Illinois Baseball Report

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 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 9th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

At Lubrano Park, Illinois lost a tight game 3-1 against Penn State.  Illini starter John Anderson and Penn State’s starter both pitched complete games giving their respective bullpens some rest. The Illini coaches may be working with pitchers and catchers a bit extra this next week.  All three Nit runs came on wild pitches or [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

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! »

In the last two days, Illinois baseball took on the Northern Illinois Huskies on neutral territory twice in two different venues.  The ballgames were polar opposites of each other but end result was the same.  An Illinois loss. Thursday Thursday, the Illini played the Huskies at Rent One Park in Marion, IL.  With Kevin Johnson [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 18th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois just came away with a 1-2 weekend against Western Kentucky University.  Without being snide, they did win a game.  WKU have a tough team and Illinois came off a pretty rough weekend down in DeLand, Florida.  Saturday’s win came at the hands of the John Anderson / Chris Pack combination which has worked relatively [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 14th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

For the second time at the Bright House Invitational, the Illini had the lead past the fifth inning and lost the game.  Today, Illinois grabbed a 2-1 lead thanks to a Willie Argo homerun in the top of the sixth inning.  However, by the bottom of the sixth, two Stetson Hatters had scored giving them [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 5th, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Casey McMurray leads the Illini in hitting (.391) and rbis (7) Sunday’s 5-1 loss to Florida Gulf Coast was a little disappointing but overall the Illini baseball should feel good about their 2-1 series against the Eagles.  According to the team press, this was the first time Illinois has won a series win against a [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 1st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Two games into the weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast University, I’m wondering what Coach Hartleb told them during this past week.  Whatever it was, it worked.  Remember, this is a FGCU team that enjoyed a 38-20 record just one year ago.  In just two games, the Illini have proven to be formidable opponents winning [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 26th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I’m sure a lot of the Illini players are thinking the same thing.  That it’s nice to get that first win under your belt. In the second game of the Big East/Big Ten Challenge down in Florida, the Illini defeated University of Cincinnati Bearcats 7-3. It was a game of firsts in some ways.  It [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 19th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Fightingillini.com has their weekend preview up now.  This week’s preview includes a bonus video of an interview of Willie Argo just before getting on the team bus before heading down to Florida.  Willie looks spiffy wearing a red orange tie (you know that’s coming off as soon as he’s on the bus). Here’s the posted [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 17th, 2011 | 2 Comments »