In my opinion, Illinois baseball’s 2022 season was an unqualified success despite their performance in the Big Ten Tournament. At the beginning of the season, they weren’t chosen to rank in the top six in the conference yet they battled and ended up tied for second in the standings. To…
After a successful Big Ten weekend plus a wild and raucous midweek victory, Illinois baseball welcomes the Northwestern to Illinois Field this weekend to continue the fun. Illinois won two games against Iowa after losing the first game last weekend. Illinois continued their success against Illinois State on Tuesday. After…
Illinois baseball had a successful weekend in Ball State. The bats certainly showed up. Illinois scored 23 runs in the three games against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Winning two of three games, they upped their record to a more respectable 5-8. Cam McDonald continues to hit as he now owns…
Behind the efforts of Payton Hutchings (above) and Kellen Sarver, Illinois baseball finished out their opening weekend with a win against the Kansas Jayhawks. Friday Kansas 4 Illinois 2 Thanks to a couple of Jayhawk miscues, Illinois seemed to have the upper hand on Friday. However, Kansas came through with…
Powered by first baseman slugger and hometown hero Kellen Sarver, Illinois (21-20) won two of three games against Penn State (17-23) this past weekend for their last home series at Illinois Field. That gives Illinois a winning record at 21-20! To be fair, Champaign native Sarver had a lot of…
If it weren’t for one inning on Friday, Illinois (18-19) would have swept the Iowa Hawkeyes (22-16) this past weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, everything seemed to go just right. Timely hitting coincided with excellent pitching as the Illini won both games and Illinois came away with a 2-1 series…
Illinois is home this weekend! Best show in town! Illinois returns home this weekend for a series against Maryland. This will be a three-game weekend at Illinois Field. The Illini (15-16) are on a 5-2 streak coming off a three-game sweep versus Purdue two weeks ago and a four-game split…
Wow! What a weekend! A no-hitter to clinch a a sweep! One weekend, after losing two games against Purdue, the Illini swept the Boilermakers three games culminating with a historic no-hitter on Sunday. Illinois starting pitching was strong with Andrew Hoffmann and Nate Lavender both getting victories. Ironically, Riley Gowens…
In last weekend’s pod series, Illinois baseball won two against Michigan State and lost two versus Purdue at Illinois Field. It was an offensive-laden series on all sides as Illinois scored 38 runs for the four games as well as giving up 38 runs. The Illini finish the weekend at…
It ain’t over till it’s over. Yogi Berra One thing that can be said about the 2021 season is that nothing is for sure until the last out is made. In each of the three games against Nebraska this weekend, Illinois had the lead. Unfortunately, they finished out the series…