Illinois Baseball Report

The Illinois baseball players don’t get much of a break after the college season is over.  A few days after it’s over they travel to their college summer teams to hone their skills.  This year, twenty-one Illinois players will be playing in these summer leagues. For the most part our players are joining many of [...]

Filed under: Summer League on May 28th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

If you’re a fan of Coach Hartleb (and if I’m a good judge, most of us are), rest assured.  He has been told by athletic director Ron Guenther that he still has a job.  The UI Athletic Department has said all year that it was going to wait till the end of the season before [...]

Filed under: UI Baseball Program and Management on May 27th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

On the eve of the Big Ten Tournament, conference awards were handed out.  Three Illinois players got some hardware to display on their mantles.  Shortstop Josh Parr (left) was named to the All-Big Ten third team.  Making the switch from second base to short, his conference.337 average and 21 runs scored were tops at his [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 25th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana.  It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun).  Senior Kevin Manson took the loss.  Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well.   They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings.  This evens Manson’s record at [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Since the Illini were out of town and I still had the itch to shoot (photos, that is), I took in a few of the races of today’s Tour de C-U cycling event.  I’m not sure if I ever attended let alone photographed a cycling race, so it was a first for me.  Today was [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on May 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a wild and crazy one in Bloomington today.  Indiana continued to hit and scored 12 runs.  Fortunately, Illinois had a blockbuster afternoon scoring 17 runs on the same amount of hits.  Brandon Hohl hit two homers and drove in three runs.  Final score:  Illinois 17  Indiana 12.  The lead changed hands a quite [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 21st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Indiana came touted as a team with power and at least for Hoosier fans, they disappoint this afternoon.  They defeated the Illini 11-5 with the help of six homeruns.  Indiana never had the huge inning… no more than than three runs in a frame.  Also, Illinois managed to separate their rallies with goose eggs.  Indiana [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Tom Shelton takes umm… batting practice before the Western Michigan game For the last regular season weekend, we’re playing the Indiana Hoosiers.  Note I use term “weekend” loosely since the series starts on Thursday.  Given the teams playing, I’m expecting some wild and wooly games. Indiana Hoosiers May 20, 2010 2 pm ct May 21, [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 19th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois ended their home season with a win tonight against Western Michigan.  Thanks to key pitching and a great game by Pete Cappetta, the Illini outscored the Broncos 6-1.  Billy Barrett held the Broncos hitless for three innings The Broncos just couldn’t get the offense going against Illinois’ hurlers.  Through six innings against Billy Barrett, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 19th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

  One game this week and it’s our last home game of the year.  Admission is free.  Hopefully, we’ll avoid the rain.  We play the Western Michigan Broncos.  Here’s the scoop on them…   Western Michigan Broncos May 18, 2010 4:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 12-38 (MAC 5-19) Head [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »