Will Krug: Off to a good start The Fighting Illini Baseball team looks to take the series win against the Georgia State Panthers on Sunday after splitting the first two games of the series. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s and Saturday’s games: Game #1 / February 14, 2014…
The Fighting Illini Baseball program released their official 2014 season preview on Friday. Complete and thorough, it answers a few questions. In a nutshell, the young 2014 team has lost its entire outfield and the left side of the infield from last year but the pitching staff is relatively…
Seeing as it’s October, it was about time to change the Illinois Baseball Report banner that you see at the top of the page. From left to right, you’ll see infielder Michael Hurwitz, starting pitcher Kevin Duchene, outfielder Will Krug, firstbaseman David Kerian, and infielder/pitcher Reid Roper. And for posterity’s…
Casey Fletcher goes yard to win it for the Orange Team… …giving them something to finally cheer about this week I have to hand it to the Orange Team. They were outplayed for two and half games this week but they really know how to cap off the Orange and…
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…
OF Will Krug leads the Illini in runs scored with 20 Illinois Baseball will finish out the month of March with a non-conference series this weekend against the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are coming off an 0-4 sweep at the hands of the Michigan State. Meanwhile, Illinois (14-6,…
Jordan Parr: Second in HR and 4th in rbis in Big Ten Tuesday’s game indefinitely postponed… The game originally scheduled for this Tuesday night against the Redbirds of Illinois State has been postponed due the inclement weather. No date has been set but both teams are looking for a date…
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 continued their winning ways as they took the first two games against the Salukis of Southern Illinois. That gives the Illini ten wins in their last eleven matches and a formidable 12-4 record. Game #15 / March 15, 2013 vs 4 1 On Friday, Kevin Johnson…