Illinois Baseball Report

Before the game, Pete Cappetta predicted two wins for the weekend This time it was the Illini who took some advantage of the 20-25 mph wind at Illinois Field. With four homers and a fantastic effort by the bullpen, Illinois closed out this past weekend’s series on a winning note.  Defeating Penn State 15-3 on [...]

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Aaron Johnson slides in to score in Illinois’ big six-run first inning When I woke up today, I wasn’t sure we weren’t going to have a ballgame.  It was raining and I heard thunder every so often.  Thankfully, the clouds parted by about 2pm and we had about the most beautiful day possible for baseball.  [...]

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Will Strack struggles with his jacket in the strong Friday wind before the game. There was a fierce wind at Illinois Field Friday night.  Unfortunately, Penn State took advantage of it and Illinois didn’t.  The Nittany Lions cracked four homeruns and defeated the Illini 16-9.  It’s not that Illinois didn’t have the offense tonight.  They [...]

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Wow, the University of Illinois baseball team sure knows how to put on a show for their home opener, eh?  The Illini crushed the Chicago State Cougars last night by the score of 18-2.  The outcome of the game almost seemed apparent by the end of the second inning.  By then, Illinois had gotten off [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 1st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Today’s game against the Akron Zips was much like yesterday’s game against Bucknell.  Illinois fell behind early, caught up to tie later then it was a dogfight till the end.  The good news is that this time,  Illini came up the victor, defeating Akron 7-6.  It took some doing, though.  Akron almost outhit the Illini [...]

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

Today was my first trip out to Illinois Field.  The second I stepped outside the building I work, I heard the ping of the bats (yes, I work that close).  I walked across the cemetery that separated me from the field and voila!, I was there.  It’s been a good four months since I’ve been [...]

Filed under: Spring Practice on March 10th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

They played hard but Illinois lost to #21 East Carolina 7-5 in the first game of the Keith LeClair Classic in Greenville, North Carolina. It was a tough game against a tough team perhaps harder to take because Illinois was so close to winning it.  Illinois had the lead after 6 1/2 innings but East [...]

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Now that the dust has settled from the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge, we can get a sense where the Big Ten look like now.  No surprise… Ohio State is at the top, getting a quick 5-1 start on season.    Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Ohio State 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 Michigan State 0-0 .000 [...]

Filed under: Weekend Recaps on March 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s Monday, February 15, five days before the scheduled opening day at Illinois Field.  Right now in Urbana, it’s 23 degrees and there are light flurries falling on the already packed snow.  I’m not holding my breath for a game on Saturday but I’d love to see Mother Nature prove me wrong.   Meanwhile to get [...]

Filed under: Awards on February 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Forget the cold.  Forget the fact that it’s only a split squad game.  It was just nice to see an honest to goodness baseball game at Illinois Field today.  And in some ways, a split squad game between the University of Illinois baseball squad makes it interesting.  It gives us a chance to see ALL [...]

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