In this week’s 2023 MLB Draft, two Illini hurlers were selected by baseball organizations with the intention of moving on up into the minor league system. Both were right-handed pitchers and both were chosen on Tuesday, the second day of the draft. Jack Wenninger Round 6 – Pick 186 Mets…
After splitting the weekend at the Wake Forest Tournament, Illinois baseball (2-2) will now head south. The team will be in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to face the #18 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (4-0) for a three-game series. This will be the first time in history that Illinois has faced Southern Miss. …
This weekend, Illinois baseball hosts the tough Purdue Boilermakers for a three-game series at Illinois Field. This will be the first home Big Ten series officially. This is Mom’s Weekend at the U of I. There will be lots going on around campus and I’m sure the Illinois baseball program…
You know we’re getting close to baseball time when preseason honors are being awarded! In this case, D1Baseball has come out with their 2022 Big Ten Top 30 Prospects and we can find four Illini among them. So who are they? Cole Kirschsieper At #5, Kirschsieper tops the list for…
Big Ten announced the 2021 All-Big Ten award recipients this week. Illinois can be proud of their representatives. They are… 1B/DH Justin Janas – All-Big Ten First Team In 2021, Justin Janas hit. And hit and hit. He went 3 for 3 in the third game of the season. Since…
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…
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…
On Friday, Illinois baseball will take the field competitively for the first time in almost a year. It was after the Elon game on March 8 when everything shut down for the 2020 season. But it’s a new year and a new modified 44-game schedule. Assuming everything goes to plan,…