Illinois Baseball Report

It was a rather disappointing weekend for the Illini who won just one against Iowa.  A sweep wasn’t out of the question for me.  The offense only generated six runs in the last two games and generally in college games that’s not enough.  Ironically, the one game when Illinois gave up the most runs, eight [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 11th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Will we see more of Wes Braun after his fantastic appearance at Busch? After traveling to St Louis to play in the Battle at Busch on Wednesday, the Illini don’t get much break in their traveling schedule.  They’re off to Iowa City to play the 10-15 University of Iowa Hawkeyes. All three of these games [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Illinois and starting pitcher Bryan Roberts took care of business today as they shut out Northwestern Wildcats 9-0 at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston.  With help from Michigan who defeated Ohio State, they are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten conference. Roberts was lights out as he struck out seven [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 3rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Woo-hoo!  This is one I would have really liked to seen in person.  The Illinois defeated Iowa in the first game of the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge in Clearwater, Florida. Down 2-1 in the sixth, the Illini came back to score five runs thanks in part to three Iowa fielding miscues.  Iowa never really recovered [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 21st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s opening day for the Illini which means they’re someplace warm, in this case, Clearwater, Florida.  What’s different this year is that tonight, they are opening up against a Big Ten team, Iowa.  My guess?  They’re making up for lost time.  They didn’t play the Hawkeyes all last year. Lars Davis and Tanner Roark after [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 20th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

It may be freezing here in central Illinois but for Friday at Illinois-Iowa’s game time, it’s forecasted to be a balmy 51 degrees.  Here again is the rundown of the (updated) weekend schedule for the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge:   Games #1,2,3 Record: 0-0 Feb 20 – 6:30 CST vs Iowa at Jack Russell Stadium, [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 18th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, with the Illini gone, I decided to stick around and watch some ball ANYWAY. Penn State who lost their very first game against the Buckeyes, have played with heart and have hung on, winning against Iowa, Michigan and yes, Illinois. Minnesota, on the other hand, have just come off a tough loss against the [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Thursday, Penn State defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 5-3 kicking them out of the tournament. Iowa had a 3-0 in the 4th inning. As I walked by Ray, an Iowa fan Brian DeCaussin introduced me to, I said something like, “Iowa’s doin’ all right.”. Without a beat, he said, “Just wait, I’ve seen too many Iowa [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Here we go, Illini, Here we go! Here we go, Illini, here we go! It sure is nice to be in the winners’ bracket. No incredible comeback today at the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Nope, the Illinois had things pretty much under control from the very start against the Iowa Hawkeyes as [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 23rd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I’m finally coming down a bit from Sunday’s incredible comeback by the Illini over Michigan State. It’s not often you see a team come back from a 7-0 deficit to win 8-7 in a must-win game. But I’m sure the Illini baseball team isn’t looking back… they’re looking forward. Forward to Wednesday at 11:05 (Central) [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament, Game Previews on May 21st, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »