Yesterday, the Big Ten announced the 2019 individual player honors and awards. Not surprisingly, many Illini were among them. In fact, four Illinois players were listed on the All-Big Ten First Team. Second baseman Michael Massey, outfielder Zac Taylor, starting pitcher Andy Fisher and closer Garrett Acton all earned First…
Illinois is heading to East Lansing for their last regular season series of the 2019 against the Michigan State Spartans. With the Big Ten Baseball Tournament next weekend, it will be an early weekend for the boys as the series schedule begins on Thursday. In one way, the pressure is…
This weekend, Illinois baseball (26-13, 6-6 Big Ten) will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (22-14, 11-4 Big Ten) in Lincoln. For the Friday-Sunday series, the Illini hope to continue their winning ways. Fighting for a Big Ten Tournament berth, the Illini are getting hot a the right time. They are…
In what was billed as a match-up between two very tough Illinois teams, the series between Illinois and Illinois State was incredibly one-sided. This past weekend, at Illinois Field, the Illinois (17-4) won all three games versus Illinois State (13-9) for their fifth weekend sweep of 2019. Illinois outscored the…
In their home opening series, Illinois baseball got down to business this past weekend. Winning their fourth weekend sweep in five weekend against the Southern Illinois Salukis (10-8), the 2019 Illinois team is off their best start in 30 years. Illinois won two hard played one-run games in a doubleheader…
This weekend, undefeated Illinois (3-0) travels to Boca Raton, Florida to take on Florida Atlantic Owls (3-1). FAU just came off a midweek loss against tough Miami but Illinois and Coach Dan Hartleb hope to keep their wins comin’. Teamwork is key to winning baseball games. These are the players…
Three games. Three wins. Only five runs given up. Keep this up and we’ll be buying tickets for Omaha soon enough. Illinois Baseball got off to a stellar 2019 season start with a three-game sweep this past weekend. That included a big win over host #20 Wake Forest. Pitching was…