Illinois Baseball Report

Note: Because of impending bad weather on Sunday, the two remaining games will be played Saturday as a doubleheader starting at noon. Something happened at Illinois Field that hasn’t occurred all year. Illinois lost. Josh Phegley It wasn’t a close game, it wasn’t a heartbreaker.  It was a train wreck.  Indiana crushed Illinois 14-4 behind [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Boy, that was a close one! Josh Parr drove in the winning run in the 10th inning Down 4-1, Illinois pulled ahead in the fifth by a run only to lose the lead in the next inning.  The Illini quickly tied it up and that’s where it stood till the tenth inning when a pair [...]

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It was a good effort but not the result intended for Illinois’ first game of their spring break trip today down in Lakeland, Florida. In this morning’s game, Illinois lost to Army 9-8 despite a good effort by the Illini who rallied for five runs for in the the ninth.  That gave them an 8-6 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 20th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Casey McMurray takes one for the team on Friday The 11-2 Illini jumped two spots in the Collegiate Baseball poll to #19 after their four game sweep last weekend over University of Akron Zips.  Indeed, the only time the Zips showed real life over the weekend was when the pressure was off with a 13-2 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s late and I have time only to post a few photos.  But great game Illinois!  They won 10-1 over the Akron Zips.  Box Score Phil Haig got into a little trouble early but got out of most jams he got into and just allowed one run in six innings. Josh Parr scoring from second [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 14th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Lots to talk about in the wake of Illinois’ series victory over (then) #1 LSU Tigers last weekend.  The Illini won Friday’s game and Sunday’s game both on the efforts of good starting pitching by Phil Haig and Ben Reeser respectively. I say "then #1" because well, it’s no surprise that LSU dropped in the [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 9th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Woo hoo! If only I was there at Alex Box Stadium tonight!  Illinois defeated the #1 LSU Tigers in a nailbiter 3-1.  Tonight’s game was the first of three games this weekend and the Illini got off to a great start, showing that they can win against ANY team. Starter Phil Haig did what he’s [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 6th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini secondbaseman Josh Parr who is barely getting his feet wet in college ball, has already been honored by the conference by being named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week. Considering his performance at the Al Ogletree Tournament over the weekend, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Parr was 7 for 10 with [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Hate to sound like a broken record but good starting pitching gave Illinois a victory down in Texas.  This time it was Ben Reeser who gave up just one earned run and six hits in 7 2/3 innings against Texas Arlington in the last game of the Al Ogletree tournament.  Illinois defeated the Mavericks 3-2. [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Nevertheless, Phil Haig is perhaps proving that his start in the "Challenge" last weekend may not be a fluke just like his two-hit shutout against Purdue in the last regular season series last year may not have been one either. Tonight in the Lone Star State with the Illini facing University of Texas Pan-American, Haig [...]

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