Illinois Baseball Report

Friday night games continue to be plagued by the weather.  Fortunately, Illinois and Ohio State were able to get a good six plus innings in before the game was called.  Even better, the Illini have a good head start on the Buckeyes leading 7-2. Starter Kevin Manson pitched a gem of a game allowing just [...]

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Next Game: Games #43-46 Sat May 3 3:05pm Sun May 4 1:05 (DH) Mon May 5 6:05pm Record: 25-17 Big Ten 11-9 vs Northwestern at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Before I forget to mention it, the series with Northwestern has been moved back a day. due to weather concerns  So the first game is on [...]

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When then wind is blowing out like this you’re going to expect a high scoring game.  In this case, it might contribute to bad weather.  In this case, rain which suspended that game in the eighth inning.  Friday’s game will be be picked up at 2pm Saturday to be followed by the regularly scheduled doubleheader.  [...]

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Next Game: Games #38-41 Fri April 25 6:05pm Sat April 26 3:05pm (DH) Sun April 27 12:05 Record: 23-14 Big Ten 9-7 vs Penn State at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Yes, I say every Big Ten series is important but this one kind of is.  PSU is a game back in the standings and soooo [...]

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Next Game: Game #32-35 Fri April 18 3:05pm Sat April 19 1:05pm DH Sun April 20 1:05pm Record: 18-13 Big 10 6-6 vs University of Minnesota at Siebert Field, Minneapolis, MN It’s going to be a big series up north this weekend.  The Illini are one game ahead of the Golden Gophers in the Big [...]

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It wasn’t even close.  The Michigan Wolverines crushed the Illini by similar scores of 14-4 and 14-6. I didn’t make it out to the games.  Between the cold, wet weather and watching the kids, it just wasn’t in the making.  I had Gametracker going on the computer and the Cubs on WGN-TV (ugh, a 7-1 [...]

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Today’s doubleheader between Illinois and Michigan was originally set for 3:05pm then changed to 1pm to take advantage of any good weather left. Now, the game has been tentatively been moved back to 2:30. High of 41 today with rain, rain, rain in the forecast. Share Tags: michigan, weather Related posts Shelton, Johnson key big [...]

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Michigan defeated Illinois tonight 9-5. I shot this as I was walking to the stadium.  The flags are located at direct centerfield.  I could tell right away we were going to have a slugfest. Some Michigan ballplayers were spotted outside the stadium during batting practice to flag down the balls that got hit out. Ok, [...]

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Centerfielder Kyle Hudson is hitting .404 on the season Next Game: Game #27-30 Fri April 11 6:05pm Sat April 12 3:05pm DH Sun April 13 1:05pm Record: 18-8 vs University of Michigan at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL I’ll say it right from the outset. Judging from the weather forecast, we may not get all four [...]

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In the most uneven affair this season, the University of Illinois baseball team manhandled the Blueboys of Illinois College 17-0. It started in the third when Craig Lutes scored on a double steal.  That run would be the first of eight in that frame.  Daniel Webb contributed a 3-run homerun to boost the score.  Ironically, [...]

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