Illinois Baseball Report

Just a few photos that were taken today that I thought might be interesting: Huntington Park has been getting rave reviews from everyone I talk to.  It’s a very nice facility with some really cool features that we’re just used to at the college level… … a cool video-enhanced scoreboard… a sign measuring the speed [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 20th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

In today’s tournament matchup between Indiana and Purdue, there’s really not much to say except that Eric Arnett showed up, pitched, and won.  Arnett (above) won his twelfth game of 2009 by shutting out the Boilermakers for seven innings and struck out 10 batters in the process.  He only allowed four hits and one walk.  [...]

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The linescore pretty much says it all After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs.  MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5. Take away the grand slam and you could [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’ll be on the road to the Big Ten Baseball Tournament in Columbus in less than 7 hours.  Fortunately, I’ll have a ride.  Mike Altobelli, father of Illinois thirdbaseman Dom, will be giving me a ride.  I’m most thankful for Mike’s generosity.  During a home game, he heard I was going to the Tournament and [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

  Dominic Altobelli- 3B All-Big Ten First team Brandon Wikoff- SS All-Big Ten First Team Pete Cappetta- OF All-Big Ten Second Team Aaron Johnson- C All-Big Ten Second Team Willie Argo- OF All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team Will Strack- SP All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team The Big Ten annual [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Seeing as Ohio State Buckeyes are the Big Ten Champs and the Big Ten Tournament is being held in Columbus (yes, this is just a coincidence, folks), The Buckeye Nine blogger Chris Webb is being a gracious host and has brought a new blog geared towards the 2009 Big Ten Tournament.  Its name is Buckeye [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

For those going to the Big Ten Tournament this week (and for those just interested in getting a feel for the action), here is the Huntington Park website. The stadium website is complete with photos but more importantly for those attending, it includes parking info and a fan guide for those attending game.  While the [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois rallied today but it was too little, too late.  Purdue took the last game of the regular season from Illinois 12-8.  The Illini managed to rally for 7 runs in the last four innings but the Purdue lead was already too great.  The Boilermakers had scored seven runs before Illinois drew first blood in [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Boy, that had to be quite an ending to the Illini-Purdue game Friday!  I was a naughty boy and had Game Tracker running on my laptop during a conference meeting.  It was a little hard to concentrate on matters at hand with Dan Black at the plate.  Sorry, Boss! Will Strack had things in hand [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

With four teams vying for first place in the Big Ten, Illinois went into their series with Purdue hoping to go 3-0.  Unfortunately, after game 1, that isn’t going to be a reality.    Today they lost to Purdue 12-5.  They battled through 4 1/2 innings, tying the game 3-3.  However, Purdue scored three in the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »