Illinois Baseball Report

Friday was Bleacher Bum Barbecue at Illinois Field.  I thought I’d post some photos reflective of today’s events.  If you’re looking for an update of the Illinois-Northwestern game itself, here it is). Catcher Adam Davis was confident before the game   Tonight’s attendance was the fifth largest in history     Autographs were signed by [...]

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Not a pretty scoreboard Well, the rains held off for tonight’s game against Northwestern (and the Bleacher Bum Barbeque) but the wind did not.  There was a stiff gale blowing straight out to left field.  Before the game, a few of us figured this would be a definite slugfest between both Illinois and Northwestern.  Well, [...]

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If you are looking for that one Illini baseball game to go to this year, THIS IS IT!  Friday’s game and everything surrounding it, will be the college baseball event of the year on campus.  The second annual Bleacher Bum Barbeque should promise to be a fun time so try to make it out.  Last [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 29th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Under a full moon, the Illini got the win they needed to get back on track tonight.  They beat the visiting Bradley Braves 8-5.  Giller was a triple shy of the cycle Mike Giller was the hero of the night.  Giller drove in a career high five rbis on three hits including a double and [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 27th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Can Brandon Hohl repeat his success against Bradley? There’s just one mid-week game this week.  Tonight, there’s a re-match between Illinois and Bradley.  Here is a quick summary:   Bradley Braves April 27, 2010 6:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 12-23 (Missouri Valley 5-10) Head Coach: Jim Schmitz Key player: [...]

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If we keep these 1-2 Big Ten weekends up, we’ll be watching the Big Ten tournament from home.  With Illinois’ 16-1 loss to the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, that will make it three straight weekends against conference teams with only one win. MSU’s 16 runs were spread throughout the game and hence, all our [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 25th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Friday, Illinois split a doubleheader with the Michigan State Spartans.  They eked out a win in Game 1 in 10 innings by the score of 4-3 but were outslugged 10-2 in Game 2.  In any other year, I would pretty much expect a split with the Spartans.  But this year, coming away with a split [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 24th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

We play two 2010 repeats this week.  One team that we lost to and one that we beat (and not that long ago either)… Here are quick sum-ups:   Illinois State Redbirds April 20, 2010 6:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 18-15 (Missouri Valley 8-1) Head Coach: Mark Kingston Key [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 19th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It was close for a while but Michigan’s offense caught up to Illinois pitching on Sunday and the Wolverines defeated the Illini 11-4.  Mike Giller slides in to score ahead of Casey McMurray Michigan scored one run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead but Illinois mounted an exciting rally [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 18th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a good day to be an Illini fan today.  Illinois got their revenge for Friday night’s loss by defeating Michigan 6-2. However, it started out ominously enough.  Michigan’s leadoff hitter, Pat Biondi hit the second pitch of the game for a homerun and I wouldn’t blame Illini fans in the stands if they [...]

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