Illinois Baseball Report

A quick note:  Brian over at The College Baseball Blog is interviewing college baseball coaches around the nation and recently he got around to quizzing our own Coach Hartleb.  It’s a good read.

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Crap.
For the second time in three years, the top starting pitcher for the Illini will be kicked off the baseball team.  That’s right… Phil Haig.  The official reason given was that he was dismissed because of a “violation of team rules”. 
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There was a positive “state of the program” article in the college paper The Daily Illini today.  They interviewed Coach Hartleb and infielder Josh Parr.for the piece.
Quoth Hartleb:
“The LSU series, it showed not only our team, but people across the country that we have improved as a program and we can compete against some of [...]

Filed under: Media on July 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Big Ten Tournament banner including Illinois’ Brandon Wikoff
As always, I had a great time at the Big Ten Tournament.  Win or lose, it’s a culmination of everything that the Illinois team has worked so hard for all season.  They’ve exceeded everyone else’s expectations this season and each one of them should be proud.
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#25 Illinois lost an ugly affair against University of Evansville tonight 4-3 in 10 innings.  Ugly in more ways than one.  But before we get to that, let’s talk about some of the positive things to get us started. 

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Despite scoring five runs in the last two innings, the Illini lost to the St Louis Billikens in St Louis tonight.  This in spite of efforts of Joe Bonadonna, Casey McMurray, Dom Altobelli and Josh Parr who had two hit each in the 11-10 heartbreaker.
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Filed under: Game Recaps on April 22nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

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 with [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 14th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Boy, that was a close one!

Josh Parr drove in the winning run in the 10th inning
Down 4-1, Illinois pulled ahead in the fifth by a run only to lose the lead in the next inning.  The Illini quickly tied it up and that’s where it stood till the tenth inning when a pair of freshman [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illini got 16 hits today against Central Connecticut State but failed to capitalize as they lost to the Blue Devils 6-4 in Winter Haven, Florida.
Offensively, Illinois had plenty of chances but didn’t take advantage, leaving 15 runners on base.  Coach Hartleb alluded to that after the game:
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Filed under: Game Recaps on March 22nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Hate to sound like a broken record but good starting pitching gave Illinois a victory down in Texas.  This time it was Ben Reeser who gave up just one earned run and six hits in 7 2/3 innings against Texas Arlington in the last game of the Al Ogletree tournament.  Illinois defeated the Mavericks 3-2.
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