Illinois Baseball Report

Illini freshman David Kerian rounds third base for the Blue team I’ve spent the last two afternoons at the ballpark and it’s a joy to see an Illinois  baseball game even if it’s just a scrimmage among the team. It’s nice to see the new guys… the freshmen and transfers who will help the team [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 4th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

First things first, Wednesday’s game against Bradley has been canceled.  Something about impending storms and flash floods.  The game will not be made up. Last night’s contest against our sister school U of I Springfield began perhaps a little shaky but it didn’t take much time for the Illini to catch up and then out-slug [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois’ offense never got going as they got shut out by the SIU Salukis Wednesday night 3-0.  The good guys only managed five hits for the game. Luke Joyce and the rest of the bullpen kept SIU scoreless for 4 plus innings Starter John Anderson had a rough fourth inning but in all he only [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 13th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

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! »

What a way to end a road trip!  Not only did the Illinois baseball team win their last two ballgames but newcomer Thomas Lindauer won co-freshman of the week honors from the Big Ten. After defeating St Louis on Saturday, I’m sure Illinois felt extra motivated to win Sunday’s game against Southern Illinois University.  Coming [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 23rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

It was the second day of the Orange and Blue World Series at Illinois Field and there was an even bigger crowd of fans albeit mostly parents and family members. I even brought a friend (but managed to sneak a few photos anyways). Last year’s Friday starter Will Strack got the Orange team going.   [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 5th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Despite the rain, almost 500 fans (and their umbrellas) showed up to watch the Illini It was an off and on rainy day at Illinois Field for the Illini’s last home Big Ten game.  Finishing off their series against Purdue, they hoped to win the rubber game and help their chances in the Tournament hunt [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a tough game for the Illini tonight losing to Southern Illinois.  When the score was 3-2 after four innings, it looked like it might be one of those games where the teams might trade leads back and forth all game.  Not so.  After Christian Cummins scored on a wild pitch in the bottom [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Southern Illinois made it interesting but the Illini held on for their 15th win last night.  they won 5-4.  SIU scored three runs in ninth against Bryan Roberts but Bryan closed it out for an Illinois victory.  Time is short so a few quick observations from looking at the box score.  Three more stolen bases [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Wow, the University of Illinois baseball team sure knows how to put on a show for their home opener, eh?  The Illini crushed the Chicago State Cougars last night by the score of 18-2.  The outcome of the game almost seemed apparent by the end of the second inning.  By then, Illinois had gotten off [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 1st, 2010 | 2 Comments »