Illinois Baseball Report

Starter John Anderson is on a roll.  He’ll go for another win this weekend. This weekend, the Illini will be traveling north this weekend to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. Note that Friday’s game will be an early game at 3pm.  Fire up Gametracker if you want to follow the game.   Northwestern Wildcats April [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois baseball had a pretty rough Sunday against Michigan. In game 1, they were shut out for the third time this year, 3-0.  Pete Cappetta did manage to bang out two hits in the losing cause.  John Anderson does deserve some credit for his eight inning complete game where he only gave up seven hits [...]

Filed under: Game Previews, Game Recaps on April 18th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The last game for Illinois at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge was a hard fought contest but their opponent West Virginia, seemed to stay one step ahead of them for most of the game.  The Parr brothers provided some excitement in the top of ninth as Josh was hit by a pitch and stole second [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 21st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Tom Shelton takes umm… batting practice before the Western Michigan game For the last regular season weekend, we’re playing the Indiana Hoosiers.  Note I use term “weekend” loosely since the series starts on Thursday.  Given the teams playing, I’m expecting some wild and wooly games. Indiana Hoosiers May 20, 2010 2 pm ct May 21, [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 19th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

  One game this week and it’s our last home game of the year.  Admission is free.  Hopefully, we’ll avoid the rain.  We play the Western Michigan Broncos.  Here’s the scoop on them…   Western Michigan Broncos May 18, 2010 4:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 12-38 (MAC 5-19) Head [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 17th, 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! »

For his efforts last week during the Spring Break Trip, Willie Argo became the second Illinois player to be honored by the Big Ten with the Player of the Week award.  Argo (left) had it coming.  His consistent offense throughout the week made me wonder if he would be considered for the award especially after [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 29th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Let’s talk about the fun stuff first. Matt Dittman was awarded the co-Big Ten Player of the Week yesterday!  He hit .615 for the weekend with five rbis and scored seven.  Ditt’s timing was impeccable as his big game came in the 11-10 win against #12 Coastal Carolina when he went 4 for 5 with [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

First a look at the Big Ten standings:    Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Ohio State 0 0 0 0.000 8 2 0 0.800 Michigan State 0 0 0 0.000 6 4 0 0.600 Penn State 0 0 0 0.000 4 3 0 0.571 Iowa 0 0 0 0.000 4 5 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 8th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Obviously an off weekend for the Illini but here’s a look at the Big Ten standings after one weekend.  The Bucks end up with three wins.  Northwestern… four losses. Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Ohio State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 Michigan State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Minnesota 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Michigan 0-0 .000 2-2 [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on February 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »