Pat McInerney (27)is welcomed at home plate by Casey Fletcher after his 3-run HR in the first On Saturday, the Illinois offense exploded early for three homeruns and and ten runs as the Illini defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 10-5. Starting pitcher Kevin Duchene pitched six solid innings and won his…
Kevin Duchene sports an unreal 0.64 ERA for the Illini This weekend, #12 Illini baseball (26-6-1, 5-1 Big Ten) will host Purdue (11-21, 1-5 Big Ten) for a three-game series. The schedule is moved back one day so games will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The good news……
Four wins for Big Bob! Wednesday night, the Illinois baseball team extended their winning streak to seven games with a 7-2 win over the visiting St. Louis Billikens. Rob McDonnell won his fourth game of the year and with a 2 for 4 performance, left fielder Ryan Nagle has now…
#12 Illinois (25-6-1) continued their torrid hitting as they defeated their downstate rivals Eastern Illinois (1-24) by the score of 14-10. Newly honored Big Ten Player of the Week Jason Goldstein didn’t stop his hot hitting. He had a career high six rbis against EIU going 3 for 6 with…
Not one but TWO Illini baseball players were honored by the Big Ten today for their performances for the past week. Jason Goldstein was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the first for the Illini of 2015. And what a week he had! With four multi-hit games, Jason batted…
After a 5-0 week and a sweep against the Northwestern Wildcats, Illinois baseball (24-6-1) has risen in the national polls. D1baseball once again places the Illini the highest at #12. Here is the full list of polls and where Illinois is placed: National Poll Illinois’ Ranking Previous Ranking NCBWA…
Celebrating a sweep! Illinois baseball completed their weekend sweep of Northwestern on Sunday in almost ruthless fashion. They defeated the Wildcats by a football-like score of 17-2. The game was really never in question with the Illini scoring three runs in the top of the first inning and by the…
Drasen Johnson wins #4 of the year There was no game winning homerun today. Nor was their any other late inning heroics. There was no need for any. #15 Illinois (23-6-1) got off to a nice 6-1 lead by the third inning and never looked back against Northwestern on Saturday. …
Pat McInerney breaks the 1-1 tie with a solo shot in the 13th The new video scoreboard got a rude workout today as it took 13 innings for the #15 Illini to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats 3-1 at Illinois Field. The cold Illinois fans have Pat McInerney to thank for…
Pat McInerney is tied for the Illini lead in rbis with 19 We are one day away from Illinois baseball’s Big Ten home opener… …sort of. #15 Illinois (21-6-1) will be playing Northwestern (8-19) this weekend. While this isn’t technically a home series for Illinois, this will be the first…