adam Walton while other teammates get in line Once again, Illinois performed a spectacular comeback show, defeating the Michigan State Spartans 5-4 with a key base hit by Casey Fletcher in the the bottom of the 10th inning. Indeed, the alumni…
John Kravetz goes for win #6 on Saturday This is it, local Illinois baseball fans! If you waited to see the Fighting Illini baseball team (27-14, 10-5 Big Ten) in action, this weekend against Michigan State (27-14, 8-7 Big Ten) is the last chance you can see them at Illinois…
John Kravetz improves to 5-1 after his victory against #24 Indiana Behind the superb pitching of junior John Kravetz and a key hit by transfer Casey Fletcher, the Illini (23-16, 10-4 Big Ten) join Michigan as the only team to beat Indiana (27-12, 12-2 Big Ten) in conference play. Reid…
Support your local starting pitcher: Drasen Johnson is 4-4 with a 2.30 ERA You could say it was Illinois’ biggest series of the year but even that is an understatement. In some ways, this weekend’s three game set against Indiana is one the highlights of the conference. Imagine the two…
Will Krug now batting .329 with 15 stolen bases On Sunday, Illinois completed a sweep at Penn State (17-19, 5-6 Big Ten) behind the pitching of Ryan Castellanos. Penn State had the lead in each of the three games this weekend and two of the games were truly comeback efforts…
Catcher Jason Goldstein takes a team leading .377 batting average into this weekend This weekend, the Illini baseball team travel to State College to reverse their recent downward trend against Penn State (17-16, 5-3 Big Ten). After winning ten of eleven games, Illinois (18-14, 6-3) has now lost three straight…
A fine performance but no decision for John Kravetz today Illinois didn’t take advantage of a solid pitching performance by starter John Kravetz and dropped the last game of their three game series to Michigan 4-2. The winds were still blowing out to left center but both starters managed to…
Shortstop Adam Walton brings a 10-game hitting streak into this weekend After two Big Ten weekends, Illinois Baseball is off to a 5-1 conference start (17-11 overall). That by the way, is the best Big Ten start under Coach Dan Hartleb’s reign. Illinois hopes to continue their good luck against…
With the three game sweep of the Wildcats this weekend, I had a feeling the Big Ten was going to throw an award the Illini’s way this week. Sure enough, John Kravetz was named Pitcher of the Week. He becomes the second Illini to receive the award. Kevin Duchene was…
Eight shutout innings for John Kravetz For the second time this weekend, the Illini shut out Northwestern. On Sunday, John Kravetz pitched a career high scoreless eight innings for his third win of season. The Illinois offense managed just one run today but that’s all they would need behind Kravetz’…