Illinois Baseball Report

Here is the NCAA Baseball bracket and no, Illinois isn’t listed.  I logically knew they didn’t have much of a chance but I watched the announcement on ESPN this morning regardless in case a miracle may have occurred. 
Minnesota, Ohio State and Indiana will all be representing the Big Ten in the Regionals in 2009 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on May 25th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Day and night.  That’s how I’d describe the difference between Minnesota on Thursday and Minnesota on Friday.  And unfortunately, Illinois had to play them Friday.
The same Gopher team that couldn’t buy a hit against Indiana the day before and had its pitching pounded by their offense, came out a changed team Friday.  They first played [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Indiana cruised to its second tournament victory against second seed Minnesota in the tournament behind the pitching of Matt Bashore who pitched seven shutout innings. Bashore who didn’t allow a hit till the fourth inning, was practically untouchable. allowing only two for the game.  Indiana won 12-3. 
Boy, Indiana sure can hit! Eighteen [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 22nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Boy, that had to be quite an ending to the Illini-Purdue game Friday!  I was a naughty boy and had Game Tracker running on my laptop during a conference meeting.  It was a little hard to concentrate on matters at hand with Dan Black at the plate.  Sorry, Boss!
Will Strack had things in hand though [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This gentleman had the right idea during the break but a sweep was not in the cards for the Illini
Illinois was oh so close to a sweep of Minnesota this weekend.  After a major comeback on Friday, they did the same for the first game on Saturday coming back from a 4-0 deficit to win [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Brandon Wikoff trots around the bases after hitting his 3rd homerun of the season
It was the best game of the season in my opinion.  For those that missed it, it’s too bad.  You missed a heckuva battle between the Illini and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota.
A couple facts about this game:

Both teams got 17 hits [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s looking like a nice night for a ballgame for tonight’s Friday night matchup with Minnesota.  By the 6pm gametime, it looks like partly sunny and around 70 degrees.  Nice!!  This is the night for a ballgame! 
Saturday will be warm but cloudy.  Rain will be coming late but as long as it’s not an [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on April 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

I don’t think I need to tell any Illinois baseball fan how important this weekend’s series against Minnesota is.  With five teams within one game of the top prize and Minnesota being at the top, Illinois needs to pull out at least a series win here. 
 
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Filed under: Game Previews on April 15th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Today in Minneapolis, Illinois split their doubleheader with the Golden Gophers of Minnesota giving them a 3-1 weekend win after winning both games yesterday.
Recap:
The first game was a squeaker with Minnesota winning 4-3.  Illinois took the lead 3-2 in the fifth with two runs.  Dom Altobelli’s double down the left field line was responsible for [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Yes, that is exactly what the doctor ordered!  After a five straight losses, we needed a couple wins to get us back on track and that’s exactly what we got against Minnesota on Saturday.
The first game seemed to be outlet of pent-up burst of energy and frustration (not to mention offense) as the Illini crushed [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »