Fightingillini.com has just posted a solid summary of this year’s summer league action by the Illini. Big congrats go out to Will Krug who was chosen to the National Amateur Baseball Federation College World Series All-Tournament team after his performance with the Crystal Lake Cardinals. For the summer, he hit…
Three Illini players contributed to the Rochester Honkers’ win in their last game of the Northwoods League season last night. Kevin Johnson (left, 3-3) pitched a five inning shutout for the win while Reid Roper went 3 for 4 with a grand slam. To top it off, Justin Parr went…
Justin Parr is really putting it together for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League this summer. Last night, he extended his hitting streak to 21 games and did it in style. He went 4 for 5 in the Honkers’ 11-3 defeat of Alexandria and hit a homerun with four…
Congrats to Illini secondbaseman Reid Roper who was named Northwoods League Player of the Night tonight. Roper who is playing for the Rochester Honkers drove in four runs with a three-run double and a rbi double. Justin Parr also got into the action. Playing center field and left field, Parr…
I don’t think anyone who remembers the Shawn Roof era of Illini baseball will be too surprised by this. But it is a testament to the former Illinois shortstop’s infectious personality. Essentially, Roof’s former minor league team, the Erie SeaWolves are marketing his return to Erie, as an opponent, to…
Coach Snider congratulates Justin Parr on his rbi triple in the 4th inning Simple fundamentals and sound strategy. That’s how Illinois won tonight’s game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers keeping postseason hopes alive. With the score tied in the bottom of the eighth and runners on first and second, Justin…
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…
Milroy: 3 IP, 0 hits, 4 Ks… and a loss Those fans who went to both Friday’s and Saturday’s game saw a very different game today. Unfortunately, the ultimate result was the same as Michigan State eked out a win in extras in 10 innings by the score of 6-5.…
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 hopes to extend his five game hitting streak this weekend The University of Illinois baseball team hope to continue to climb the Big Ten standings this weekend as they take on the Northwestern Wildcats. This year’s intrastate series will be played at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston. The…