Illinois Baseball Report

The Northwestern offensive punch returned today as they defeated Illinois 7-5 Sunday.  We saw too much of this today Illini starter Kevin Manson saw way too many celebrations at home plate, today.  He gave up four Wildcat homeruns in 4 2/3 innings.  Unfortunately, Manson was throwing beach balls as everything they hit was hit hard [...]

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Boy, it sure is fun when the Illini win! In Illini Nation, Craig Lutes is the hero of the day.  Yes, he’s in that mob of Illinois players you see in the above photo.  Not only is he the one who hit the walk-off homerun against the Northwestern Wildcats today to win 4-3 but he’s [...]

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Friday was Bleacher Bum Barbecue at Illinois Field.  I thought I’d post some photos reflective of today’s events.  If you’re looking for an update of the Illinois-Northwestern game itself, here it is). Catcher Adam Davis was confident before the game   Tonight’s attendance was the fifth largest in history     Autographs were signed by [...]

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Not a pretty scoreboard Well, the rains held off for tonight’s game against Northwestern (and the Bleacher Bum Barbeque) but the wind did not.  There was a stiff gale blowing straight out to left field.  Before the game, a few of us figured this would be a definite slugfest between both Illinois and Northwestern.  Well, [...]

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If you are looking for that one Illini baseball game to go to this year, THIS IS IT!  Friday’s game and everything surrounding it, will be the college baseball event of the year on campus.  The second annual Bleacher Bum Barbeque should promise to be a fun time so try to make it out.  Last [...]

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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 a [...]

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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: [...]

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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 [...]

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