No. 20 Indiana Falls to Iowa in Big Ten Tournament Opener, 4-2
5/22/2019 10:54:00 PM | Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. – Indiana baseball (36-20) dropped its Big Ten Tournament opener to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Wednesday night, 4-2.
KEY MOMENTS
• Sophomore Drew Ashley led off the bottom of the sixth with a triple to the left centerfield gap. Junior Matt Gorski followed with an RBI single up the middle to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead.
• Iowa broke the game open in the top of the seventh innings as it put up a three-spot. An RBI single by Tanner Wetrich, a sac fly by Chris Whelan, and an RBI single by Izaya Fullard put the visiting team on the scoreboard up by two runs.
• The Hawkeyes added a fourth run on a dropped fly ball with two outs in the top of the eighth.
• Sophomore Cole Barr hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth cutting the Hawkeye lead to 4-2. Indiana brought the tying run to the plate, but a flyout to center ended the game.
NOTES
• Senior Pauly Milto allowed three runs in 6.2 innings, striking out three and walking one. It marked his 24th career quality start.
• Ashley recorded a two-hit game and the triple was the first of his career.
• Indiana is 28-25 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament.
UP NEXT
Indiana will play the loser of Minnesota and Nebraska at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday.
KEY MOMENTS
• Sophomore Drew Ashley led off the bottom of the sixth with a triple to the left centerfield gap. Junior Matt Gorski followed with an RBI single up the middle to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead.
• Iowa broke the game open in the top of the seventh innings as it put up a three-spot. An RBI single by Tanner Wetrich, a sac fly by Chris Whelan, and an RBI single by Izaya Fullard put the visiting team on the scoreboard up by two runs.
• The Hawkeyes added a fourth run on a dropped fly ball with two outs in the top of the eighth.
• Sophomore Cole Barr hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth cutting the Hawkeye lead to 4-2. Indiana brought the tying run to the plate, but a flyout to center ended the game.
NOTES
• Senior Pauly Milto allowed three runs in 6.2 innings, striking out three and walking one. It marked his 24th career quality start.
• Ashley recorded a two-hit game and the triple was the first of his career.
• Indiana is 28-25 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament.
UP NEXT
Indiana will play the loser of Minnesota and Nebraska at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday.
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