Illinois Baseball Report

Crap.
For the second time in three years, the top starting pitcher for the Illini will be kicked off the baseball team.  That’s right… Phil Haig.  The official reason given was that he was dismissed because of a “violation of team rules”. 
Here’s the official word from Coach Hartleb:
"We place great emphasis on conducting yourself [...]

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College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing.  The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues.
The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will see eight players from Illinois (Pete [...]

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The linescore pretty much says it all
After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs.  MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5.

Take away the grand slam and you could say starter [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Illinois will be traveling to West Lafayette to face Purdue for the last regular season series of the season.  Not quite a weekend series as they will be playing Thursday-Saturday. 
 

Game #49

Record: 32-16 (15-6 Big Ten)

vs Purdue University Boilermakers
at Lambert Field, West Lafayette, IN

May 14
3:00pm CT
 

May 15
12:00pm CT
 

May 16
12:00pm CT
 

The Purdue-Illinois series will have [...]

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This game ranks up there as one of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen considering what was at stake, how many were in attendance and what actually went down.  And in case the photo above doesn’t give it away, Illinois won.
 

With Alex Wimmers (above left) and Phil Haig (above right) on [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The Illini defeated the Western Illinois Leathernecks at Illinois Field by the score of 7-1 thanks in much part to the bat of thirdbaseman Dominic Altobelli (below left).
Altobelli slammed 2 homeruns (one to left-center, the other to right) for rbis.  His 3 for 4 night extended his hitting streak to 16 games.  More amazing, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 5th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

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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Willie Argo was one single shy of the cycle as Illinois defeated Penn State 7-3 at Medlar Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.  Argo was 3 for 4 with 3 runs and 3 rbis.
It was another comeback win for the Illini against a Big Ten team.  They were down 3-0 in the top of the 5th [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Brandon Wikoff trots around the bases after hitting his 3rd homerun of the season
It was the best game of the season in my opinion.  For those that missed it, it’s too bad.  You missed a heckuva battle between the Illini and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota.
A couple facts about this game:

Both teams got 17 hits [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I admit it.  From down here in Illinois, things didn’t look too good for the Orange and Blue Saturday afternoon.  Down by scores of 4-0 and 6-3, it looked like Michigan might go up 2-0 in the series.
But wow, what a comeback!  Behind the offensive efforts of Joe Bonadonna (3 for 5, 2B, 4 rbis, [...]

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