Illinois Edges Indiana in 10 Innings, 3-2

Tuesday, May 18

Bloomington, Ind.

3:00 PM

Indiana University

24-13, 24-13

Illinois

19-19, 19-19

Illinois

Indiana

5/18/2021 6:31:00 PM | Baseball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University baseball team fell in 10 innings to Illinois on Tuesday afternoon, 3-2, at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind.

With the loss, the Hoosiers fall to 24-13 on the season overall and in Big Ten conference play. The Fighting Illini improve to 19-19 on the year and in league action.

KEY MOMENTS
• Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning, the Hoosiers cut the lead in half with an RBI double off the bat of OF Morgan Colopy. The freshman's two-bagger was his seventh of the season.
• Indiana tied it up in the next frame at 2-2. With the bases loaded and one out, OF Grant Richardson hit a deep fly ball to center field, scoring the runner with a sacrifice fly.
• Illinois took the lead in the top of the 10^th inning on a solo home run off the bat of Taylor Jackson.
• In the bottom of the frame, Colopy singled and then reached second base on a passed ball, but was stranded there to end the game.

NOTABLES
• OF Drew Ashley extended his reached-base streak to 21 games.
• LHP Ty Bothwell tossed three innings in his start for IU, allowing two unearned runs on three hits, striking out seven.
• RHP John Modugno was great for Indiana out of the bullpen, tossing three scoreless, no-hit innings, striking out four.
• RHP Grant Macciochi had a career performance on the mound, pitching a career-best three innings of relief and striking out a career-high four batters.

UP NEXT
• The Indiana Hoosiers will face Nebraska on Friday, May 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET at Bart Kaufman Field. The game will be televised nationally on BTN.

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