Illinois Baseball Report

Yes, canceled not postponed. There just isn’t are enough dates to accommodate both teams.  I wasn’t too surprised to hear this.  It’s been rainy here in Champaign-Urbana all day.  It wasn’t until 5:00 when the sun poked out. The good news (knock on wood) is that Wednesday looks nice and sunny for our home game [...]

Filed under: Announcements on April 19th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois baseball had a pretty rough Sunday against Michigan. In game 1, they were shut out for the third time this year, 3-0.  Pete Cappetta did manage to bang out two hits in the losing cause.  John Anderson does deserve some credit for his eight inning complete game where he only gave up seven hits [...]

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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! »

Casey McMurray is tied for the team lead in rbis with 13 Just a reminder, Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm.  I’ll be there but maybe a little late. The Redbirds have a decent team… there’s no doubt.  Right now, they’re second place in the tough Missouri Valley [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Weather continues to be an issue with the Illinois baseball schedule.  The Battle at Busch game tonight against Missouri has been postponed with no makeup scheduled yet. Also, the time of Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm to take advantage of the warmer afternoon weather. Share Tags: battle [...]

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We play two 2010 repeats this week.  One team that we lost to and one that we beat (and not that long ago either)… Here are quick sum-ups:   Illinois State Redbirds April 20, 2010 6:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 18-15 (Missouri Valley 8-1) Head Coach: Mark Kingston Key [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 19th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Illini are back from their Spring Break and ready to play up here in the north.  Fortunately, the weather is going to cooperate… at least for this week.  On Tuesday, Illinois will take on Illinois State University at their place in Normal.  ISU is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference where they are [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 29th, 2010 | 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! »

Next Game: Game #36 Tues April 22 6:05pm Record: 21-14 Big Ten 9-7 vs Illinois State at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Illinois is coming off a much needed series win against Minnesota and will be facing the Cardinals of Illinois State.  The Cardinals whose home is “just down the road a bit” in Normal, are [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 21st, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, the losing streak is over.  That’s a positive. Other than that, things have been looking pretty down for the Illini.  Going back to the last game of the Ohio State series on April 9th, our guys have suffered a 5-game losing streak including an 8-7 loss to Bradley and a 3 games in a row [...]

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