Indiana University Athletics
Duo Earns Weekly Honors
3/20/2023 8:43:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After winning three of four games last week, a pair of Indiana baseball student-athletes were honored with weekly awards. Freshman outfielder Devin Taylor was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week and sophomore right-handed pitcher Luke Sinnard was a part of the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Players of the Week list.
In four starts, Taylor led the team with a .467 batting average and a 1.712 OPS for the week. He reached base at least three times in all three games of a series sweep over Morehead State with four of seven hits going for extra bases to go along with four walks.
He scored seven runs and drove in four RBIs. Taylor hit three home runs on the week, including his first career multi-home run game in the series opener against Morehead State, the second of which tied the game in the ninth inning and led to an Indiana walk-off win in the 10th inning.
He scored at least one run in each game, with three runs scored in the series opener and two in the series finale against Morehead State. Taylor struck out only twice on the week.
On the mound, Sinnard tossed six innings in a start of the series finale on Friday versus Morehead State. He allowed just three base runners – two hits and one walk – with two runs allowed.
He struck out a career-high 13 strikeouts accounted, which accounted for 72 percent of his outs recorded in the game and are the most in the Big Ten in 2023. Two of three base runners reached base in the third inning, when MSU scored its two runs, and the other was a fifth-inning base hit. He didn't factor into the decision but left the game with a 4-2 lead.
In four starts, Taylor led the team with a .467 batting average and a 1.712 OPS for the week. He reached base at least three times in all three games of a series sweep over Morehead State with four of seven hits going for extra bases to go along with four walks.
He scored seven runs and drove in four RBIs. Taylor hit three home runs on the week, including his first career multi-home run game in the series opener against Morehead State, the second of which tied the game in the ninth inning and led to an Indiana walk-off win in the 10th inning.
He scored at least one run in each game, with three runs scored in the series opener and two in the series finale against Morehead State. Taylor struck out only twice on the week.
On the mound, Sinnard tossed six innings in a start of the series finale on Friday versus Morehead State. He allowed just three base runners – two hits and one walk – with two runs allowed.
He struck out a career-high 13 strikeouts accounted, which accounted for 72 percent of his outs recorded in the game and are the most in the Big Ten in 2023. Two of three base runners reached base in the third inning, when MSU scored its two runs, and the other was a fifth-inning base hit. He didn't factor into the decision but left the game with a 4-2 lead.
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