Today was Game 1 of Illinois Baseball’s Orange and Blue’s World Series. Exciting because between May and March, this is really the only competitive college baseball to be found at Illinois Field even if it is an intrasquad game. I stopped by today and saw most of the game. I…
Davis Hendrickson drove home the sole run in today’s loss In an elimination game against Minnesota at the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois (34-18) couldn’t hold on to a slim lead and lost 3-1 and will have to say goodbye to Minneapolis. Ryan Castellanos was a hard luck loser as he…
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…
Alex Lincoln lays down a bunt with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th On Saturday, Illinois split a doubleheader with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. They won the first game 8-7 on a walk-off squeeze play by Alex Lincoln. In the second game, there were plenty of base runners…
In anticipation of this Friday’s opening day against Tennessee Tech, Illini Baseball has put out its 2013 Illinois Baseball Season Preview. A lot of it is a summary of what you’ll find in the preseason notes section of the Record Book which was released over the weekend. However, if you…
Brandon Hohl and Davis Hendrickson: Two of only five Illinois seniors Only a month and a half from now, the Illinois baseball team will begin their new season against Tennessee Tech. No time like the present to start to get to know our players of 2013. Before I get into…
Maybe they should wear those camo jerseys more often. Illinois having lost the first two games to Michigan State, salvaged the series with a 8-6 victory over the Spartans. The Illini scored two runs in the seventh to put it away and Reid Roper earned his first save of the…
With today’s 3-2 victory against Northwestern, Illinois completed a three-game sweep of the Wildcats. Once again, Matt Milroy was fantastic in relief. He pitched 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball and struck out eleven batters and allowed just two hits. Northwestern actually got off to a good start today getting…
Thomas Shelton hits a 3-run homer in the 7th inning… …and gets welcomed at the plate by his teammates. Lots of excitement tonight at the Illinois-Ohio State game… from off and on rain to a 20 minute delay due to an outage of the stadium lights. However, nothing thrilled the…
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…