Drasen Johnson wins #4 of the year There was no game winning homerun today. Nor was their any other late inning heroics. There was no need for any. #15 Illinois (23-6-1) got off to a nice 6-1 lead by the third inning and never looked back against Northwestern on Saturday. …
Pat McInerney breaks the 1-1 tie with a solo shot in the 13th The new video scoreboard got a rude workout today as it took 13 innings for the #15 Illini to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats 3-1 at Illinois Field. The cold Illinois fans have Pat McInerney to thank for…
Pat McInerney is tied for the Illini lead in rbis with 19 We are one day away from Illinois baseball’s Big Ten home opener… …sort of. #15 Illinois (21-6-1) will be playing Northwestern (8-19) this weekend. While this isn’t technically a home series for Illinois, this will be the first…
Eight shutout innings for John Kravetz For the second time this weekend, the Illini shut out Northwestern. On Sunday, John Kravetz pitched a career high scoreless eight innings for his third win of season. The Illinois offense managed just one run today but that’s all they would need behind Kravetz’…
Key hits by Will Krug and David Kerian today This time it was just a little bit closer. After walloping Northwestern 13-0 in Evanston on Friday, it took 10 innings for the Illini to get the job done on Saturday. They won it 6-2 on a four-run 10th inning rally…
Drasen Johnson finally got the offensive support he deserved today not that he needed it all. In Evanston, Johnson (3-4, 2.74) struck out ten batters in seven shutout innings against Northwestern while his Illini teammates exploded for 13 runs. The Northwestern defense didn’t help their cause with five fielding miscues. …
John Kravetz is back in the rotation this week Illinois Baseball makes its first road trip to a Big Ten school this weekend as they head up I-57 to Evanston to play the Northwestern Wildcats. The Illini hope to keep the momentum going. They are coming off a 7-2 home…
Justin Parr advances to third in today’s victory against the Wildcats Sunday’s conclusion of the Illinois-Northwestern series at Illinois Field included just about everything… a Justin Parr hit (two, actually) to extend his hitting streak, a comeback for the Illini (26-3, 8-7 Big Ten) and a perhaps too-exciting-but-successful-nonetheless save for…
26 games in a row: Justin Parr’s infield hit to short breaks the record. Just as the game between the Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats began on Saturday afternoon, it began to rain. It was a little mist at first but a steady rain soon followed. The bad weather didn’t…
Kevin Duchene hopes his rally cap with induce some Illini runs Friday night, Illinois and Northwestern were locked in an back-and forth extra-inning battle. The Wildcats eventually won the game 4-3 in 13 innings. For a few innings though, I saw some of the most exciting baseball at Illinois Field…