Illinois Baseball Report

That is a smile of a proud father.  Russell Bonadonna (above) is holding the homerun ball hit by his son, Joe during Wednesday’s action at the Big Ten Tournament.  Bonadonna’s homer proved to be the game-winner in the win against Ohio State in the first round of the tournament.  Illinois won 3-2. Tied 2-2, Bonadonna [...]

Filed under: 2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament on May 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, the Big Ten announced their individual award winners.  With the Illini’s offense, it was no surprise that they were heavily represented with five honorees. Kyle Hudson OF First Team All-Big Ten Leading the pack is Kyle Hudson who was named First Team All Big Ten.  Hud was second in the conference in hitting with [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

No game on Sunday between Illinois and Ohio State.  Rain washed away any chance of the Illini to tie Ohio State for the weekend.  As frustrating as that probably is, Ohio State had the momentum after their amazing comeback in Game 2 on Saturday (they scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth after [...]

Filed under: Analysis on May 12th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Next Game: Games #47-50 Fri May 9 5:35pm Sat May 10 12:05 (DH) Sun May 11 12:05pm Record: 28-18 Big Ten 14-10 vs Ohio State at Bill Davis Stadium, Columbus, Ohio It’s getting close to crunch time.  Two more series left for the Illini this regular season; one against the team directly behind them and [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 8th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Saturday, the Illini went 1-2. Not every day that’s going to happen. My plan was to go the ballpark to see the Illini finish up Friday’s game with the Nittany Lions and play their regularly scheduled doubleheader and was pleasantly surprised to see my buddy Brando had shown up to root on the Illini. I [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

When then wind is blowing out like this you’re going to expect a high scoring game.  In this case, it might contribute to bad weather.  In this case, rain which suspended that game in the eighth inning.  Friday’s game will be be picked up at 2pm Saturday to be followed by the regularly scheduled doubleheader.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Next Game: Games #38-41 Fri April 25 6:05pm Sat April 26 3:05pm (DH) Sun April 27 12:05 Record: 23-14 Big Ten 9-7 vs Penn State at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Yes, I say every Big Ten series is important but this one kind of is.  PSU is a game back in the standings and soooo [...]

Filed under: Awards, Game Previews on April 24th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois didn’t look back after Aaron Johnson’s three-run HR in the 2nd University of Illinois scored early and often against Illinois State in their 10-4 win Tuesday night.  Much of their offense came from catcher Aaron Johnson who was 3 for 4 with 4 rbis and 3 runs. Johnson hit a three-run homerun in the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 22nd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Yes, that is exactly what the doctor ordered!  After a five straight losses, we needed a couple wins to get us back on track and that’s exactly what we got against Minnesota on Saturday. The first game seemed to be outlet of pent-up burst of energy and frustration (not to mention offense) as the Illini [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

In the most uneven affair this season, the University of Illinois baseball team manhandled the Blueboys of Illinois College 17-0. It started in the third when Craig Lutes scored on a double steal.  That run would be the first of eight in that frame.  Daniel Webb contributed a 3-run homerun to boost the score.  Ironically, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 9th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »