This year, two Illini were chosen in the 2021 MLB Draft. Both were sophomore pitchers and they were picked in Day 3 of the draft. Who are they? They were the two winningest starters on the 2021 Illini squad, Andrew Hoffmann and Nathan Lavender. Hoffmann was chosen by the Atlanta…
Big Ten announced the 2021 All-Big Ten award recipients this week. Illinois can be proud of their representatives. They are… 1B/DH Justin Janas – All-Big Ten First Team In 2021, Justin Janas hit. And hit and hit. He went 3 for 3 in the third game of the season. Since…
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…
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…
Yes, Illinois has a chance for redemption. The Illini will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana for a three-game set versus Purdue this weekend. This series comes on the heels of Illinois’ home pod weekend which ended with two losses against the Boilermakers. With a split last weekend, the Illini are…
Four Illini baseball games at home this weekend! This weekend, Illinois baseball will host both Michigan State (11-11) and Purdue (6-15) at Illinois Field. Coming off a disappointing 0-2 weekend against Indiana which included a no-hitter, Illinois hopes to improve their 8-12 record. This will be the first and only…
This weekend, the Illini (7-8) welcome the Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-4) to Illinois Field for a three-game set. Coming off a 1-2 series against the Wildcats, the Illini hope to regain some momentum. Like the series with Northwestern itself, Illinois’ season has been a rollercoaster ride. After starting out with three…
The winds were blowing out for much of this weekend’s games prompting for a very offense-laden series. Northwestern Wildcats came to Illinois Field with reports of good hitting and their performance against Illinois fit the bill. They took two of the three games while hitting fifteen homeruns for the weekend.…
This weekend was full of highs and lows as Illinois baseball split a four-game pod weekend against #13 Michigan and Michigan State. A big highlight was an opening win against ranked Michigan on Friday afternoon. The split doubleheader on Saturday led to two losses but Illinois regrouped for a closing…
In what was billed as a match-up between two very tough Illinois teams, the series between Illinois and Illinois State was incredibly one-sided. This past weekend, at Illinois Field, the Illinois (17-4) won all three games versus Illinois State (13-9) for their fifth weekend sweep of 2019. Illinois outscored the…