No. 2 seed Indiana baseball defeats No. 7 seed Illinois 4-3 in Big Ten Tournament opener
The Hoosiers will face Iowa at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday.
The Hoosiers will face Iowa at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday.
Taylor is the third Hoosier in program history to recieve the award.
Indiana faces No. 7-seeded Illinois in its first game Tuesday.
Indiana lost the series 1-2 to Michigan State, but won the final game 6-5.
Indiana and Maryland are tied for first place in the Big Ten with three games remaining from Thursday to Saturday.
Indiana went 4-0 last week, including a sweep of in-state rival Purdue.
Since Maryland swept Indiana April 28-30, the Hoosiers have won seven consecutive games.
Indiana is 12-2 all-time versus the Boilermakers at Bart Kaufman Field.
Bothwell started three innings, the left-hander's longest outing since March 8.
Indiana swept a Big Ten team in three games for the second time this season.
Indiana fell out of first place last weekend and will play 3-12 Northwestern.
The Hoosiers were outscored 43-12 by Maryland this weekend.
Maryland outscored Indiana 29-4 to clinch the three-game series and later swept.
The Hoosiers have won eight consecutive games and seven straight weekend series.
The freshman has earned back-to-back saves in his latest two outings.
Freshmen Ethan Phillips and Tyler Cerny both earned their first career honors on Monday.
This is Indiana’s first season with 30 wins since 2019.
Freshmen Ethan Phillips and Brayden Risedorph pitched 15⅓ innings, allowing no earned runs.
The Hoosiers are coming off midweek wins over No. 12 Louisville and Cincinnati.
Freshman Devin Taylor’s seventh-inning home run acted as the game-winning hit.