Kevin Duchene comes through again versus Minnesota Kevin Duchene continues to pitch well as he won his eighth game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It was a key win as the Illini (32-15, 13-9 Big Ten) were facing a formidable pitcher in Tom Windle. The Illinois offense managed to score four runs off Windle raising [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on May 17th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Celebration after Saturday’s win! Illinois got the job done this weekend! A three-game sweep is what the team needed against the Penn State Nittany Lions and that’s what they got. With an 8-6 win on Saturday and a comeback 5-4 victory on Sunday, the Illini improve their conference record to 12-9 and more importantly, [...]
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Kevin Duchene mowed down the opposition in Friday’s contest Wow! We just need about five more games like these and we might be set. Kevin Duchene pitched one of the best performances we’ve seen this season tonight against Penn State. Throwing a complete game two-hit shutout, Duchene struck out 11 PSU batters and kept them [...]
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Justin Parr: Illinois’ Hit-man With last weekend’s 1-2 loss against Michigan State, things are getting a little more dire for Illinois Baseball. There are just two more series left in the regular season. While they are a respectable 9-9 in conference play, that’s still just good enough for 7th place. They’ll need to step it [...]
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Justin Parr advances to third in today’s victory against the Wildcats Sunday’s conclusion of the Illinois-Northwestern series at Illinois Field included just about everything… a Justin Parr hit (two, actually) to extend his hitting streak, a comeback for the Illini (26-3, 8-7 Big Ten) and a perhaps too-exciting-but-successful-nonetheless save for Bryan Roberts. Illinois won the [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on April 28th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
26 games in a row: Justin Parr’s infield hit to short breaks the record. Just as the game between the Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats began on Saturday afternoon, it began to rain. It was a little mist at first but a steady rain soon followed. The bad weather didn’t dampen the Illinois bats though. [...]
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Kevin Duchene hopes his rally cap with induce some Illini runs Friday night, Illinois and Northwestern were locked in an back-and forth extra-inning battle. The Wildcats eventually won the game 4-3 in 13 innings. For a few innings though, I saw some of the most exciting baseball at Illinois Field this year. Justin Parr did [...]
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Justin Parr: 24 and counting… Illinois couldn’t pull out a victory against the Buckeyes in their rubber game on Sunday losing 7-3. The loss gives the Illini a 6-6 conference record and puts them in seventh place in the Big Ten. Game #36 / April 21, 2013 vs 7 3 [...]
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Kevin Johnson: all time Illini leader with 333 innings Illinois and Ohio State split their first two games in Columbus this weekend. Kevin Johnson won Friday’s game in a record breaking fashion 9-2. On Saturday, it was a narrow defeat for the Illini (24-11, 6-5 Big Ten) as they lost in extras 7-6 Both teams [...]
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The Illini get a little defensive help from Brandon Hohl today It was a wild and wooly win for the Illini today against the Purdue Boilermakers. While Ryan Castellanos earned his second win in a row, Justin Parr hit for the cycle and Reid Roper hit his third homer in three days. That all [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on April 14th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
