Illinois Baseball Report

Josh Parr, Corey Kimes and Mike Giller.  Happy Times
For the second weekend in a row, the Illini take to the road facing a Big Ten team.  They’re facing our neighbor to the north, the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois.  No doubt we’ll have a sizable visitor section there this weekend.
 

Game #40

Record: 27-12 (11-4 Big [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 30th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The big stories of tonight’s game between Illinois and Southern Illinois University:
Well first of all, Illinois won 5-1.  Yes, the Illini have a three game winning streak against Big Ten teams (courtesy of Penn State) but they also haven’t beaten a non-conference in three games either.   So I’m glad Illinois could get this monkey off [...]

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I remember two years ago I was talking to a father of one of the players at the 2007 Big Ten Tournament.  He shared with me that he wouldn’t be surprised if then freshman Brandon Wikoff would set the hits record for Illinois provided he played all four years.
 
Fast forward two years to 2009.  [...]

Filed under: Feature on April 27th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

After a monster weekend against Penn State, Illini Willie Argo garners the Big Ten Player of the Week award.  The Davenport, Iowa native took the award based on his 8 for 12 performance while Illinois swept the Nittany Lions.  Argo drove home 8 runs and scored six with the help of three homeruns, a [...]

Filed under: Awards on April 27th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Tuesday night the Southern Illinois Salukis come rolling into town.  If I’m not mistaken, they are the only team we will play in 2009 on two separate occasions.  We played them on April 15th in Marion, Il and lost 9-6.  Let’s hope we have better luck at home at Illinois Field. 
For those in the [...]

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Behind a solid performance by starter Bryan Roberts and a relentless oflense, Illinois took the third game at Penn State today 9-2.  With the win, the Illini sweeps the Nittany Lions for the weekend and are now tied for first place in the Big Ten!
STANDINGS (as of Apr 26, 2009)

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Filed under: Game Recaps on April 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Maybe it’s early to make such a prediction but I smell a Big Ten player of the Week award going to Willie Argo.
Today, Argo slammed two homeruns in Illinois’ 11-5 win over Penn State at Medlar Field.   In addition to the two dingers, he was 3 for 5 with 5 rbis.  Add that to the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 25th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Just a couple interesting articles I ran across beyond the usual fare.  I thought I’d pass them along.
IlliniHQ.com has a nice piece by Jeff Huth looking back to 1998 when former Illinois coach Itch Jones won his 1,000 game. 
Also, the Big Ten web site has a nice feature article on Ben Reeser dealing [...]

Filed under: Media on April 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Willie Argo was one single shy of the cycle as Illinois defeated Penn State 7-3 at Medlar Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.  Argo was 3 for 4 with 3 runs and 3 rbis.
It was another comeback win for the Illini against a Big Ten team.  They were down 3-0 in the top of the 5th [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Despite scoring five runs in the last two innings, the Illini lost to the St Louis Billikens in St Louis tonight.  This in spite of efforts of Joe Bonadonna, Casey McMurray, Dom Altobelli and Josh Parr who had two hit each in the 11-10 heartbreaker.
This was third mid-week, non-conference game in a row that the [...]

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