Illinois Baseball Report

Matt Dittman practices his “mean” face before the game with Eastern. It’s late so I’m going to keep this short.  The Illini are heading to Marion, IL to play Coach Hartleb’s alma mater, Southern Illinois University.  Hartleb will play down his time at SIU but word has it he was pretty good as a catcher [...]

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Former University of Illinois starting pitcher Brian Blomquist is on a roll. He’s had four straight quality starts for the Southern Illinois Miners culminating in Saturday night’s outing. That night, he pitched a four-hit shutout against the River City Rascals. “It had been a year since I had thrown in a real game before the [...]

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Turns out Ben Reeser and Aaron Martin aren’t the only Illini doing well this summer. Take a look at Joey Bonadonna who is spending his dog days playing for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League. Bonadonna has already broken the team single season record for stolen bases. He did it in style by stealing [...]

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Blomquist pitching for the Illini in 2006 Former University of Illinois hurler Brian Blomquist got his chance to pitch on the professional level last Saturday night. Blomquist, who had just signed with the Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League didn’t have wait long to show what he’s made of. He got the call to [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on May 31st, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The Big Ten tournament starts tomorrow.  Fifth-seeded Illinois will take on fourth-seeded Minnesota in the first round at 11:00am.  Illinois has the upper hand in the season series, 3-1. In other Illini news, Brian Blomquist has been chosen Big Ten Pitcher of the Week following his impressive performance against Michigan State in the last game [...]

Filed under: Awards, Game Previews on May 23rd, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Brian Blomquist: 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Dave Schultz:  2 for 5, 2 HR, 2 runs, 5 rbis With Big Ten tournament eligibility on the line, these Illini came forward against Michigan State and made it possible.  Nice going, guys! Share Tags: big ten tournament, brian blomquist, dave [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

With the pressure on, the Illini delivered.  Down to the last game, needing to win against Michigan State if they wanted to continue on to the Big Ten Tournament, it seemed like everything went right. Brian Blomquist found his groove The same could be said for starting pitcher Brian Blomquist.  Bloomer, who was unstoppable at [...]

Filed under: Big Ten, Game Recaps on May 21st, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

So far after two games, it looks as if Illinois was ready for Iowa. The burning question on all fans minds:  Was ace reliever Matt Whitmore up to the task after making the switch to starter last night?  It sure looks like it. Whitmore  6 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 22nd, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Tuesday and Wednesday, the Western Michigan Broncos were in town.  The offense couldn’t get going for the first game and the Broncos won 7-2. The dam broke the next game and the Illini scored 16 runs including 4 rbis by Dave Schultz and 3 each by Aaron Ifft and Mike Rohde.  Final score: 16-5. Illinois went [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments »

In front of a record crowd Friday night, the Illini eked out a win against rival Purdue, 9-7.  I was there and the wind, blowing to right-center, was so strong, I had a hard time holding on to my hat. That same wind played havoc with fly balls, taking two Purdue hits deep for homers.  [...]

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