Illinois Baseball Report

Good news on the Illini front.  Perhaps they’ve shaken the early season jitters as they went 6-0 on the Spring break road trip.  They finished in style defeating Cornell 19-12 Friday. 
Offense has not been a problem lately as they averaged over 10 runs a game for [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 25th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Monday’s game against Massachusetts must have been one exciting game to watch.  Thank you, Chase Kliment.  Kliment went 2-3 with a homerun and 2 rbis.
Down 3-1, the Illini put together a 3 run rally in the 7th.  That score stood and Illini won 4-3.
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Filed under: Game Recaps on March 21st, 2006 | 1 Comment »

It may be one of those seasons for the Illini.  The kind of year where you’re not sure what team will show up.  They got swept in their first series, then did the sweeping themselves the next.  Last weekend, they won one but lost the last three games.  You just never [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 19th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Yikes!  I go away for one weekend and come back to find that the U of I has lost 3 straight.  The Illini played in the Baseball Express Collegiate Classic.  Unfortunately, all the lessons they learned last weekend when they swept Southern Florida had gone by the wayside. 
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Filed under: Game Recaps on March 14th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Thanks to five shutout innings by Scott Shaw, the UI topped off the 3-game series against University of South Florida with a win to make it a sweep.  The Illini won by a score of 7-6.

Shawn Roof, Ryan Snowden and Chase Kliment (each starting out well this [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 5th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

I think I’m going to like this new catcher of ours. 
Illini backstop Lars Davis went 4 for 5 with 2 runs in Game 2 of the series against the University of South Florida.  Yes, the season is only five games old but Davis has 11 hits in 18 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 4th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Just logged on to Gametracker to see how the Illini were doing against University of South Florida only to find the game was over.  But the good news is the Illini won!  The good guys defeated USF 5-1.  Chase Kliment and Ryan Snowden both had 2 rbis each and Brian Blomquist [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 3rd, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

The UI baseball team will be taking on the University of South Florida on their turf this weekend.  They’ll be looking for win #1 this season.  Two upperclassmen (Brian Blomquist and Jake Toohey) and one newcomer (Scott Shaw) are scheduled to pitch in the three game set.
Probable [...]

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