On Sunday, the Illini didn’t waste time against the West Virginia Mountaineers. In their last game at the Nike College Showcase in Eugene, Oregon, the bats were swinging and the runs were scoring. The game almost seemed in the bag by the bottom of the first when Illinois scored seven…
Five hits for Willie Argo on Saturday A split wasn’t in the cards against Gonzaga but the Illini found their bats and arms and won versus the Lamar Cardinals later in the afternoon at the YMBL Cardinal Classic in Beaumont, Texas today. Against Gonzaga, it was more of the same…
I’m sure we Illini baseball fans are not given in to schadenfreude. If we were, however, we would pleased to know that because of Illinois’ 9-4 defeat of St John’s on Sunday, the Red Storm have been knocked out of the national rankings. But I’m sure we don’t have that…
The first win of the season is always nice but when it comes against a nationally ranked team, it makes it so much better. Such was the case on Sunday when the Illini defeated #27 St John’s at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida. Illinois came back…
Fightingillini.com posted the second in their series of 2012 previews yesterday. This time around, they’re looking at the position players. Don’t miss the accompanying interview video of Coach Snider. Who among the position players are no longer on the team? Well in short, Adam Davis, Pete Cappetta, Casey McMurray, Matt…
Brandon Hohl had a big game on Friday night for his Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. He hit two homers with three rbis. The Rafters won 11-2 keyed by Hohl’s performance. Here is the box score.
Throughout the 2011 Illinois baseball season, there have been photos that I go back to and think “I really like that picture”. Some may not have made it into an IBR article but for one reason or another I find qualities in it that make me think it’s worth seeing.…
Ho hum… another walk-off win for the Illini. What else is new? Hehe, I can’t pull that complacent shtick off, I am psyched as all get out. Maybe I got worried a bit watching the Illinois-Ohio State game on my friend’s wide screen TV in his basement but I’ll tell…
Casey McMurray hits a solo shot in the bottom of ninth to win the game… … and was warmly greeted at the plate by all his teammates. Casey McMurray’s timing was impeccable tonight. With one out in the bottom of the ninth and the score tied, he chose that moment…
Illinois came into last weekend’s series against Purdue tied for third and winning their last three Big Ten series. After losing Friday’s game in low scoring fashion, 3-1, it looked like they had their work cut out for them the rest of the weekend. The Orange and Blue proved they…