The past few weeks have a been a bit of a roller coaster ride for Illinois baseball. Two weeks ago, Illinois was a ranked team and it seems like they couldn’t be beat. Then Iowa took them for three games. Illinois invited nationally ranked Coastal Carolina for two midweek games…
In what was billed as a match-up between two very tough Illinois teams, the series between Illinois and Illinois State was incredibly one-sided. This past weekend, at Illinois Field, the Illinois (17-4) won all three games versus Illinois State (13-9) for their fifth weekend sweep of 2019. Illinois outscored the…
Illinois Baseball can boast two freshman who are named to Baseball America’s Top 50 Freshman list. Let’s take a look at them. C Jacob Campbell At #25, Jacob Campbell is the top frosh in the Big Ten and the second in the country. Campbell hails from Janesville, WI and was…
Illinois baseball defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 13-12 on Wednesday night in a marathon 14-inning affair. It wasn’t technically an extra-inning game; Illinois had the lead 8-7 after nine regulation innings. Coach Dan Hartleb and EIU head coach Jason Anderson who was a star Illini pitcher in his college days,…