Justin Parr: On the verge of tying the record University of Illinois baseball welcomes the Northwestern Wildcats to Illinois Field this weekend. In seventh place in the Big Ten, the Illini (24-15, 6-6) hope to capitalize big as they enter the second half of the Big Ten season. The…
Reid Roper launches one to win it Last night, we had a slugfest against Purdue. Today, there weren’t as many runs but it certainly wasn’t any less exciting. Down by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning, David Kerian singled home the tying run and was followed…
Opposing pitchers must get unnerved by Jordan Parr’s menacing stare Illinois travels to Bloomington, Indiana to face the #16 Hoosiers who are one the toughest Big Ten Baseball teams I have seen since following the conference. FightingIllini.com has the official preview notes up and probable starters are already named…
Jordan Parr is welcomed at home by Justin Parr and Michael Hurwitz after hitting his fourth homerun of the year You could say Illinois Baseball’s two games against the Oakland Grizzlies in Saturday’s doubleheader were like night and day. Game 1 was a long drawn affair which it seemed…
OF Will Krug leads the Illini in runs scored with 20 Illinois Baseball will finish out the month of March with a non-conference series this weekend against the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are coming off an 0-4 sweep at the hands of the Michigan State. Meanwhile, Illinois (14-6,…
Illinois won a pitchers’ duel at Rent One Park in Marion against the Southern Illinois Salukis. In ten innings, the Illini (13-4) pulled out a comeback 2-1 victory giving them six wins in a row and twelve in the last thirteen going into the Big Ten season. Game #17…
This weekend, the Illini head home.. almost. They’re back in the state at least, playing Southern Illinois University down in Carbondale. It’s a four-game weekend with a special Sunday game at Rent One Park home of the Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League. Abe Martin Field Carbondale, IL…
The Illini seemed to have the the much-anticipated Baylor series quite in hand as they won both games on Saturday sweeping the Bears for the weekend. That puts Illinois at 10-4 for the season and at the top of the Big Ten conference. Since the first weekend of the season…
The fourth time wasn’t a charm for Illinois at the UTA/Hilton Invitational as they lost a close one to Texas-Arlington 6-5. The Illini fought hard in this one… they were behind 5-0 before they put together a five-run rally to tie the game. A sac fly by the Mavs in…
UTA-Hilton Invitational Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington, Texas March 1, 2013 11:00 am CT and March 2, 2013 11:00 am CT vs Houston Baptist 4-3-1 March 2, 2013 3:00 pm CT and March 3, 2013 11:00 am CT vs Texas-Arlington 5-2 Starting tomorrow, the Illinois will take part…