Illinois Baseball Report

Congrats to Brian de la Torriente who was named to the Prospect League’s West Division All-Star team.  The East and West played to a 3-3 tie on July 6.  de la pitched one inning allowing a run and striking out two batters.  The Northwoods League All-Star classic is coming up in one week.  It’s no [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Summer League on July 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Kudos to a reader of the blog who pays a lot of attention to the transaction logs. He noticed that two days ago, former Illini star Dusty Bensko signed with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League. Here is the roster for the Thunderbolts team. In 2005, his senior year, Bensko led the Illini [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on January 27th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I got an email from a reader inquiring of the goings-on of former Illini Dusty Bensko. The writer noted that Dusty was cut from Independent League and wondered if this was the end of the road for his career. After a bit of searching, I found that Bensko will be joining the Parkland College Cobras [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 14th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

In Sunday’s paper, I read that Illini firstbaseman Dusty Bensko, who was not picked in last week’s MLB draft, was signed by the Minnesota Twins. He joins Toby Gardenhire, who was drafted by the Twins organization. Congratulations, Dusty! Share Tags: dusty bensko, minor leagues Related posts Exploratory committee to begin talks on minor league team [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 13th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

TBZ commentor ylees wonders why Illini firstbaseman Dusty Bensko wasn’t drafted this week in the MLB draft. I have to say, that question crosses my mind, too. He led the team in homers with 16 and hit .317. I contacted the News-Gazette sports department for their take on it and they were kind enough to [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 10th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illini barely won the first of a 4-game series against the Minnesota Gophers. Reliever Jake Toohey struck the last two batters with the bases loaded to close out the game. Chris Robinson was 4 for 5 and Drew Davidson and Dusty Benkso both hit homers in the game. Share Tags: chris robinson, drew davidson, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 14th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

The University of Illinois baseball team traveled to Bloomington, Indiana for a 4 game set against the University of Indiana Hoosiers. After losing their last two games, Illinois needed a win badly Friday night and that’s what they got as the good guys won 8-3. Chris Robinson helped out with 2 dingers as well as [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 23rd, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »

I took my son to the Illinois-Michigan game on Sunday. What a beautiful day it was for a baseball game! Dusty Bensko’s three-run homer in the first gave Illinois the lead but Michigan scored 4 in the second due to a few misplays in the field. An rbi single by Chad “Pat, I’d like to [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 18th, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »