Illinois Baseball Report

But I guess they’re all wild when it comes to college baseball. The Illini defeated Eastern Illinois 18-11 on Tuesday night. Chris Robinson was the big hero as he went 4-4 with 2 homers and 7 rbis. Tags: chris robinson, eastern illinois Related posts Midweek preview: hey, we played these guys before! (2) Midweek preview: [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 27th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois Sophomore DH Mike Rohde was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Nice going, Mike! Tags: Awards, mike rohde Related posts 10 Illini ballplayers named to Academic All-Conference team (0) Parr, Johnson honored by Big Ten (0) Midweek preview: Bradley comes to town (3) Midweek preview: Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois (0) Around the [...]

Filed under: Awards on April 26th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

On Saturday, the University of Illinois baseball team split with Indiana in a wild and woolly afternoon. Start with the fact that it was snowy. In the first game, down by three and in the top of the seventh, Illini Mike Rohde hit a two-out grand slam which proved to be the game winner. In [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 24th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

The University of Illinois baseball team traveled to Bloomington, Indiana for a 4 game set against the University of Indiana Hoosiers. After losing their last two games, Illinois needed a win badly Friday night and that’s what they got as the good guys won 8-3. Chris Robinson helped out with 2 dingers as well as [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 23rd, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

Ooh! This one had to hurt. Illinois had Illinois State down to its last strike with a one-run lead but once again, fielding mishaps proved to be costly. A base hit, a throwing error by the catcher, and a wild pitch pretty much handed the Cardinals the tying run. Another hit and a throwing error [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

I took my son to the Illinois-Michigan game on Sunday. What a beautiful day it was for a baseball game! Dusty Bensko’s three-run homer in the first gave Illinois the lead but Michigan scored 4 in the second due to a few misplays in the field. An rbi single by Chad “Pat, I’d like to [...]

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