Illinois Baseball Report

Josh Parr and company will try to make it five straight Friday afternoon Now it’s for real.  Throw everything else out the window.  These games count. Illinois baseball goes back east this weekend to Penn State for the 2011 Big Ten opener.  After opening the season 4-10, they’re now riding a four game winning streak [...]

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Josh Parr scores in the sixth Everything went right and Illinois crushed Illinois State 14-2. This extends their winning streak to four games just before their Big Ten opener this weekend against Penn State. John Anderson got his third win of the year but it was a committee of hurlers who really got the job [...]

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Casey McMurray is tied for the team lead in rbis with 13 Just a reminder, Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm.  I’ll be there but maybe a little late. The Redbirds have a decent team… there’s no doubt.  Right now, they’re second place in the tough Missouri Valley [...]

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Weather continues to be an issue with the Illinois baseball schedule.  The Battle at Busch game tonight against Missouri has been postponed with no makeup scheduled yet. Also, the time of Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm to take advantage of the warmer afternoon weather. Share Tags: battle [...]

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Tuesday night, the Illini baseball team will take on the Missouri Tigers in the Battle at Busch in St Louis.  This will be the second annual ‘Battle’- Illinois lost to the Tigers in a hard fought 7-4 match in 2010.  I went to the game and though the good guys didn’t win, it was quite [...]

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The Illini (including Adam Davis (left) and Brandon Hohl), were ready to play today We were all there today.  The the fans (more than I thought would show up in this cold weather) were in the stands, players had gone through all their warm-ups, and announced starter John Anderson was tossing in the bullpen. Unfortunately, [...]

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Pat Sheehan gets congratulated by his teammates for having a good eye Wow, if the rest of Illinois baseball season is as exciting as today’s home opener, the EMTs are going to have to stock up on chest paddles.  What a heart pounder!  In the bottom of the ninth, Illini DH Pat Sheehan walked with [...]

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10.  A warm jacket.  Those early season games get pretty chilly. 9.  Money…but only if you want to get something from the concession stand.  Illini baseball games are free this year! 8.  Your Orange and Blue gear.  Wear it proud. 7.  Your voice.  Let the Illini players know you’re there! 6.  A glove.  Handy to [...]

Filed under: Feature on March 24th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Fightingillini.com came out with their weekend preview.  Johnson-Anderson-Kimes are the set pitchers for the weekend. For those who can’t make it out to the weekend, Gametracker will be up and so will live audio.  Links for all that are on the preview page. St Louis Bus Trip On a different note, I’ve been asked about [...]

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It seems like this Friday can’t come soon enough.  All these weeks of following the Illinois baseball team as they play in strange and far away places will soon come to an end as we get to see the good guys on the green grass… *ahem* field turf of Illinois Field here in Champaign, Illinois.  [...]

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