Illini Baseball 2024

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Illinois traveled to Bloomington, IN for a 3-game weekend series with the Indiana Hoosiers. The Fighting Illini took the win 9-1 on Friday night, but the Hoosiers won the Saturday afternoon contest 8-1. First pitch for the rubber match is 12:00pm this afternoon.

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#57      
The Fighting Illini improve their record to 11-12 (they have won 6 out of the last 8) by defeating the Mizzou Tigers in the annual border wars game by a score of 11-3.

They will be back in action at home this weekend for a 3-game Friday, Saturday, Sunday Big Ten Conference series vs the Penn State Nittany Lions.
 
#59      
The Fighting Illini sweep a 3-game weekend series against the Penn State Nittany Lions. They now improve to 14-12 for the season ... but more importantly, they are now 5-1 in conference play. They are on a hot streak, having won 9 out of the last 11.

They are back in action this Tuesday, April 2nd over in Normal vs the Illinois State Redbirds.

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Our game this past Tuesday vs Illinois State in Normal, IL got cancelled due to inclement weather.

The Illini traveled to Minneapolis, MN this weekend for a 3-game series vs the Golden Gophers. They come him with a series win by taking 2 of the 3.

Game 1 - Illinois 11 Minnesota 2
Game 2 - Illinois 7 Minnesota 4
Game 3 - Minnesota 8 Illinois 3

Our season record now stands at 16-13 overall, and we are 7-2 in conference play.

This upcoming week we will host Illinois State in Champaign at Illinois Field on Tuesday at 6pm, and then this upcoming weekend we will host the Northern Illinois Huskies in a 3-game Friday, Saturday, Sunday weekend series at Illinois Field.
 
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Illinois goes for the 3-game weekend sweep vs the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday at 1:00pm

Illinois 5 Northwestern 3 - Friday
Illinois 7 Northwestern 1 - Saturday
Illinois vs Northwestern - Sunday at 1:00pm at Illinois Field in Champaign

Here are some impressive numbers ...
Overall season record: 22-13
Last 20 games: 17-3
Big Ten record: 9-2 (1st place)

And to think that their record was 5-10 before they went on this hot streak ...
 
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Metaluna
Those powder blue unis are growing on me. But I still love the pinstripes with sleeveless jersey (vest?) look. My favorite.