Illinois Baseball Report

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 [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

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 [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Willie Argo approaching the plate Battle at Busch in 2010 The UI Athletic Department has announced that tickets for the second annual Battle at the Busch have gone on sale.  Illinois will take on Missouri Tigers and play at the home of the Cardinals on March 29th.  Gametime is 6:30pm. Tickets are $10.  Most likely, [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 5th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The Big Ten Network came out with a nice feature video of the Illinois baseball team’s trip down to Busch Stadium to play Missouri last month.  The “new border war”, as Coach Hartleb calls it.    Share Tags: battle at busch, big ten network, missouri Related posts Illini welcome Michigan State this weekend (0) Weather [...]

Filed under: Media on May 3rd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a rather disappointing weekend for the Illini who won just one against Iowa.  A sweep wasn’t out of the question for me.  The offense only generated six runs in the last two games and generally in college games that’s not enough.  Ironically, the one game when Illinois gave up the most runs, eight [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 11th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Last night was the touted “Battle at Busch”, a game between Illinois and Missouri at St Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium.  I went down the on the bus trip sponsored by the Dugout Club.  The trip was fun even though the good guys lost. The Illini had a great second inning offensively.  Other than that, Missouri [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 8th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois enjoyed a close win at Bradley tonight.  Down by a run in the eighth, the Illini scored two to go ahead for good.  Brian de la Torriente got the win in relief and Bryan Roberts closed out the game for the save.  Final score:  Illinois 11 Bradley 10. Brandon Hohl hit two homeruns the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

For his efforts last week during the Spring Break Trip, Willie Argo became the second Illinois player to be honored by the Big Ten with the Player of the Week award.  Argo (left) had it coming.  His consistent offense throughout the week made me wonder if he would be considered for the award especially after [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 29th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Fighting Illini Dugout Club has some exciting news for anyone interested in attending the April 7 game at Busch Stadium versus University of Missouri.  They will be sponsoring a fan bus to the game!  Great news!!! Now billed as “The Battle at Busch”, the Illinois-Missouri game is sure to be a good one.  The [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Tickets are now available for the April 7 game between Illinois and Missouri at Busch Stadium.  If you’re interested, you can purchase them at the St Louis Cardinals web site. Gametime is 7pm and the tickets are $15   Share Tags: announcement, battle at busch, missouri, schedule Related posts The 2012 Illinois Baseball poster unveiled plus [...]

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