Illinois Baseball Report

Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana.  It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun).  Senior Kevin Manson took the loss.  Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well.   They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings.  This evens Manson’s record at [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a wild and crazy one in Bloomington today.  Indiana continued to hit and scored 12 runs.  Fortunately, Illinois had a blockbuster afternoon scoring 17 runs on the same amount of hits.  Brandon Hohl hit two homers and drove in three runs.  Final score:  Illinois 17  Indiana 12.  The lead changed hands a quite [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 21st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

  One game this week and it’s our last home game of the year.  Admission is free.  Hopefully, we’ll avoid the rain.  We play the Western Michigan Broncos.  Here’s the scoop on them…   Western Michigan Broncos May 18, 2010 4:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 12-38 (MAC 5-19) Head [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Despite the rain, almost 500 fans (and their umbrellas) showed up to watch the Illini It was an off and on rainy day at Illinois Field for the Illini’s last home Big Ten game.  Finishing off their series against Purdue, they hoped to win the rubber game and help their chances in the Tournament hunt [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Johnson shuts out the Boilermakers There were more alumni festivities on Saturday at Illinois Field  (more on that below) and boy, did Illinois starting pitcher Kevin Johnson give the old ‘mates a show.  Not only did he pitch a complete game but he exacted revenge on the Purdue Boilermakers by shutting them out on a [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Ever been to a ballgame where everything just seemed to go right?  That pretty much happened Wednesday night as the Illini embarrassed the Butler Bulldogs 19-0.  Tanner Libby makes the most of his first Illini start First, props go out to starter Tanner Libby who made his first start for the Illini and boy, what [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 5th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a tough game for the Illini tonight losing to Southern Illinois.  When the score was 3-2 after four innings, it looked like it might be one of those games where the teams might trade leads back and forth all game.  Not so.  After Christian Cummins scored on a wild pitch in the bottom [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Boy, it sure is fun when the Illini win! In Illini Nation, Craig Lutes is the hero of the day.  Yes, he’s in that mob of Illinois players you see in the above photo.  Not only is he the one who hit the walk-off homerun against the Northwestern Wildcats today to win 4-3 but he’s [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Friday, Illinois split a doubleheader with the Michigan State Spartans.  They eked out a win in Game 1 in 10 innings by the score of 4-3 but were outslugged 10-2 in Game 2.  In any other year, I would pretty much expect a split with the Spartans.  But this year, coming away with a split [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 24th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a rather disappointing weekend for the Illini who won just one against Iowa.  A sweep wasn’t out of the question for me.  The offense only generated six runs in the last two games and generally in college games that’s not enough.  Ironically, the one game when Illinois gave up the most runs, eight [...]

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