Illinois Baseball Report

  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 »

Illinois rallied today but it was too little, too late.  Purdue took the last game of the regular season from Illinois 12-8.  The Illini managed to rally for 7 runs in the last four innings but the Purdue lead was already too great.  The Boilermakers had scored seven runs before Illinois drew first blood in [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2009 | 9 Comments »

With four teams vying for first place in the Big Ten, Illinois went into their series with Purdue hoping to go 3-0.  Unfortunately, after game 1, that isn’t going to be a reality.    Today they lost to Purdue 12-5.  They battled through 4 1/2 innings, tying the game 3-3.  However, Purdue scored three in the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Big Ten Overall Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Minnesota……….. 15 4 0 .789 33 13 0 .717 Illinois………… 15 5 0 .750 32 15 0 .681 Ohio State………. 14 6 0 .700 35 14 0 .714 Indiana…………. 13 6 0 .684 24 24 0 .500 Michigan State…… 12 7 0 .632 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on May 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Behind a solid performance by starter Bryan Roberts and a relentless oflense, Illinois took the third game at Penn State today 9-2.  With the win, the Illini sweeps the Nittany Lions for the weekend and are now tied for first place in the Big Ten! STANDINGS (as of Apr 26, 2009) Big Ten Overall Team [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments »