Illinois Baseball Report

We play two 2010 repeats this week.  One team that we lost to and one that we beat (and not that long ago either)… Here are quick sum-ups:   Illinois State Redbirds April 20, 2010 6:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 18-15 (Missouri Valley 8-1) Head Coach: Mark Kingston Key [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 19th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It was close for a while but Michigan’s offense caught up to Illinois pitching on Sunday and the Wolverines defeated the Illini 11-4.  Mike Giller slides in to score ahead of Casey McMurray Michigan scored one run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead but Illinois mounted an exciting rally [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 18th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a good day to be an Illini fan today.  Illinois got their revenge for Friday night’s loss by defeating Michigan 6-2. However, it started out ominously enough.  Michigan’s leadoff hitter, Pat Biondi hit the second pitch of the game for a homerun and I wouldn’t blame Illini fans in the stands if they [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Shortstop Josh Parr ponders the scoreboard in the seventh inning Can we just forget about Friday night? Friday’s night’s game against Michigan was over pretty much before we knew it.  I had to feel for anyone who came a few innings late to the game.  When they walked in and saw the 15-0 lead Michigan [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This weekend, Illinois takes on Michigan.   Michigan Wolverines April 16, 2010 6:05 pm ct April 17, 2010 3:05 pm ct April 18, 2010 1:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 18-11 (Big Ten 4-2) Head Coach: Rich Maloney Key player: Ryan LaMarre If you missed it from the previous post, [...]

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

This weekend, the Illini take on the University of Michigan Wolverines for a three game series.  To get a good feel for the team, I’m interviewing fomerlyanonymous who blogs about the Michigan baseball team at mgoblog.com.  On to the interview: Illinois Baseball Report:  Michigan outfielder Ryan LaMarre, who was injured in the first weekend of [...]

Filed under: Feature on April 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

formerlyanonymous who covers Michigan baseball for mgoblog.com, did a fair assessment of the 2010 Big Ten Baseball teams.  While of course, I would like to see Illinois higher in his preview (he puts him in the second tier after Ohio State, Michigan and Minnesota), it’s pretty consistent with what I’ve seen elsewhere.  And he has [...]

Filed under: Analysis on February 18th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois and starting pitcher Bryan Roberts took care of business today as they shut out Northwestern Wildcats 9-0 at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston.  With help from Michigan who defeated Ohio State, they are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten conference. Roberts was lights out as he struck out seven [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 3rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Now, that Illinois win was just a little TOO interesting. With a 15-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Northwestern Wildcats rallied for nine runs to make it close.  Fortunately, Will Strack came in and shut the door on the ‘Cats, pitching a perfect ninth.  The final score was 15-12 Illinois.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Once again, Michigan scored first but Illinois came back to win another one from Wolverines to take the series from UM in Ann Arbor. Michigan scored two in the first but Illinois rallied to put three on the board in the second inning thanks to consecutive singles by Aaron Johnson and Josh Parr and a [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment »