This weekend, Illinois will travel to Bloomington, Indiana to face the Hoosiers. Heading into this weekend’s series, Illinois is in third place with an 11-4 conference record. They suffered their very first series loss last weekend against ranked Maryland but rebounded in a midweek win against Bradley on Wednesday. Indiana…
After a successful Big Ten weekend plus a wild and raucous midweek victory, Illinois baseball welcomes the Northwestern to Illinois Field this weekend to continue the fun. Illinois won two games against Iowa after losing the first game last weekend. Illinois continued their success against Illinois State on Tuesday. After…
This weekend, Illinois faces their first Big Ten weekend opponent. They travel to East Lansing as Michigan State hosts the Illini for three games over the weekend. Note that due to forecasted nippy temps on Sunday, that game will be played as part of a doubleheader on Friday. Saturday’s game…
Illinois baseball had a successful weekend in Ball State. The bats certainly showed up. Illinois scored 23 runs in the three games against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Winning two of three games, they upped their record to a more respectable 5-8. Cam McDonald continues to hit as he now owns…
This weekend, Illinois baseball (3-7) travels to Bowling Green for three games against Western Kentucky (7-5). Read more details at the Fighting Illini website. Illinois suffered a midweek loss against Eastern Illinois on Tuesday and lost two of three last weekend. Their one win however, was against #25 West Virginia…
This weekend was full of highs and lows as Illinois baseball split a four-game pod weekend against #13 Michigan and Michigan State. A big highlight was an opening win against ranked Michigan on Friday afternoon. The split doubleheader on Saturday led to two losses but Illinois regrouped for a closing…
Thank goodness for Cole Kirschsieper! Cole K pitched five scoreless innings in today’s shutout of Ohio State preventing a Buckeye sweep. The Buckeyes won the first three games down in Greenville, South Carolina before their offense ran out of gas. Despite the discrepancy in wins this weekend, the games were…
The Rockford Rivets’ season is now “indefinitely on hold” as there was concerns of exposure to the Covid-19 virus by a staff member. Why is important to Illini fans? The Rivets, a Northwoods League team, has three Illini on their roster. I found this out the hard way this as…
Summer collegiate league ball is in full swing! While the Illini 2020 season was shelved, the Northwoods League is going ahead with their season. The Illinois Baseball program has a long history with the NWL and this year is no exception. Sixteen Illinois baseball players will be playing on seven…
Today, Illinois Baseball released the roster for the 2020 season! And boy, it’s a young team! The FightingIllini.com article gives a very detailed summary of the twelve freshman and six incoming transfers who are joining the best team in the Big Ten. One name that sticks out is Xavier Watson.…