Powered by first baseman slugger and hometown hero Kellen Sarver, Illinois (21-20) won two of three games against Penn State (17-23) this past weekend for their last home series at Illinois Field. That gives Illinois a winning record at 21-20! To be fair, Champaign native Sarver had a lot of…
On a three-game win streak, Illinois will be hosting Penn State (16-21) this weekend hoping to add more. It will be Illinois’ last home series for the 2021. After two wins against Iowa last weekend, the Illini won an exciting extra-inning game against #25 Indiana on Tuesday to make up…
If it weren’t for one inning on Friday, Illinois (18-19) would have swept the Iowa Hawkeyes (22-16) this past weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, everything seemed to go just right. Timely hitting coincided with excellent pitching as the Illini won both games and Illinois came away with a 2-1 series…
Illinois travels to Iowa City this weekend for a road series against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Hawks are having a successful season at 21-14 in the Big Ten but the Illini (16-18) are ripe for another big series. In a change from previous conference policies, Big Ten baseball fans will…
For the past three weekends, Illinois baseball has flirted with a .500 record. That includes this past weekend when they reached the 16-16 mark after Andrew Hoffmann pitched a spectacular game against Maryland on Friday. Unfortunately, that would be the last win they would get against the Terps. In a…
Illinois is home this weekend! Best show in town! Illinois returns home this weekend for a series against Maryland. This will be a three-game weekend at Illinois Field. The Illini (15-16) are on a 5-2 streak coming off a three-game sweep versus Purdue two weeks ago and a four-game split…
Illinois split a four-game series with Michigan this weekend in Evanston. They won both Game 1s while Blue took the second game both days. In a lot of ways, each day was duplicate of the other. A solid pitching effort with timely hitting in game 1 then a drubbing by…
Coming off a three-game sweep against Purdue, Illinois will head to Evanston today for their last pod weekend of the 2021 season. In a slight twist to the pod format, they will face host Michigan for all four games. The reason? According to Northwestern’s website, “Northwestern Baseball is pausing…
Not surprisingly, Riley Gowens earned the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award this week. Based on his seven-inning, no-hit performance on Sunday, Gowens’ honor is the first weekly honor for an Illini player in 2021. This award comes on top of his Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the…
What a week for Riley Gowens! On Sunday, he combined with Ryan O’Hara and Cole Kirschsieper for a historic no-hitter at Purdue. Pitching seven innings, he was named as one of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players of the Week. Here is the official announcement from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Libertyville native…