Illinois Baseball Report

Wednesday, the Big Ten recognized the academic achievements of 1,037 conference athletes from Spring 2010 by naming them to the Academic All-Conference teams of their respective sport.  Of the 79 baseball players honored, ten were from the University of Illinois.  Congrats to them all!   University of Illinois Spring Academic All-Conference Honorees John Anderson Jr. [...]

Filed under: Awards on June 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana.  It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun).  Senior Kevin Manson took the loss.  Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well.   They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings.  This evens Manson’s record at [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a wild and crazy one in Bloomington today.  Indiana continued to hit and scored 12 runs.  Fortunately, Illinois had a blockbuster afternoon scoring 17 runs on the same amount of hits.  Brandon Hohl hit two homers and drove in three runs.  Final score:  Illinois 17  Indiana 12.  The lead changed hands a quite [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 21st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Indiana came touted as a team with power and at least for Hoosier fans, they disappoint this afternoon.  They defeated the Illini 11-5 with the help of six homeruns.  Indiana never had the huge inning… no more than than three runs in a frame.  Also, Illinois managed to separate their rallies with goose eggs.  Indiana [...]

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Illinois ended their home season with a win tonight against Western Michigan.  Thanks to key pitching and a great game by Pete Cappetta, the Illini outscored the Broncos 6-1.  Billy Barrett held the Broncos hitless for three innings The Broncos just couldn’t get the offense going against Illinois’ hurlers.  Through six innings against Billy Barrett, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 19th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Despite the rain, almost 500 fans (and their umbrellas) showed up to watch the Illini It was an off and on rainy day at Illinois Field for the Illini’s last home Big Ten game.  Finishing off their series against Purdue, they hoped to win the rubber game and help their chances in the Tournament hunt [...]

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Johnson shuts out the Boilermakers There were more alumni festivities on Saturday at Illinois Field  (more on that below) and boy, did Illinois starting pitcher Kevin Johnson give the old ‘mates a show.  Not only did he pitch a complete game but he exacted revenge on the Purdue Boilermakers by shutting them out on a [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

A friendly reader told me I was a bit negative as far as the Illini’s chances for the tourney in my weekend preview.  She might be right.  I need to drink from the glass half full.   Bischoff:  23 straight But tonight’s game didn’t help (you saw that coming).  Purdue’s Matt Bischoff had the Illini [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 14th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

I spent the weekend at my mom’s for Mother’s Day.  Admirable, I know but my family and I stayed in a relatively remote cabin with no wireless, Internet, TV or anything.  Now all things considered it’s a great place to stay but if you’re trying to keep up with how the Illinois baseball team is [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Ever been to a ballgame where everything just seemed to go right?  That pretty much happened Wednesday night as the Illini embarrassed the Butler Bulldogs 19-0.  Tanner Libby makes the most of his first Illini start First, props go out to starter Tanner Libby who made his first start for the Illini and boy, what [...]

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