Saturday’s hero Casey Fletcher gets a congratulatory hug from Adam Walton while other teammates get in line Once again, Illinois performed a spectacular comeback show, defeating the Michigan State Spartans 5-4 with a key base hit by Casey Fletcher in the the bottom of the 10th inning. Indeed, the alumni…
David Kerian is welcomed back to the dugout by starting pitcher Drasen Johnson after scoring the winning run As some of the Illinois baseball “oldtimers” who have shown up for this weekend’s alumni festivities can attest, there something about a Illinois-Michigan State series. Adam Walton slaps a triple to drive…
John Kravetz goes for win #6 on Saturday This is it, local Illinois baseball fans! If you waited to see the Fighting Illini baseball team (27-14, 10-5 Big Ten) in action, this weekend against Michigan State (27-14, 8-7 Big Ten) is the last chance you can see them at Illinois…
Justin Parr: Illinois’ Hit-man With last weekend’s 1-2 loss against Michigan State, things are getting a little more dire for Illinois Baseball. There are just two more series left in the regular season. While they are a respectable 9-9 in conference play, that’s still just good enough for 7th place. …
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…
Congratulations to the Purdue Boilermakers on their Big Ten Tournament Championship. On Saturday, they won a hard-fought victory against the Indiana Hoosiers in the final to claim the tourney title. It was Purdue’s first Big Ten Tournament championship. In all the years I’ve followed Big Ten Baseball, I haven’t seen…
Maybe they should wear those camo jerseys more often. Illinois having lost the first two games to Michigan State, salvaged the series with a 8-6 victory over the Spartans. The Illini scored two runs in the seventh to put it away and Reid Roper earned his first save of the…
Milroy: 3 IP, 0 hits, 4 Ks… and a loss Those fans who went to both Friday’s and Saturday’s game saw a very different game today. Unfortunately, the ultimate result was the same as Michigan State eked out a win in extras in 10 innings by the score of 6-5.…
A rare loss for Kevin Johnson It was a case of not enough pitching, not enough hitting and poor fielding as the Illini lost to the Michigan State Spartans 15-8 in the first game of this weekend’s series. Atypical for him, starter Kevin Johnson had an off game. He gave…
Jordan Parr paces the Illini in batting average (.360) and rbis (35) After winning five of their last six Big Ten games, the Illini are ready to take on Michigan State here at Illinois Field. It’s a crucial series for both teams as both are tied for fourth place in…