Illinois Baseball Report

Some news regarding Illini draftees: It came out today that Illinois CF Kyle Hudson who went early, the fourth round, has reached a contract agreement with the Baltimore Orioles.  He plans to play for their Class A team in Aberdeen, MD by next week. Illini hurler Scott Shaw, drafted by the New York Mets in [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 12th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Shaw facing off against Michigan at the 2008 Big Ten Tournament The scouts must have been paying attention during the Illinois-Michigan game at the Big Ten Tournament because Illinois pitcher Scott Shaw was chosen #404th overall in Friday’s MLB’s first-year player draft.  Though Shaw lost that Michigan game, he pitched a heck of game.  Shaw [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 7th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Scott Shaw Let’s make one thing clear.  Despite what those of you looking the boxscore might be thinking, Scott Shaw pitched the game of his career.  I don’t know if we could have asked any more of him.  Shaw held the potent Wolverine lineup to one run three hits for six innings. Unfortunately, it was [...]

Filed under: 2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament on May 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »

There’s good news and bad news.  Well, the good news is the Illini are going to the Big Ten tournament and we have Indiana to thank for that.  The Hoosiers swept the Michigan State Spartans in Friday’s doubleheader and thereby eliminating them from tournament qualification. So on to Ann Arbor we go next week! The [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Yes, that is exactly what the doctor ordered!  After a five straight losses, we needed a couple wins to get us back on track and that’s exactly what we got against Minnesota on Saturday. The first game seemed to be outlet of pent-up burst of energy and frustration (not to mention offense) as the Illini [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Michigan defeated Illinois tonight 9-5. I shot this as I was walking to the stadium.  The flags are located at direct centerfield.  I could tell right away we were going to have a slugfest. Some Michigan ballplayers were spotted outside the stadium during batting practice to flag down the balls that got hit out. Ok, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 11th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Tom Tompkins has a short report from Lansing. Your guys broke our hearts in the 1st game with those 4 runs in the final inning. It was fairly cold and windy, and we had a lengthy rain delay between games. We got great pitching from two freshman and a winning hit by Eric Roof in [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 30th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Four hits by first baseman Ryan Hastings helped Illinois put down the Kansas Jayhawks 11-9 on Wednesday.  Aside from going 4 for 4, Hastings clubbed a homer and a double with 3 runs and 2 rbis.  Kyle Hudson, Joe Bonadonna and Brandon Wikoff all contributed 2 hits apiece. It was was a close victory though.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 21st, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

That was my first reaction when seeing the final score of tonight’s game.  The lights-out pitching from last weekend just saw their ERA skyrocket.  Scott Shaw only lasted for 2 1/3 innings giving up 12 runs.  Only 5 of those runs were earned due to an error with two out. Obviously, the Baylor offense wasn’t [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Next Game: Game #4 Fri Feb 29, 6:30 pm Record: 2-1 vs Baylor #24 at Waco, Tx It’s back to Lone State for the Illini baseball team as they play in the Quala-T Imprints Baylor Classic tournament.  First up on Leap Day is the home team, Baylor: Opponent: Baylor Nickname: Bears Conference: Big 12 Head [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 28th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »