Illinois Baseball is looking to make some ground this weekend at the Brittain Resorts Invitational in Conway, South Carolina. Hosted by the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, the Illini will get four games in and will try to improve on their 1-1 record after their shortened first weekend of the season. Last…
Casey Dodge gets welcomed back to the dugout by Doran Turchin after hitting a homer on Sunday Illinois Baseball travels for their first road Big Ten series this weekend. Beginning Friday, they will take on a tough Michigan team. Currently ranked #18, Michigan is 10-1 on their home turf. Illinois…
Jack Yalowitz leads all Illini with a .389 average I say this every year but it’s worth repeating… the non-conference season is just the beginning. The Big Ten season is almost here and that brings a whole new aspect to college baseball. The competition is more intense, the rivalries…
Doran Turchin: two dingers on Friday night Last weekend in Boca Raton, Illinois baseball really showed what its offense could do but with the wind blowing out combined with an inexperienced pitching staff, the good guys came away with just one Saturday win against the Florida Atlantic Owls. Illinois hit…
It’s a few days past Valentine’s Day and now we’re talking Opening Day? It’s hard to believe. It really snuck up on me. But boy, I am so glad that baseball season is finally here! The Illinois baseball team are on their way to Beaumont, Texas to take part in…
After a fall’s worth a practice and a couple of scrimmages, the Orange and Blue World Series took place this week. This is probably the 12th one I’ve attended and I don’t think I’ve seen a more one-sided victory by one of the teams. The Orange Team swept the Blue…
Doran Turchin’s grand slam on Saturday helped defeat Iowa Despite outscoring the Iowa Hawkeyes by a 16-12 margin this weekend, Illinois (13-16, 4-5 Big Ten) managed just one win in their three game series against Iowa (14-15, 5-4 Big Ten). The Illini sandwiched their highest scoring game of the year…
LF Dan Rowbottom improves to .292 for the season Illinois (11-14, 3-3 Big Ten) had plenty of chances to win every game this weekend against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (19-8, 5-1 Big Ten). Unfortunately, the good guys came home with one Friday night victory. Both teams were plagued by the windy…
Illinois sees the return of catcher Jason Goldstein this weekend “There’s no place like home”, said Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz but I think the Illinois baseball players are probably thinking the same thing. Illinois (8-10) is looking to start off the Big Ten conference portion of the season…
CF Doran Turchin: 8 for 18 and two homers for the weekend Well, it looks like Illinois baseball (6-7)still has a few kinks to work out. A week after they swept the Stetson Invitational, they were swept four games straight themselves at the Coastal Carolina Invitational in Conway, South Carolina. …