Illinois Baseball Report

First a look at the Big Ten standings:    Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Ohio State 0 0 0 0.000 8 2 0 0.800 Michigan State 0 0 0 0.000 6 4 0 0.600 Penn State 0 0 0 0.000 4 3 0 0.571 Iowa 0 0 0 0.000 4 5 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 8th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was nice and warm Sunday October afternoon for Game Two of University of Illinois’ Orange and Blue World Series.  There was just enough breeze to make things interesting.  Yesterday, it was a good crowd in the stands because of the home football game.  Even so, they managed to get a fair crowd out there [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 4th, 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 »

Ben Reeser honored on Senior Day Illinois took a loss today against Ohio State in their last home game of 2009 by the score of 12-7.  The Illini battled back but couldn’t overcome a pair of five-run innings by the Buckeyes.  Brandon Wikoff sliding home to score in the second inning It was Senior Day [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Now, that Illinois win was just a little TOO interesting. With a 15-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Northwestern Wildcats rallied for nine runs to make it close.  Fortunately, Will Strack came in and shut the door on the ‘Cats, pitching a perfect ninth.  The final score was 15-12 Illinois.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Josh Parr, Corey Kimes and Mike Giller.  Happy Times For the second weekend in a row, the Illini take to the road facing a Big Ten team.  They’re facing our neighbor to the north, the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois.  No doubt we’ll have a sizable visitor section there this weekend.   Game #40 Record: [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Just a couple interesting articles I ran across beyond the usual fare.  I thought I’d pass them along. IlliniHQ.com has a nice piece by Jeff Huth looking back to 1998 when former Illinois coach Itch Jones won his 1,000 game.  Also, the Big Ten web site has a nice feature article on Ben Reeser dealing [...]

Filed under: Media on April 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Willie Argo was one single shy of the cycle as Illinois defeated Penn State 7-3 at Medlar Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.  Argo was 3 for 4 with 3 runs and 3 rbis. It was another comeback win for the Illini against a Big Ten team.  They were down 3-0 in the top of the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

This gentleman had the right idea during the break but a sweep was not in the cards for the Illini Illinois was oh so close to a sweep of Minnesota this weekend.  After a major comeback on Friday, they did the same for the first game on Saturday coming back from a 4-0 deficit to [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

I admit it.  From down here in Illinois, things didn’t look too good for the Orange and Blue Saturday afternoon.  Down by scores of 4-0 and 6-3, it looked like Michigan might go up 2-0 in the series. But wow, what a comeback!  Behind the offensive efforts of Joe Bonadonna (3 for 5, 2B, 4 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 11th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »