Illinois Baseball Report

College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing.  The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues. The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will see eight players from Illinois [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Day and night.  That’s how I’d describe the difference between Minnesota on Thursday and Minnesota on Friday.  And unfortunately, Illinois had to play them Friday. The same Gopher team that couldn’t buy a hit against Indiana the day before and had its pitching pounded by their offense, came out a changed team Friday.  They first [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I really thought we had them.  Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead.  But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense.  The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4. Aaron Johnson trots around the bases after [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The linescore pretty much says it all After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs.  MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5. Take away the grand slam and you could [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

  Dominic Altobelli- 3B All-Big Ten First team Brandon Wikoff- SS All-Big Ten First Team Pete Cappetta- OF All-Big Ten Second Team Aaron Johnson- C All-Big Ten Second Team Willie Argo- OF All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team Will Strack- SP All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team The Big Ten annual [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Boy, that had to be quite an ending to the Illini-Purdue game Friday!  I was a naughty boy and had Game Tracker running on my laptop during a conference meeting.  It was a little hard to concentrate on matters at hand with Dan Black at the plate.  Sorry, Boss! Will Strack had things in hand [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It was a tough game for the Illini though well played for the most part.  And even for the casual uninvolved observer, a very engaging game for lack of a better term. The lead changed six times during the course of the nine innings (if you count ties).  I mentioned to someone that the winner [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 9th, 2009 | 5 Comments »

#25 Illinois lost an ugly affair against University of Evansville tonight 4-3 in 10 innings.  Ugly in more ways than one.  But before we get to that, let’s talk about some of the positive things to get us started.  Dom Altobelli:  3 for 5 Dom Altobelli went 3 for 5 for the night.  Not only [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 6th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Brandon Wikoff (left) becomes the next in a long line of Illini who can claim the honor of being named the Big Ten Player of the Week.  Wikoff was deemed the honor for his efforts against Northwestern at Evanston this past weekend.  For the weekend, he hit .692 including a 4 hit game on Sunday.  [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 4th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois and starting pitcher Bryan Roberts took care of business today as they shut out Northwestern Wildcats 9-0 at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston.  With help from Michigan who defeated Ohio State, they are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten conference. Roberts was lights out as he struck out seven [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 3rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »