OMAHA, Neb. – Postseason baseball is about winning with your back against the wall and on Friday (May 27) the Indiana baseball program came through with an 8-1 victory over Illinois in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament on Charles Schwab Field.
Indiana (26-31) opened the scoring with a single run in the third, before Illinois (31-22) tied the game with a run in the top of the sixth. The Hoosiers grabbed the lead right back with a single run in the bottom of the sixth and added six more in the eighth inning.