Illinois Baseball Report

Illinois rebounded today from there defeat against Army yesterday by solidly beating University of Hartford today 7-3 down in Florida.  In the first, they took a quick 3-0 lead with the help of a Dom Altobelli two-run double. From there, they never looked back.  In the third, they added two more (once again, with help [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 21st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a good effort but not the result intended for Illinois’ first game of their spring break trip today down in Lakeland, Florida. In this morning’s game, Illinois lost to Army 9-8 despite a good effort by the Illini who rallied for five runs for in the the ninth.  That gave them an 8-6 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 20th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Starting tomorrow, the squad goes on their annual spring trip to Florida.  The schedule isn’t as packed as it was last year… they’re playing five games this time.   Games #14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Record: 11-2 vs Army March 20, 10:00am CT Henley Field, Lakeland, FL vs Hartford March 21, 10:00am CT Chain of [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Casey McMurray takes one for the team on Friday The 11-2 Illini jumped two spots in the Collegiate Baseball poll to #19 after their four game sweep last weekend over University of Akron Zips.  Indeed, the only time the Zips showed real life over the weekend was when the pressure was off with a 13-2 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s late and I have time only to post a few photos.  But great game Illinois!  They won 10-1 over the Akron Zips.  Box Score Phil Haig got into a little trouble early but got out of most jams he got into and just allowed one run in six innings. Josh Parr scoring from second [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 14th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s going to be a nice day today for a ballgame (sunny and high in mid to high 40′s) so get out to Illinois Field to root the team on in the the home opener against the Akron Zips.  Gametime is 3:05.  I have favor to ask of anyone who will be going to Saturday’s [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 13th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

If anyone is interested, I’ve created a public calendar of the University of Illinois baseball home game schedule on Google Calendar. Feel free to use it.  It’s also available in iCal and RSS formats though I haven’t really tested those formats fully.   The normal disclaimers apply.  I’ve checked and double checked my work.  If [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 12th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini fans, get ready… this weekend is the first home series of 2009! It might be a bit chilly for Friday’s game.  Forecasts show sunny and a high of 49 degrees but all things considered, we’ve endured worst.  The early 3:05pm game time will help with that (good thing because it will be a low [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Yes, we have some photos of last weekend’s series! Morgan Gilman attended the Illinois series against LSU in Baton Rouge at the new Alex Box Stadium last weekend and snapped some photos while she was there. Many thanks to Morgan for passing these photos on to me! Here’s a good shot of the interior of [...]

Filed under: Feature on March 11th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Lots to talk about in the wake of Illinois’ series victory over (then) #1 LSU Tigers last weekend.  The Illini won Friday’s game and Sunday’s game both on the efforts of good starting pitching by Phil Haig and Ben Reeser respectively. I say "then #1" because well, it’s no surprise that LSU dropped in the [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 9th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »