Illinois Baseball Report

The smile on Adam Davis as he scores on Matt Dittman’s homer says it all When I got to Illinois Field to watch the last game of this weekend’s Illinois-Iowa series and Illinois had already gotten a 5-0 lead before I was situated, I thought I was in for a nice, comfortable win for the [...]

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Brandon Hohl can’t do it all.  Though he tried. Hohl did his best as he went 3 for 3 and drove in all four of Illini’s run in Saturday’s 7-4 loss to Iowa.  He even gave the Illini faithful some hope of a comeback as he hit a ninth-inning two-run homerun over the left field [...]

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Here’s the IlliniHQ.com’s summary from last night’s win against Iowa entitled ‘Shelton delivers’.  I get personal satisfaction from that because Thomas Shelton is a student in the department where I work.  Keep it up, Thomas! IlliniHQ also had an accompanying ‘just-the-facts’ article.  By the way, it’s official, Josh Parr injured is knee during practice which [...]

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Josh Parr and Co will attempt to win their first Big Ten series this weekend This weekend, the Illini will be hosting their first Big Ten series.  They’ll be hosting the 11-15 Iowa Hawkeyes.  Weather permitting, that is.  I doubt the Illinois weather will prevent any action on Friday but the outlook on Saturday looks [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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