Wow! What a weekend! A no-hitter to clinch a a sweep! One weekend, after losing two games against Purdue, the Illini swept the Boilermakers three games culminating with a historic no-hitter on Sunday. Illinois starting pitching was strong with Andrew Hoffmann and Nate Lavender both getting victories. Ironically, Riley Gowens…
Yes, Illinois has a chance for redemption. The Illini will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana for a three-game set versus Purdue this weekend. This series comes on the heels of Illinois’ home pod weekend which ended with two losses against the Boilermakers. With a split last weekend, the Illini are…
In last weekend’s pod series, Illinois baseball won two against Michigan State and lost two versus Purdue at Illinois Field. It was an offensive-laden series on all sides as Illinois scored 38 runs for the four games as well as giving up 38 runs. The Illini finish the weekend at…
Four Illini baseball games at home this weekend! This weekend, Illinois baseball will host both Michigan State (11-11) and Purdue (6-15) at Illinois Field. Coming off a disappointing 0-2 weekend against Indiana which included a no-hitter, Illinois hopes to improve their 8-12 record. This will be the first and only…
Illinois baseball (8-10) will try their luck on the road this weekend. In a three-game series, fourth place Indiana will host the Illini in Bloomington. The Hoosiers are now 11-7 but get this; they are on a five-game losing streak. While Illinois has been going through a roller coaster season,…
It ain’t over till it’s over. Yogi Berra One thing that can be said about the 2021 season is that nothing is for sure until the last out is made. In each of the three games against Nebraska this weekend, Illinois had the lead. Unfortunately, they finished out the series…
This weekend, the Illini (7-8) welcome the Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-4) to Illinois Field for a three-game set. Coming off a 1-2 series against the Wildcats, the Illini hope to regain some momentum. Like the series with Northwestern itself, Illinois’ season has been a rollercoaster ride. After starting out with three…
The winds were blowing out for much of this weekend’s games prompting for a very offense-laden series. Northwestern Wildcats came to Illinois Field with reports of good hitting and their performance against Illinois fit the bill. They took two of the three games while hitting fifteen homeruns for the weekend.…
When Northwestern (7-4) comes to Illinois Field, the Illini (6-6) will celebrate its first home game in 388 days and only its second in 684. I’m sure the Illini will enjoy the friendly home confines after being on the road for the first two weekends. This series will be a…
This weekend was full of highs and lows as Illinois baseball split a four-game pod weekend against #13 Michigan and Michigan State. A big highlight was an opening win against ranked Michigan on Friday afternoon. The split doubleheader on Saturday led to two losses but Illinois regrouped for a closing…