The linescore pretty much says it all After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs. MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5. Take away the…
Dominic Altobelli- 3B All-Big Ten First team Brandon Wikoff- SS All-Big Ten First Team Pete Cappetta- OF All-Big Ten Second Team Aaron Johnson- C All-Big Ten Second Team Willie Argo- OF All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team Will Strack- SP All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman…
Boy, that had to be quite an ending to the Illini-Purdue game Friday! I was a naughty boy and had Game Tracker running on my laptop during a conference meeting. It was a little hard to concentrate on matters at hand with Dan Black at the plate. Sorry, Boss! Will…
With four teams vying for first place in the Big Ten, Illinois went into their series with Purdue hoping to go 3-0. Unfortunately, after game 1, that isn’t going to be a reality. Today they lost to Purdue 12-5. They battled through 4 1/2 innings, tying the game 3-3. However,…
#25 Illinois lost an ugly affair against University of Evansville tonight 4-3 in 10 innings. Ugly in more ways than one. But before we get to that, let’s talk about some of the positive things to get us started. Dom Altobelli: 3 for 5 Dom Altobelli went 3 for 5…
Illinois and starting pitcher Bryan Roberts took care of business today as they shut out Northwestern Wildcats 9-0 at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston. With help from Michigan who defeated Ohio State, they are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten conference. Roberts was lights out…
Illinois captured the first game of the series against Northwestern and did with runs to spare, winning 10-2. Willie Argo, who has been on a tear lately, once again hit a homerun for the good guys. For the game, Argo was 2 for 4 with three rbis. Phil Haig pitched…
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…
After a monster weekend against Penn State, Illini Willie Argo garners the Big Ten Player of the Week award. The Davenport, Iowa native took the award based on his 8 for 12 performance while Illinois swept the Nittany Lions. Argo drove home 8 runs and scored six with the help…
Behind a solid performance by starter Bryan Roberts and a relentless oflense, Illinois took the third game at Penn State today 9-2. With the win, the Illini sweeps the Nittany Lions for the weekend and are now tied for first place in the Big Ten! STANDINGS (as of Apr 26,…