Illinois Baseball Report

Win or lose, Brandon Hohl continues to clobber the ball Tonight, Illinois took their game on the road just a bit south of here and took on Eastern Illinois University.  The pitching fared ok but the offense just couldn’t get going as EIU won 4-1. Illinois’ one run came on a solo shot by (can [...]

Filed under: Game Previews, Game Recaps on April 12th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

What a way to end a road trip!  Not only did the Illinois baseball team win their last two ballgames but newcomer Thomas Lindauer won co-freshman of the week honors from the Big Ten. After defeating St Louis on Saturday, I’m sure Illinois felt extra motivated to win Sunday’s game against Southern Illinois University.  Coming [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 23rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a tough game for the Illini tonight losing to Southern Illinois.  When the score was 3-2 after four innings, it looked like it might be one of those games where the teams might trade leads back and forth all game.  Not so.  After Christian Cummins scored on a wild pitch in the bottom [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

  Craig Lutes heads towards first after hitting the ball Friday night We’re winding down the season with six more home games left.  We’re fortunate to have two midweek games at home this week though.  And whenever Coach Hartleb’s alum comes to town, that gives the media another storyline to talk about. Let’s take a [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 3rd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Southern Illinois made it interesting but the Illini held on for their 15th win last night.  they won 5-4.  SIU scored three runs in ninth against Bryan Roberts but Bryan closed it out for an Illinois victory.  Time is short so a few quick observations from looking at the box score.  Three more stolen bases [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

For this week’s two midweek games, we’re playing two state universities… Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois.  Don’t look at their records.  Both are tough in their own way.  As for us, we’re even-steven.  The Illini are 13-13 overall and 3-3 against the Big Ten.  Let’s take a look at both teams.   Eastern Illinois Panthers [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 12th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The big stories of tonight’s game between Illinois and Southern Illinois University: Well first of all, Illinois won 5-1.  Yes, the Illini have a three game winning streak against Big Ten teams (courtesy of Penn State) but they also haven’t beaten a non-conference in three games either.   So I’m glad Illinois could get this monkey [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 28th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Tuesday night the Southern Illinois Salukis come rolling into town.  If I’m not mistaken, they are the only team we will play in 2009 on two separate occasions.  We played them on April 15th in Marion, Il and lost 9-6.  Let’s hope we have better luck at home at Illinois Field.  For those in the [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 27th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

From my standpoint, Illinois’ game against SIU at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois looked like a game of big innings.  Unfortunately, the Salukis had one more of them than the Illini did.  Southern had 5-0 lead thanks to a four run fourth inning when Blake Fairchild came on and just couldn’t get anybody out.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 15th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Matt Dittman practices his “mean” face before the game with Eastern. It’s late so I’m going to keep this short.  The Illini are heading to Marion, IL to play Coach Hartleb’s alma mater, Southern Illinois University.  Hartleb will play down his time at SIU but word has it he was pretty good as a catcher [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 14th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »