Illinois Baseball Report

Lee Zerrusen put up four goose eggs for the Illini Tonight, the Illinois baseball defeated Illinois College 7-0 behind a committee of pitchers led by Lee Zerrusen who pitched four scoreless innings.  Chris Pack got the win against the BlueBoys… Wait, stop!  Blueboys? How did Illinois College get the nickname “BlueBoys”?  Turns out I inadvertently [...]

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Illinois took their second straight Big Ten series as they defeated the Northwestern Wildcats two games to one at Evanston. Illinois lost Friday night’s affair 9-2 but it seemed they were ready for revenge Saturday as they scored four runs in first inning.   That’s all they would need as John Anderson (left) pitched his third [...]

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Why is this man smiling? Because today, he got a lot of offensive support.  As a result, Illinois defeated Michigan 9-2.  Kevin Johnson pitched a gem Friday afternoon striking out eight Wolverine batters.  It was a complete game giving the bullpen some rest.  Johnson’s win today was only his second despite a nifty 3.16 ERA. [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 15th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The smile on Adam Davis as he scores on Matt Dittman’s homer says it all When I got to Illinois Field to watch the last game of this weekend’s Illinois-Iowa series and Illinois had already gotten a 5-0 lead before I was situated, I thought I was in for a nice, comfortable win for the [...]

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Josh Parr scores in the sixth Everything went right and Illinois crushed Illinois State 14-2. This extends their winning streak to four games just before their Big Ten opener this weekend against Penn State. John Anderson got his third win of the year but it was a committee of hurlers who really got the job [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 30th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illini broke a three game losing streak today by defeating the St Louis University Billikens 7-4 at Abe Martin Field in Carbondale.  Corey Kimes pitched a fine game and some key offensive players came through with key hits. Kimes (right) only allowed two earned runs in seven innings giving up only five hits.  On [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 19th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

In the last two days, Illinois baseball took on the Northern Illinois Huskies on neutral territory twice in two different venues.  The ballgames were polar opposites of each other but end result was the same.  An Illinois loss. Thursday Thursday, the Illini played the Huskies at Rent One Park in Marion, IL.  With Kevin Johnson [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 18th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The Columbia Lions took the Fighting Illini today 9-3 in the last game of the Bright House Invitational.  There was no comeback, no “early lead then lost it”.  Columbia scored four runs in the first inning and simply held on to the lead for the rest of the game. Illinois starter Corey Kimes gave up [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 6th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Casey McMurray leads the Illini in hitting (.391) and rbis (7) Sunday’s 5-1 loss to Florida Gulf Coast was a little disappointing but overall the Illini baseball should feel good about their 2-1 series against the Eagles.  According to the team press, this was the first time Illinois has won a series win against a [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 1st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Two games into the weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast University, I’m wondering what Coach Hartleb told them during this past week.  Whatever it was, it worked.  Remember, this is a FGCU team that enjoyed a 38-20 record just one year ago.  In just two games, the Illini have proven to be formidable opponents winning [...]

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