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…
I’ll admit, my photo of Cornhusker Michael Pritchard scares me a little As they say, all good things must come to an end. After winning twelve of their last thirteen games, Illinois Baseball faced reality in the form of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. In their home opener and the Big Ten…
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…
Wow! That was a tight game. Illinois (8-4) squeaked one by the Baylor Bears tonight by the score of 4-3 on a 2-run ninth inning comeback rally. GameTracker has never been so enthralling (it tickles me when the home team on GameTracker comes back on the field just after losing…
This weekend, the Fighting Illini head back to Texas to take on the tough Baylor Bears for a three game series. After their successful trip to Arlington last weekend where they won three of four games, the Illini hope to build on their Big Ten leading 7-6 record. Baylor Ballpark…
Don’t look now but Illinois is in first place in the Big Ten Baseball. The current standings: Big Ten Overall Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Illinois 0-0 .000 7-4 .636 Indiana 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 Ohio State 0-0 .000 6-4 .600 Minnesota 0-0 .000 6-5 .545 Michigan 0-0 .000 5-5…
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…
Behind the strong pitching of freshman Kevin Duchene, the Illini got off to a great start at the UTA-Hilton Invitational in Arlington, Texas winning 8-3 against the Houston Baptist Huskies. Game #8 / March 1, 2013 vs 8 3 In fact, Duchene was close to pitching a complete shutout.…