Illinois Baseball Report

After winning their first game against Minnesota Friday night, Illinois seemed to fall apart for the rest of the 4 game series. Saturday’s game was won by the Gophers 5-4. The Illini struck out 12 times. Game two was postponed till Sunday because of rain. On Sunday, things didn’t get much better. The Illini dropped [...]

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With the Big Ten season coming to a close in a few weeks, a few of the University of Illinois players have made plans to play in leagues throughout the country. Good luck to all of them!! Cape Cod Baseball League Chris Robinson, Hyannis Alaska Baseball League Ryan Hastings, Mat-Su Miners Brandon Murphy, Mat-Su Miners [...]

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The Illini barely won the first of a 4-game series against the Minnesota Gophers. Reliever Jake Toohey struck the last two batters with the bases loaded to close out the game. Chris Robinson was 4 for 5 and Drew Davidson and Dusty Benkso both hit homers in the game. Share Tags: chris robinson, drew davidson, [...]

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The awards keep comin’ for Illini secondbaseman JR Kyes. For his efforts in the last week, Kyes has won the: Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (see bottom of page) Co-Big Ten Player of the Week NCBWA Pro-Line Caps National Hitter of the Week For the week, Kyes went 9 for 17 with 4 [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 10th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

For the first time this year, the University of Illinois made the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll. They are ranked 29th this week. Congrats to the team! Share Tags: national poll Related posts Illini Fall in Season Opener (0)

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Today I took the kids to the first game of the doubleheader between the Northwestern Wildcats and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Last night’s game between the two was a laugher as Illinois won 21-4. Brian Blomquist pitched a complete game and Dusty Bensko hit a grand slam in their rout of the Wildcats. [...]

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Chalk up another victory for Illinois as they overcame Southern Illinois in extra innings 9-7. Aaron Saving (nice name for a reliever, eh?) got the win by pitching a 1-2-3 10th. Toby Gardenhire doubled in the go-ahead run. In case you’re wondering, Toby is indeed the son of Ron Gardenhire. The Illini remain in first [...]

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A little catch-up work in regards to the Illini Baseball. They had a four game series over the weekend with Penn State. Friday, Brian Blomquist pitched a complete game but it wasn’t enough as PSU came back to win 3-2. Saturday was a different day as the Illini had their hitting shoes on. They won [...]

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