The scoreboard says it all as Coach Hartleb exits the field after being thrown out With Saturday’s 8-3 loss to Minnesota in the final game of the season, Illinois is now out of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament contention. Even with a Ohio State loss (they are tied 2-2 in…
John Kravetz: team leading 8 wins Illinois won their second crucial game in a row against the Minnesota Golden Gophers 3-2 on Friday night behind the formidable pitching of starter John Kravetz. With the win, the Illini (11-12) jumped over Minnesota (10-13) in the standings. With some help from the…
Coach Snider congratulates Justin Parr on his rbi triple in the 4th inning Simple fundamentals and sound strategy. That’s how Illinois won tonight’s game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers keeping postseason hopes alive. With the score tied in the bottom of the eighth and runners on first and second, Justin…
Jordan Parr: Team leader in HR (5), rbi (42), slugging (.534) and doubles (13). One last home series for 2012! After getting swept by Penn State last weekend, the Illini (26-24, 9-11 Big Ten) will need to have a really good series against the Golden Gophers of Minnesota this coming…
Earlier today, Illinois baseball player Thomas Shelton was commissioned into the United States Navy. Above you see the Facebook posting from Fighting Illini Baseball announcing this. Now, I have a connection with Shelton. He’s a student in the Technical Systems Management program of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. …
Well, it was big loss on Sunday as Illinois dropped their third loss against Penn State 3-2 despite a fine effort by starting pitcher Drasen Johnson. Johnson (left) spread out five hits in 5 1/3 innings and only gave up one run. After scoring the first run of the game…
First, a sincere congratulations to the Boilermaker Nation. With Purdue’s win over Michigan, they have clinched at the least, a share of the 2012 Big Ten Championship. It will be their first such championship since 1909. As for the Illini, their tournament continue to dwindle with their second loss against…
Despite five errors by the Nittany Lions and a fine pitching performance by starter Kevin Johnson, Illinois dropped the first game of the all-important series against Penn State last night 3-2. Johnson allowed just two earned runs in a complete game effort giving up just walk. Illinois managed to tie…
Willie Argo is batting .487 with 12 rbis against Penn State Illinois is on the road for the last time for the regular season this weekend as they travel to Penn State to face the Nittany Lions. It’s another crucial series as the Lions (10-8) are only one game ahead…
Maybe they should wear those camo jerseys more often. Illinois having lost the first two games to Michigan State, salvaged the series with a 8-6 victory over the Spartans. The Illini scored two runs in the seventh to put it away and Reid Roper earned his first save of the…