Illinois Baseball Report

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 [...]

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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. 
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Illinois captured the first game of the series against Northwestern and did with runs to spare, winning 10-2.  Willie Argo, who has been on a tear lately, once again hit a homerun for the good guys.  For the game, Argo was 2 for 4 with three rbis. 
Phil Haig pitched one heckuva game.  In [...]

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Josh Parr, Corey Kimes and Mike Giller.  Happy Times
For the second weekend in a row, the Illini take to the road facing a Big Ten team.  They’re facing our neighbor to the north, the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois.  No doubt we’ll have a sizable visitor section there this weekend.
 

Game #40

Record: 27-12 (11-4 Big [...]

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Some quick news links from around the Big Ten baseball world
-Brian from Big Ten Hardball wraps up the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge and chose his All-Weekend Team.  Brandon Wikoff and Dom Altobelli made first team.  Aaron Johnson made honorable mention.
-Yes, the Big Ten did reign supreme in the Challenge.  They won 15 of the 24 [...]

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No game on Sunday between Illinois and Ohio State.  Rain washed away any chance of the Illini to tie Ohio State for the weekend.  As frustrating as that probably is, Ohio State had the momentum after their amazing comeback in Game 2 on Saturday (they scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth after [...]

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Dang, I’m out of town for a game and boy, it sure sounds like it was an exciting one.  Northwestern had the Illini down by a run in the bottom of the ninth when catcher and cleanup hitter Aaron Johnson jacks a two-run shot to win it all 10-9.  Wow!
It’s getting sufficiently close to the [...]

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Brandon Wikoff tips helmets with Kyle Hudson as on-deck Aaron Johnson watches on
Illinois defeated Northwestern Saturday 14-4. Brandon Wikoff was the big producer going 5 for 5 for 5 with 2 doubles, a homer, six rbis, and four runs. Yes, that’s right… he was one base away from a cycle. I was [...]

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Next Game:

Games #43-46

Sat May 3 3:05pm

Sun May 4 1:05 (DH)

Mon May 5 6:05pm

Record: 25-17
Big Ten 11-9

vs Northwestern

at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL

Before I forget to mention it, the series with Northwestern has been moved back a day. due to weather concerns  So the first game is on Saturday, a doubleheader on Sunday and a [...]

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Illinois is playing the Wildcats of Northwestern this weekend,

Ryan Snowden
No, I’m not wishing for more cold weather. Friday night, leadoff man and leftfielder Ryan Snowden just tied the University of Illinois record for consecutive games with a hit with 23. Nice going, Snow!
Meanwhile, the Illini got a very solid start from Tanner Roark (7 IP, [...]

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