In what was billed as a match-up between two very tough Illinois teams, the series between Illinois and Illinois State was incredibly one-sided. This past weekend, at Illinois Field, the Illinois (17-4) won all three games versus Illinois State (13-9) for their fifth weekend sweep of 2019. Illinois outscored the…
It was hot day on Saturday with the temp reaching into the 90s. Unfortunately, the Indiana State Sycamores offense got hot early and the Illini couldn’t recover. The Illini were hurt by a Sycamore rally of eight runs in the second inning. Illinois still made it an interesting game,…
Last Saturday was our first official glance at the Illinois baseball team as they entered the short exhibition fall season. They hosted sister campus team of University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars. If this was any indication, the new Illini know how to score. In the official nine inning game, the…
Mark Skonieczny bares his teeth as he legs out a triple Baseball is great. Winning is even better. After starting the season 6-16, Illinois baseball is starting to find its groove. In their last twelve games, they won nine. That includes a 2-1 series win over Northwestern last weekend and…
The last two Illinois baseball games have gone into extra innings. Not only did the Illini win both of those games, Tyler Engel was responsible for the game winning rbi in both of them. Yes, Tyler’s stock is rising. On Friday night against the Northwestern Wildcats, Engel drove home Bren…
Ty Weber takes on the Wildcats Friday night Illinois Baseball is on its best this roll season. With its three-game sweep against Indiana State, two midweek wins, and a win versus Michigan, the Illini have won six of its last eight games! The boys in Orange and Blue will look…
Last night, the Illinois baseball program celebrated at its annual Hot Stove Banquet. Sponsored by the Illini Baseball program and the Illinois Baseball Dugout Club, the Hot Stove is held every year in the offseason. Fans at the banquet were treated to a terrifically uncompromising speech by Hall of Fame…