It was a good day to be an Illini fan today. Illinois got their revenge for Friday night’s loss by defeating Michigan 6-2. However, it started out ominously enough. Michigan’s leadoff hitter, Pat Biondi hit the second pitch of the game for a homerun and I wouldn’t blame Illini fans…
Shortstop Josh Parr ponders the scoreboard in the seventh inning Can we just forget about Friday night? Friday’s night’s game against Michigan was over pretty much before we knew it. I had to feel for anyone who came a few innings late to the game. When they walked in and…
This weekend, Illinois takes on Michigan. Michigan Wolverines April 16, 2010 6:05 pm ct April 17, 2010 3:05 pm ct April 18, 2010 1:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 18-11 (Big Ten 4-2) Head Coach: Rich Maloney Key player: Ryan LaMarre If you missed…
Southern Illinois made it interesting but the Illini held on for their 15th win last night. they won 5-4. SIU scored three runs in ninth against Bryan Roberts but Bryan closed it out for an Illinois victory. Time is short so a few quick observations from looking at the box…
This weekend, the Illini take on the University of Michigan Wolverines for a three game series. To get a good feel for the team, I’m interviewing fomerlyanonymous who blogs about the Michigan baseball team at mgoblog.com. On to the interview: Illinois Baseball Report: Michigan outfielder Ryan LaMarre, who was injured…
Willie Argo reached a milestone and Kevin Manson pitched three masterful innings last night as Illinois defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 10-1. Willie Argo takes a lead off third We all knew Willie Argo was good but last night, he got his 100th hit against the Panthers. According to the…
For this week’s two midweek games, we’re playing two state universities… Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois. Don’t look at their records. Both are tough in their own way. As for us, we’re even-steven. The Illini are 13-13 overall and 3-3 against the Big Ten. Let’s take a look at both…
It was a rather disappointing weekend for the Illini who won just one against Iowa. A sweep wasn’t out of the question for me. The offense only generated six runs in the last two games and generally in college games that’s not enough. Ironically, the one game when Illinois gave…
Will we see more of Wes Braun after his fantastic appearance at Busch? After traveling to St Louis to play in the Battle at Busch on Wednesday, the Illini don’t get much break in their traveling schedule. They’re off to Iowa City to play the 10-15 University of Iowa Hawkeyes.…
Last night was the touted “Battle at Busch”, a game between Illinois and Missouri at St Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium. I went down the on the bus trip sponsored by the Dugout Club. The trip was fun even though the good guys lost. The Illini had a great second inning…