Illinois Baseball Report

The University of Illinois hosted the Gophers of Minnesota last weekend. Once again, the Illini won the opener. The rest of the series… eh, not so much. The Gophers took three of the four games.
Friday’s starting pitcher Tanner Roark deserves some credit as he is 4-0 in conference play. For the season, Roark is [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 30th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Ok, where was everyone last night?? Official attendance was only 669 at Illinois Field to see the University of Illinois defeat the Eastern Illinois Panthers 8-0.

Ben Reeser gave the Illini 4 lights-out innings
The Illinois got some fantastic pitching from starter Ben Reeser (4 IP, 3 H) as well as relievers Scott Shaw (4 IP, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois had a tough weekend.
Despite winning the series opener on Friday, the Illini lost the remaining three games of the series against the Hawkeyes. That’s not to say that the Illini didn’t score runs. Sunday’s game score was 17-12 and the Illini actually had the lead up until the fifth inning. [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The University of Illinois baseball team has added 3 games to the schedule to make up for games canceled for inclement weather.
The first was this past Wednesday’s game and it was pretty sparsely attended.
Additional Games
4/18 // Robert Morris // 6 p.m.
4/25 // Blackburn // 6:30 p.m.
5/2 // Greenville College // [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on April 20th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Last night I went to the University of Illinois baseball game against Robert Morris with my friends Brando and Shawn.

Shawn Roof took some time to chat with us about ball and bat physics
Before the game, Brando and I went down to the left field fence to watch the guys warm up. Shawn Roof gave [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 19th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois is playing the Wildcats of Northwestern this weekend,

Ryan Snowden
No, I’m not wishing for more cold weather. Friday night, leadoff man and leftfielder Ryan Snowden just tied the University of Illinois record for consecutive games with a hit with 23. Nice going, Snow!
Meanwhile, the Illini got a very solid start from Tanner Roark (7 IP, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 13th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

University of Illinois secondbaseman Ryan Hastings has been named Big Ten Player of the week.
Lately, Hastings has had a hot bat (and by a “hot bat”. I mean that literally). Last week, he was 8 for 11 and had the game-winning hit against the Buckeyes in Game 1 of their double header [...]

Filed under: Awards on April 12th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

One of the perks as a blogger and a podcaster is that I get to meet (at least virtually) and talk to a variety of people in the baseball world. That includes players and coaches, broadcasters, and fellow bloggers and podcasters. The one thing they all share is the love of the game of baseball. [...]

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I didn’t make it out to Illinois Field tonight but had to be content with listening to the game on the radio. I picked it up when Illinois was up 4-0. Unfortunately, that was all the scoring they would do.
Brandon Wikoff’s 3 hits and a solid start from Billy Barrett (2 ER in 5 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps, Media on April 10th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

During University of Illinois’ game against Ohio State on April 8, secondbaseman Ryan Hastings warms his aluminum bat with the help of “Mr Heater”, the space heater in their dugout.
Any idea if there is a logical reason for this? Or is it superstition?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that either.

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