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…
The big stories of tonight’s game between Illinois and Southern Illinois University: Well first of all, Illinois won 5-1. Yes, the Illini have a three game winning streak against Big Ten teams (courtesy of Penn State) but they also haven’t beaten a non-conference in three games either. So I’m glad…
On Saturday, Illinois and Ohio State completed their Friday contest that was suspended by rain. Illinois won easily with both teams scoring two additional runs. Final Score 9-4 Illinois. The win goes to Kevin Manson which makes him 7-1 on the season. Mike Sterk got his third save of the…
Joe Bonadonna’s always in a hurry Illinois split a doubleheader with Northwestern Saturday losing a squeaker 4-3 then in the second game, crushing the Wildcats 11-5 behind a pair of career-first homers by Kyle Hudson and John Schlichter. The kids and I got to the park just as fans were…
Brandon Wikoff laying down a bunt College baseball is a strange beast. After a weekend against a Big Ten rival where we score 49 runs and give up 43 runs, they take on Southern Illinois and pitch their hearts out. After a rough 3 innings giving up two runs, Illinois…
Illinois got their revenge for yesterday’s sweep and evened the weekend series up by blasting the Penn State Nittany Lions 17-6. Casey McMurray continued to put up the big numbers as he went 4 for 4 with 3 runs. Kyle Hudson (right) was 3 for 4 with 3 runs and…
Today’s Illini loss to Michigan wasn’t as overwhelming as the two on Saturday but the 7-4 game still hurt as it meant a Wolverine sweep for the weekend. Illinois went into the weekend in second place and came out of it in fourth. Michigan cruised to a 7-0 start by…
…which means this time, you’ll have to pay to get in. But first… At this moment Illinois is leading Southern Illinois in the top of 8th, 5-2. Daniel Webb has gone 3 for 4. Brandon Wikoff and Ryan Hastings both have two hits. Wikoff came into game hitting .397 so…
That was my first reaction when seeing the final score of tonight’s game. The lights-out pitching from last weekend just saw their ERA skyrocket. Scott Shaw only lasted for 2 1/3 innings giving up 12 runs. Only 5 of those runs were earned due to an error with two out.…