Illinois Win another Wild One

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. Share Tags: chris robinson, eastern illinois Related posts Robbie on the move (1) Former Illini Robinson helps Canada [...]

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Rohde’s no Toady

Illinois Sophomore DH Mike Rohde was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Nice going, Mike! Share Tags: Awards, mike rohde Related posts Former Illini Rohde juggles baseball and law school (1) N-G runs list of 100 best Illini athletes (1) Big Ten updates their Records Book (0) Ex-hurlers getting the work done in the [...]

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

Crazy Illinois-Indiana Doubleheader

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 [...]

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Illinois Rebounds with Win Against Indiana

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 [...]

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College Baseball- Tough Loss for Illinois

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 [...]

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Illinois-Michigan game

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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