Cody Sedlock: pitching the Illini to success Three games, two wins. Now the Illini have an improved conference record of 9-9. Movin’ on up! Illinois (25-20, 9-9 Big Ten) comes home from Maryland (25-21, 10-8 Big Ten) with a big series win. It was a low scoring weekend. Illinois scored…
Well, it’s almost September already. Summer leagues have wrapped up their seasons, minor leagues are almost done and believe it or not the Cubs haven’t given up the NL Central in the MLB. Over the next week or so, I thought I’d take a look at how some of the…
Looks like Tanner Roark is on the MLB GIBBY ballot for Breakout Pitcher of 2014. The best part is that you can do your part and cast your vote for the former Illini hurler. After a very limited 2013 season, Roark went 15-10 with a 2.85 ERA for the Washington…
Any question as to former Illini Tanner Roark’s ability to pitch under pressure has now been put to rest. Roark’s win for Washington Wednesday night clinched the NL East for the Nats with an 87-63 record. He did it in style too, pitching seven shutout innings and not allowing a…
Seems former Illini pitcher Tanner Roark who is now pitching for the Washington Nationals, is making the headlines more and more. CBS Chicago covered Roark’s return to Illinois as he took on the Chicago Cubs today. Roark is a Wilmington High School alum so there were some friendly faces in…
In Saturday’s game against Purdue (5-17, 1-1 Big Ten), the Illinois squad (13-11, 1-1 Big Ten) combined timely hitting with another fine performance by sophomore righty Ryan Castellanos to tie the weekend series 1-1. Castellanos pitched his first complete game as an Illinois pitcher and improved to 3-1 for the…
After five hitless pinch hit at-bats with the San Diego Padres, former Illini catcher Chris Robinson got his due in the last game of the season. Robinson (seen left during his Illini days) made it count as it was a three-run dinger in his Padres’ 12-2 win against the Arizona…
Now it’s getting to the point where I hope the pressure doesn’t get to former Illini Tanner Roark… pressure from the media as well as his coaching staff. From Nationals Pastime: Not only did (Nationals manager Davey) Johnson say that he views Roark above Jordan, who had a very impressive…
With a 7-0 record, Tanner Roark is quickly climbing the lists of former Illini pitchers with most wins. No doubt, this is the quickest start any of them has gotten off to in such a short time. Roark has won his seven games in just over a month. His first…
It isn’t taking former Illini Tanner Roark long. After just one month with the Washington Nationals, he already ranks 14th all-time among pitchers who hailed from the University of Illinois with five wins. Rk From To W ▾ L W-L% 1 Ken Holtzman 1965 1979 174 150 .537 2…