Three rbis today for Brandon Hohl “Days like this when Illinois wins, I’m that much happier”, I just told Jay, the guy behind the counter at the coffee shop who’s also a baseball fan. And it’s true. Indeed, Illinois did win against the Southern Illinois Salukis. Thanks to another stellar…
Finally, we get to see some Illinois baseball on Illinois soil… against other Illinois opponents. This weekend sees the University of Illinois baseball team in a four game set. They’ll play two games each against the tough Southern Illinois Salukis and the slumping Northern Illinois Huskies. For the first time,…
On Sunday, the Illini didn’t waste time against the West Virginia Mountaineers. In their last game at the Nike College Showcase in Eugene, Oregon, the bats were swinging and the runs were scoring. The game almost seemed in the bag by the bottom of the first when Illinois scored seven…
The boys split a pair of games Saturday in Corvallis, Oregon at the Nike College Showcase. They defeated Connecticut 5-1 in the early afternoon game but lost to #22 Oregon State 8-2. Have we found a new A-1 starter in John Kravetz? He’s a freshman and it’s early in the…
Raise a glass to Kevin Johnson… and to the fine Illini defense. Today, the good guys defeated the St John’s Red Storm 4-0 at the first day of the Coastal Carolina Invitational at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. With the win, Illinois reaches the .500 mark at 4-4. Johnson (right) pitched…
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…
Justin Parr: Four hits in 2012 season opener Well, if you want to find the silver lining in today’s 13-12 loss to Notre Dame at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida, it’s this: at least the Illini had no problems providing offensive support for starter Kevin Johnson. …
Fightingillini.com posted the second in their series of 2012 previews yesterday. This time around, they’re looking at the position players. Don’t miss the accompanying interview video of Coach Snider. Who among the position players are no longer on the team? Well in short, Adam Davis, Pete Cappetta, Casey McMurray, Matt…
Wow, what a game that two Illini had yesterday in the Northwoods League! Playing for the Madison Mallards, Willie Argo drove in six runs and Justin Parr got five hits. The Mallards won 16-3 over the Waterloo Bucks. For the record, Argo was 2 for 4 with two homeruns and…