Illinois Baseball Report

Illini secondbaseman Josh Parr who is barely getting his feet wet in college ball, has already been honored by the conference by being named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week. Considering his performance at the Al Ogletree Tournament over the weekend, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Parr was 7 for 10 with [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Hate to sound like a broken record but good starting pitching gave Illinois a victory down in Texas.  This time it was Ben Reeser who gave up just one earned run and six hits in 7 2/3 innings against Texas Arlington in the last game of the Al Ogletree tournament.  Illinois defeated the Mavericks 3-2. [...]

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Nevertheless, Phil Haig is perhaps proving that his start in the "Challenge" last weekend may not be a fluke just like his two-hit shutout against Purdue in the last regular season series last year may not have been one either. Tonight in the Lone Star State with the Illini facing University of Texas Pan-American, Haig [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 27th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The weekend notes for the Al Ogletree Tournament have just been posted on the fightingillini.com website. Phil Haig is indeed the starter Friday night and Aaron Martin is on the hill Saturday.   and Ben Reeser will have to go to bed early Saturday night.  He’ll have a 9 am start on Sunday. Good luck, guys! [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 26th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Last weekend it was Florida… this coming weekend, our boys are going to Texas for the Al Ogletree Classic.  More specifically, they’ll be visiting Edinburg Stadium.  That’s the home of the University of Texas Pan American Broncs who are currently 0-4 this season.  Don’t make fun though.  UTPA was the home field of Al Ogletree [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Illinois 1 Lamar 0 CSTV’s Gametracker pitching line says it all It was another pitcher’s duel this morning at the Al Ogletree Tournament but this time Illinois came up on top. Aaron Martin and Ben Reeser were lights out against the Lamar University Cardinals just as were all summer as teammates in the Coastal Plain [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 24th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Texas State 2 Illinois 1 Today’s game was a mirror image of yesterday’s.  Friday Illinois scratched out runs out of nothing.  Today, the hits were there but runs were scarce. Illini starting pitcher Mike Stankiewicz pitched a six inning gem allowing six hits and one run.  Unfortunately, the Illinois offense didn’t back him up and [...]

Filed under: Game Previews, Game Recaps on February 23rd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s hard to believe with a heavy snowstorm upon us here in Illinois, that I would be following a baseball game today.  With the help of CSTV’s Gametracker, that’s exactly what I did as I saw the University of Illinois win their season opener against Sam Houston State at the Al Ogletree Tournament in Edinburgh, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 22nd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Go Illinois! Game #1 Friday, Feb. 22 3pm Record: 0-0 vs Sam Houston State at Edinburgh, TX Tomorrow night, the University of Illinois begin their 2008 season.  They take on Sam Houston State in the first game of the Al Ogletree Classic Tournament in warm Edinburgh, Texas. Word from the clubhouse is that the guys [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Were you worried? Just a little bit? I wasn’t. Ok, maybe a little bit. When the University of Illinois lost all three against Louisiana-Lafayette two weekends ago, it does make one pause to think. But consider this. The Ragin’ Cajuns had the advantage of having played five games already. Not only that, they WON all [...]

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