Illinois Baseball Report

Illinois is coming off a disappointing series loss against Penn State and have a bit of work to do.  Illinois lost 13-4 on Sunday due mostly to a 8-run fourth inning by the Lions which the Illini could never recover. Fortunately, there are two midweek games on the schedule for this week.  One away and [...]

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At Lubrano Park, Illinois lost a tight game 3-1 against Penn State.  Illini starter John Anderson and Penn State’s starter both pitched complete games giving their respective bullpens some rest. The Illini coaches may be working with pitchers and catchers a bit extra this next week.  All three Nit runs came on wild pitches or [...]

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With a Willie Argo triple and a Josh Parr rbi single, the Illini once again won in the ninth inning, this time against Penn State 7-6 in the Big Ten opener on Friday night. This extends the Illini’s winning streak to five games and they are now breaching the .500 mark at 9-10. Penn State [...]

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Josh Parr and company will try to make it five straight Friday afternoon Now it’s for real.  Throw everything else out the window.  These games count. Illinois baseball goes back east this weekend to Penn State for the 2011 Big Ten opener.  After opening the season 4-10, they’re now riding a four game winning streak [...]

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Before the game, Pete Cappetta predicted two wins for the weekend This time it was the Illini who took some advantage of the 20-25 mph wind at Illinois Field. With four homers and a fantastic effort by the bullpen, Illinois closed out this past weekend’s series on a winning note.  Defeating Penn State 15-3 on [...]

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Aaron Johnson slides in to score in Illinois’ big six-run first inning When I woke up today, I wasn’t sure we weren’t going to have a ballgame.  It was raining and I heard thunder every so often.  Thankfully, the clouds parted by about 2pm and we had about the most beautiful day possible for baseball.  [...]

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Will Strack struggles with his jacket in the strong Friday wind before the game. There was a fierce wind at Illinois Field Friday night.  Unfortunately, Penn State took advantage of it and Illinois didn’t.  The Nittany Lions cracked four homeruns and defeated the Illini 16-9.  It’s not that Illinois didn’t have the offense tonight.  They [...]

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Casey McMurray hopes to continue his hot hitting against Penn State this weekend Nothing brings out the best in our players than an honest-to-goodness Big Ten battle.  This weekend, we’re getting just that.  Coach Robbie Wine brings his 10-13 Penn State Nittany Lions to town to face the 9-9 Illini.  The Nits are coming off [...]

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Larry Fall blogs about sports at Penn State University and his blog, Happy Valley  Hardball covers the baseball team at PSU.  Happy Valley takes a unique look at the team as it is very stats-oriented and Larry even occasionally expands his coverage to the conference in general.  In light of Illinois’ opening Big Ten series [...]

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After a monster weekend against Penn State, Illini Willie Argo garners the Big Ten Player of the Week award.  The Davenport, Iowa native took the award based on his 8 for 12 performance while Illinois swept the Nittany Lions.  Argo drove home 8 runs and scored six with the help of three homeruns, a double [...]

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