Illinois Baseball Report

Today’s number on the sports page of the News-Gazette was 44.  That’s the number of rbis that Adam Davis (left) accrued this summer while playing for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League.  That was good for sixth in the league.  He accomplished this in part behind a .328 average.  In case you’re wondering, Matt [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Congrats to Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Matt Dittman who made the Northwoods League postseason All-Star team. All three had excellent summers for their respective teams.  For the Rochester Honkers, Matt Dittman hit .332 with 44 rbis.  Parr, who was with the Madison Mallards, hit .307 and scored 41 runs and stole 21 bases.  Also [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Corey Kimes showed he does well in the starting role last night for the Springfield Sliders.  He pitched a complete game in the Sliders 2-1 win over the Hannibal Cavemen.  Kimes struck out ten batters and only walked one and allowed four hits. For the season, he is 3-1 in eight games with a 2.84 [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

IBR reader Sue and her family took a trip to Springfield one week ago and watched our own Davis Hendrickson and Corey Kimes play for the Springfield Sliders as they took on the Nashville Outlaws in front of a crowd of over 2,000.  The home team won 5-2.  Way to go, guys!  I’m posting some [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Congrats to Brian de la Torriente who was named to the Prospect League’s West Division All-Star team.  The East and West played to a 3-3 tie on July 6.  de la pitched one inning allowing a run and striking out two batters.  The Northwoods League All-Star classic is coming up in one week.  It’s no [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Summer League on July 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illinois baseball players don’t get much of a break after the college season is over.  A few days after it’s over they travel to their college summer teams to hone their skills.  This year, twenty-one Illinois players will be playing in these summer leagues. For the most part our players are joining many of [...]

Filed under: Summer League on May 28th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Nothing like a little summer talk to warm you up on a winter day. The Coastal Plain League’s Fayetteville Swampdogs have announced their first signings of the season.  This college summer league team based in North Carolina has been known for taking in Illini players during the summer and 2010 will be no different.  The [...]

Filed under: Summer League on January 14th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

After a banner season with the Waterloo Bucks, Mike Giller has been named to the Northwoods League post-season All-Star team.  Giller is most deserving.  He’s currently leading the NWL in hitting with a .336 batting average and also leads with 87.  He is fifth in the league in rbis with 40.  To say, he’s the [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 11th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

  Good luck to Craig Lutes.  His Lexington Snipes are battling it out with Paxton for the Eastern Illinois League Championship.  It’s a two out three series between the Snipes vs Swedes.  Today is the first game at Paxton at 2pm.  Tomorrow the series will continue with Game #2 beginning at 1pm.  Game #3 (if [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 8th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Summer league team Albany Dutchmen had a nice feature article all about our pitcher Wes Braun and fellow teammate Evan Tieles from Georgia.  You can view the article on the Dutchmen’s web site.  So far this year, Braun has had a good year.  His 4.41 ERA is a bit deceptive.  Opponents are hitting a measly [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 4th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »