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Illinois close out weekend with Purdue victorious, 8-3
Casey Fletcher gets congrats from the batboy in the 3rd inning while Ronnie Muck watches on On Sunday, it was a warm afternoon and the Illinois bats were pretty hot too. With the help of thirteen...
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Illini win it in extras at Evanston 6-2
Key hits by Will Krug and David Kerian today This time it was just a little bit closer. After walloping Northwestern 13-0 in Evanston on Friday, it took 10 innings for the Illini to get the job done...
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Illini sweep the Wildcats behind Kravetz’ strong Sunday performance
Eight shutout innings for John Kravetz For the second time this weekend, the Illini shut out Northwestern. On Sunday, John Kravetz pitched a career high scoreless eight innings for his third win of...
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Illini get spanked by Michigan 17-9
Will Krug’s 3 for 5 performance wasn’t enough to overcome Michigan’s 17 runs Before today, Illinois hurlers hadn’t given up a run for 25 innings. As I approached Illinois Field, I knew that win or...
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Happy days in Happy Valley!
Will Krug now batting .329 with 15 stolen bases On Sunday, Illinois completed a sweep at Penn State (17-19, 5-6 Big Ten) behind the pitching of Ryan Castellanos. Penn State had the lead in each of...
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Illinois, Kravetz survive #24 Indiana 2-1
John Kravetz improves to 5-1 after his victory against #24 Indiana Behind the superb pitching of junior John Kravetz and a key hit by transfer Casey Fletcher, the Illini (23-16, 10-4 Big Ten) join...
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Comeback! Illinois wins a wild one against Michigan State 5-4
David Kerian is welcomed back to the dugout by starting pitcher Drasen Johnson after scoring the winning run As some of the Illinois baseball “oldtimers” who have shown up for this weekend’s alumni...
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Comeback AGAIN! Fletcher and Illinois puts on another great show versus MSU 5-4
Saturday’s hero Casey Fletcher gets a congratulatory hug from Adam Walton while other teammates get in line Once again, Illinois performed a spectacular comeback show, defeating the Michigan State...
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Comeback again? Fletcher walk off, again? Unbelievable! Illini deliver sweep...
Sunday was just another day in paradise at Illinois Field. For third game in a row, Illinois came back from behind to defeat Michigan State and for the second game in a row, Casey Fletcher hit walk...
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Series loss against Huskers gives Illinois a #3 seed in tourney
Is Kevin Duchene slated for Game 1 of the Big Ten Tournament? It’s probably fitting that the two second place teams who entered this weekend would have one of closest series of the Big Ten weekend....
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Illini find their bats against Ohio State at Big Ten Tournament 6-5
On day after the #3 seed Illinois Baseball team (32-20) couldn’t find their bats in Game One of the Baseball Big Ten Baseball Tournament in Omaha, they turned it around. At TD Ameritrade Park, they...
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Illini Baseball team takes practice at Illinois Field this week
This week, the Illinois baseball team have been practicing out at Illinois Field. On Thursday afternoon, I took off work early and observed the guys in action. While I was there, I snapped a few...
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Stop on by Illinois Field this week to watch the Illinois baseball team play in the annual Orange and Blue Series. Today was Game 1 and according to @Illinois Baseball on Twitter, Orange topped Blue...
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#2 Illinois enters Big Ten Tournament as top seed
Casey Fletcher rips a double before the rains came The weather prevented #2 Illinois from finishing their regular season on Saturday. Down by a run In the fourth inning of their last match against...
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Congrats to the Illini Senior Class of 2015!
This past weekend on campus has been crazy with graduation ceremonies happening. Before Saturday’s game, eleven Illini senior baseball players were recognized for their time with the team. They even...
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Kerian wins fourth Illini B1g Player of the Week in as many weeks
Kerian hits homerun #13 on Friday David Kerian has gone and done it again. He’s just won his second Big Ten Player of the Week honor of the season. Not only that, it’s the fourth straight POW award...
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Make some room on the mantle… Illinois sweeps Big Ten awards!
On the day before the Big Ten Tournament begins, the Illinois dominated the annual conference awards in a B1G way. Three of the major individual awards went to the Orange and Blue. Big Ten Player...
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Loss to Michigan drops Illinois from B1G Tourney
David Kerian homered and drove in two runs in Illinois’ loss The Illini gave a great effort at the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis but their chance for a tourney championship came to an end at the...
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Homers by Roper and Kerian bolster Duchene’s NCAA Champaign Regional win over...
Reid Roper gets congrats after his first inning homer Friday night, top seed Illinois baseball got off to a good start in the NCAA Champaign Regional. Behind a solid start of Kevin Duchene (11-1) and...
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Illinois advance to Super Regional with 8-4 win over Wright State
Will Krug hit an rbi double in the fifth inning In a wild comeback game with just a little bit of controversy, the Illini have advanced to their first Super Regional! Behind the strong bats of Will...
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