Illinois Baseball Report

A quiet news week on the Illini front since they weren’t able to find anyone to play ball with last weekend due to the weather in Dallas.  That said, there are a couple tidbits worth passing along. Assumption (Davenport, IA) High School star Willie Argo seems to be ready to play for the Illini when [...]

Filed under: Awards, Recruits on March 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Game Two’s scoreboard says it all It wasn’t a good day for Illinois baseball. They lost both games to the Michigan State Spartans and it wasn’t really close. They were outscored 23-7 for the two games. I hope Coach Hartleb has some good words of wisdom for boys in Orange and Blue. They need to [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 19th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

It couldn’t get any better today for the University of Illinois. With Illinois going against Michigan in a doubleheader, I had Gametracker going on all day today. When the Illini won the first in extras that was great. When they won the second game behind a solid performance by Scott Shaw, I was ecstatic. I [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 5th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Ok, where was everyone last night?? Official attendance was only 669 at Illinois Field to see the University of Illinois defeat the Eastern Illinois Panthers 8-0. Ben Reeser gave the Illini 4 lights-out innings The Illinois got some fantastic pitching from starter Ben Reeser (4 IP, 3 H) as well as relievers Scott Shaw (4 [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 25th, 2007 | 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! »

University of Illinois had their hitting shoes on Tuesday as they scored 11 runs and beat Western Michigan. The offense included 3 home runs by Lars Davis, Nick Stockwell, and Ryan Hastings. Davis, who went 4 for 5 with 4 ribbies, raised his season average to .478, good enough to lead the Big Ten. He’s [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 5th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Were you worried? Just a little bit? I wasn’t. Ok, maybe a little bit. When the University of Illinois lost all three against Louisiana-Lafayette two weekends ago, it does make one pause to think. But consider this. The Ragin’ Cajuns had the advantage of having played five games already. Not only that, they WON all [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 6th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

This came out last week but it’s important enough to mention.   Three Illinois players were chosen to the All-Big Ten team. One made the second team and two made the third team. Here is the full list of the All-Big Ten teams Ryan Snowden Outfielder Ryan Snowden, who led the Illini in hitting (.352), runs (53) [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 30th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Tuesday and Wednesday, the Western Michigan Broncos were in town.  The offense couldn’t get going for the first game and the Broncos won 7-2. The dam broke the next game and the Illini scored 16 runs including 4 rbis by Dave Schultz and 3 each by Aaron Ifft and Mike Rohde.  Final score: 16-5. Illinois went [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments »

Thanks to five shutout innings by Scott Shaw, the UI topped off the 3-game series against University of South Florida with a win to make it a sweep.  The Illini won by a score of 7-6. Shawn Roof, Ryan Snowden and Chase Kliment (each starting out well this season) had two hits each. Says Coach Hartleb: [...]

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