Illinois Baseball Report

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: [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on February 26th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

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 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on May 12th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

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 [...]

Filed under: Awards, Game Recaps on May 6th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

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 standing next [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 4th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

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 [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 1st, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

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 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 13th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s a big weekend for Big Ten baseball.  I won’t re-discuss the importance why since I did so a couple posts ago.  Needless to say, the Illini and Northwestern need to win big for their own separate reasons. Well, both teams had 3:00 games today, the Wildcats playing Penn State (who were one game back [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on May 19th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Two big races going on in the Big Ten baseball right now.  Let’s look at the standings before the last weekend of regular play: 2005-06 Big Ten Overall Teams W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Northwestern 19 9 0 .679 23 29 0 .442 Michigan 19 9 0 .679 34 18 0 .654 [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on May 18th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

After the Illini dropped three of four to last place Indiana, they need to make up ground if they want to participate in the Big Ten tournament next week. As I understand it correctly, the top six teams make the tourney.  Here’s how it stands right now: Teams W L T Pct. W L T [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 16th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »