Saturday, Illinois battled to a 5-5 tie with the Indiana State Sycamores for a 14 inning game. Like last Wednesday’s game against EIU, both coaches agreed to the 14 innings beforehand as the teams want the experience of competitive action. Fans got to see a lot of Illini pitchers as…
Illinois baseball defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 13-12 on Wednesday night in a marathon 14-inning affair. It wasn’t technically an extra-inning game; Illinois had the lead 8-7 after nine regulation innings. Coach Dan Hartleb and EIU head coach Jason Anderson who was a star Illini pitcher in his college days,…
The Fall Semester at the University of Illinois is in full swing now. As an IT professional at the College of the Fine and Applied Arts, I know that all too well. Students are on campus and classes are in session . One thing about Fall is relatively new… baseball!…
Last Saturday was our first official glance at the Illinois baseball team as they entered the short exhibition fall season. They hosted sister campus team of University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars. If this was any indication, the new Illini know how to score. In the official nine inning game, the…