Wow. Simply amazing. I admit, on Friday night when I left town for the weekend right after #12 Coastal Carolina scored 6 in the first inning, I didn’t hold much hope for an Illini victory. When I got to my destination and checked the score, I literally had to do…
Today in Greenville, North Carolina, the Illini dropped their second game of the Keith LeClair Classic to the Western Carolina Catamounts by the score of 4-2. This brings Illinois’ record to 1-4 for the season and itchin’ for a win. Box Score In the 2nd inning, Western Carolina accomplished something…
Well, the Illini gave St John’s a good fight. It was pretty much the story of two games within one. The first one where the Illini had them strung up in the first five innings, winning 4-0. It was indeed the 3-run fifth inning when Illinois did most of the…
That’s the way to start the season! Consider that the Illinois baseball team went into the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge cold having missed the first weekend of play due to weather while their opponents, Notre Dame, got a three game head start. Consider also that same Notre Dame team won…
After a banner season with the Waterloo Bucks, Mike Giller has been named to the Northwoods League post-season All-Star team. Giller is most deserving. He’s currently leading the NWL in hitting with a .336 batting average and also leads with 87. He is fifth in the league in rbis with…
The Northwoods League announced their 2009 All-Star teams and our own Mike Giller made the cut. Giller is spending his summer with the Waterloo Bucks. Giller (playing shortstop, by the way) is hitting a nifty .373 which leads the league. That makes him the only .300 hitter on his team. …
College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing. The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues. The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will…
This game ranks up there as one of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen considering what was at stake, how many were in attendance and what actually went down. And in case the photo above doesn’t give it away, Illinois won. With Alex Wimmers (above left) and Phil…
The Illini defeated the Western Illinois Leathernecks at Illinois Field by the score of 7-1 thanks in much part to the bat of thirdbaseman Dominic Altobelli (below left). Altobelli slammed 2 homeruns (one to left-center, the other to right) for rbis. His 3 for 4 night extended his hitting streak…
Josh Parr, Corey Kimes and Mike Giller. Happy Times For the second weekend in a row, the Illini take to the road facing a Big Ten team. They’re facing our neighbor to the north, the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois. No doubt we’ll have a sizable visitor section there this…