Another weekend, another sweep. This past weekend, Illinois baseball (10-3) easily defeated the Grand Canyon University Lopes (6-9) in three straight games down in Phoenix, Arizona. Illinois had solid pitching giving up just twelve hits in the three games. Jack Yalowitz and Michael Massey put in some great offensive performances…
Illinois hopes to regroup after a less-than-stellar weekend in South Carolina. Traveling to the Mountain Time Zone, they visit Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. They have a three-game series versus the Lopes starting Friday. The Illini started out the season 6-0 but ran into a roadblock last weekend losing…
Two weekends. Six games. Six wins. By now, the nation has got start to take notice of the Illinois baseball team. Illinois (6-0) took three wins from the Florida Atlantic Owls (3-4) in an incredibly exciting series this past weekend. Two of the games were decided with last inning heroics…
This weekend, undefeated Illinois (3-0) travels to Boca Raton, Florida to take on Florida Atlantic Owls (3-1). FAU just came off a midweek loss against tough Miami but Illinois and Coach Dan Hartleb hope to keep their wins comin’. Teamwork is key to winning baseball games. These are the players…
Three games. Three wins. Only five runs given up. Keep this up and we’ll be buying tickets for Omaha soon enough. Illinois Baseball got off to a stellar 2019 season start with a three-game sweep this past weekend. That included a big win over host #20 Wake Forest. Pitching was…
This Friday is Opening Day! The Illini will take on Georgetown at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Last year’s team was young, no doubt about it. With one more year under their belt, they have a year’s worth of experience and the team is better off for it. While…
Today, it was announced that Illinois baseball was picked as the third best team in the Big Ten by conference coaches bested only by Minnesota and Michigan. From FightingIllini.com, here is how the top teams fared in the coaches poll: 2019 Big Ten Preseason Poll (top six teams and ties)1.…
Illinois Baseball can boast two freshman who are named to Baseball America’s Top 50 Freshman list. Let’s take a look at them. C Jacob Campbell At #25, Jacob Campbell is the top frosh in the Big Ten and the second in the country. Campbell hails from Janesville, WI and was…
The temps are dipping into the single digits here in Champaign-Urbana and it doesn’t look like there is much relief in the near future. That’s not preventing the Illinois baseball team from getting some practice in, though. They are enjoying the relative warmth of the Irwin Practice Facility to get…
The Illinois Baseball community continues to amaze me. The annual Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet co-sponsored by the Dugout Club, was scheduled for last Saturday night. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if attendance would be high. We had a nasty winter storm roll in on Saturday and roads were…