On the eve of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament opening day, the conference awards were announced and the Fighting Illini were represented quite well. For starters, Illini players wrapped up two big awards. First the big news, centerfielder Justin Parr was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Following that up, starting pitcher Kevin Duchene [...]
Filed under: Awards on May 21st, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Kevin Duchene comes through again versus Minnesota Kevin Duchene continues to pitch well as he won his eighth game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It was a key win as the Illini (32-15, 13-9 Big Ten) were facing a formidable pitcher in Tom Windle. The Illinois offense managed to score four runs off Windle raising [...]
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Celebration after Saturday’s win! Illinois got the job done this weekend! A three-game sweep is what the team needed against the Penn State Nittany Lions and that’s what they got. With an 8-6 win on Saturday and a comeback 5-4 victory on Sunday, the Illini improve their conference record to 12-9 and more importantly, [...]
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Kevin Duchene mowed down the opposition in Friday’s contest Wow! We just need about five more games like these and we might be set. Kevin Duchene pitched one of the best performances we’ve seen this season tonight against Penn State. Throwing a complete game two-hit shutout, Duchene struck out 11 PSU batters and kept them [...]
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Kevin Duchene gets the start on Saturday against the Spartans Illinois travels to East Lansing this weekend to take on the Michigan State Spartans. The series takes on special meaning as the Spartans (24-13, 7-5 Big Ten) reside one spot above Illinois in the conference standings. A series win would go a long way [...]
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Justin Parr advances to third in today’s victory against the Wildcats Sunday’s conclusion of the Illinois-Northwestern series at Illinois Field included just about everything… a Justin Parr hit (two, actually) to extend his hitting streak, a comeback for the Illini (26-3, 8-7 Big Ten) and a perhaps too-exciting-but-successful-nonetheless save for Bryan Roberts. Illinois won the [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on April 28th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Brandon Hohl: 2 rbis in big win over #16 Indiana Yes, Illinois Baseball was beat two games to one this weekend by Indiana. However, when all is said and done, they will record that it was the Illini who stopped the Hoosiers’ eighteen-game winning streak. Coming home off a win against the #16 team [...]
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Opposing pitchers must get unnerved by Jordan Parr’s menacing stare Illinois travels to Bloomington, Indiana to face the #16 Hoosiers who are one the toughest Big Ten Baseball teams I have seen since following the conference. FightingIllini.com has the official preview notes up and probable starters are already named for Friday and Saturday. Curiously [...]
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Jordan Parr is welcomed at home by Justin Parr and Michael Hurwitz after hitting his fourth homerun of the year You could say Illinois Baseball’s two games against the Oakland Grizzlies in Saturday’s doubleheader were like night and day. Game 1 was a long drawn affair which it seemed no one seemed could get [...]
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Kevin Johnson needed just 79 pitches to take care of Oakland Kevin Johnson made quick work of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Friday night as he pitched a three-hit shutout. Justin Parr helped out with a two-run homerun in the first inning. Illinois’ defeat of Oakland 4-0 now gives them a 15-6 record. Game [...]
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