On the eve of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament opening day, the conference awards were announced and the Fighting Illini were represented quite well. For starters, Illini players wrapped up two big awards. First the big news, centerfielder Justin Parr was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Following that up, starting pitcher Kevin Duchene [...]
Filed under: Awards on May 21st, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
Drasen Johnson gets the ‘W’ in Illinois’ clinching victory Illinois Baseball dropped their last game of the regular season to Minnesota but they still had plenty to be happy about. With Friday’s 4-3 win over the Golden Gophers, the Orange and Blue will be advancing to the Big Ten Tournament next week. After all was [...]
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Kevin Duchene comes through again versus Minnesota Kevin Duchene continues to pitch well as he won his eighth game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It was a key win as the Illini (32-15, 13-9 Big Ten) were facing a formidable pitcher in Tom Windle. The Illinois offense managed to score four runs off Windle raising [...]
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Kevin Duchene will take the mound vs Minnesota on Thursday This weekend, Illinois heads north to Minneapolis to finish out the regular season against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. While both teams both have 12 conference wins, the Gophers (12-6, 29-18 overall) have three less losses than Illinois (12-9, 31-15 overall) and are in a three-way [...]
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Celebration after Saturday’s win! Illinois got the job done this weekend! A three-game sweep is what the team needed against the Penn State Nittany Lions and that’s what they got. With an 8-6 win on Saturday and a comeback 5-4 victory on Sunday, the Illini improve their conference record to 12-9 and more importantly, [...]
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Kevin Duchene mowed down the opposition in Friday’s contest Wow! We just need about five more games like these and we might be set. Kevin Duchene pitched one of the best performances we’ve seen this season tonight against Penn State. Throwing a complete game two-hit shutout, Duchene struck out 11 PSU batters and kept them [...]
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26 games in a row: Justin Parr’s infield hit to short breaks the record. Just as the game between the Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats began on Saturday afternoon, it began to rain. It was a little mist at first but a steady rain soon followed. The bad weather didn’t dampen the Illinois bats though. [...]
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Kevin Duchene hopes his rally cap with induce some Illini runs Friday night, Illinois and Northwestern were locked in an back-and forth extra-inning battle. The Wildcats eventually won the game 4-3 in 13 innings. For a few innings though, I saw some of the most exciting baseball at Illinois Field this year. Justin Parr did [...]
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Justin Parr: On the verge of tying the record University of Illinois baseball welcomes the Northwestern Wildcats to Illinois Field this weekend. In seventh place in the Big Ten, the Illini (24-15, 6-6) hope to capitalize big as they enter the second half of the Big Ten season. The starting pitchers remain the same [...]
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Justin Parr: 24 and counting… Illinois couldn’t pull out a victory against the Buckeyes in their rubber game on Sunday losing 7-3. The loss gives the Illini a 6-6 conference record and puts them in seventh place in the Big Ten. Game #36 / April 21, 2013 vs 7 3 [...]
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