Indiana University Athletics
B1G Honors Taylor for Third Time
4/17/2023 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the third time this season, Indiana baseball freshman outfielder Devin Taylor has earned a weekly award from the Big Ten Conference office. Taylor was selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday (April 17).
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Taylor's three rookie awards are tied for No. 2 in Indiana history behind the four Freshman of the Week awards claimed by Logan Sowers in 2015. Three other Hoosiers have won three weekly freshman awards which includes Dustin DeMuth (2011), Kyle Schwarber (2012) and Sam Travis (2012).
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Taylor collected multiple hits in each of his four games to move his reached base streak to 25 games and his hitting streak to five games, to tie his season long, which he has done three times. He logged four multi-hit games with three multi-RBI contests on the week.
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Taylor hit .500 and posted a 1.778 OBP with seven of his nine hits going for extra bases. Of the seven extra base hits, he had three doubles, one triple and three home runs. The three home runs pushed his season total to eight, which is tied with Schwarber (2012) for No. 6 on the all-time freshman list at IU.
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He scored at least one run, had multiple hits, and drove in at least one RBI in all four games on the week, and posted at least one extra base hit in each contest. Overall, he scored eight runs and drove in 10 RBIs on the week.
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Taylor provided all the runs IU would need in the series-clinching victory at Illinois with a third inning grand slam in the second game of the doubleheader. He finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBIs with a single, double, and home run in the game. In the first game of the doubleheader, he tripled, singled, scored one run and drove in one RBI.
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The left-handed hitter homered twice and drove in three RBIs in the series opener at Illinois for his second career multi-home run game. he opened the week with a two-hit, two-RBI, two-run scored game versus Ball State. Both hits were doubles against the Cardinals.
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Indiana (25-11, 9-3 B1G) entertains No. 10 Louisville on Tuesday (April 18) at 6 p.m. at Bart Kaufman Field. After a trip to Cincinnati on Wednesday (April 19), the Hoosiers will host Ohio University for a three-game series from April 21-23.
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Taylor's three rookie awards are tied for No. 2 in Indiana history behind the four Freshman of the Week awards claimed by Logan Sowers in 2015. Three other Hoosiers have won three weekly freshman awards which includes Dustin DeMuth (2011), Kyle Schwarber (2012) and Sam Travis (2012).
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Taylor collected multiple hits in each of his four games to move his reached base streak to 25 games and his hitting streak to five games, to tie his season long, which he has done three times. He logged four multi-hit games with three multi-RBI contests on the week.
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Taylor hit .500 and posted a 1.778 OBP with seven of his nine hits going for extra bases. Of the seven extra base hits, he had three doubles, one triple and three home runs. The three home runs pushed his season total to eight, which is tied with Schwarber (2012) for No. 6 on the all-time freshman list at IU.
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He scored at least one run, had multiple hits, and drove in at least one RBI in all four games on the week, and posted at least one extra base hit in each contest. Overall, he scored eight runs and drove in 10 RBIs on the week.
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Taylor provided all the runs IU would need in the series-clinching victory at Illinois with a third inning grand slam in the second game of the doubleheader. He finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBIs with a single, double, and home run in the game. In the first game of the doubleheader, he tripled, singled, scored one run and drove in one RBI.
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The left-handed hitter homered twice and drove in three RBIs in the series opener at Illinois for his second career multi-home run game. he opened the week with a two-hit, two-RBI, two-run scored game versus Ball State. Both hits were doubles against the Cardinals.
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Indiana (25-11, 9-3 B1G) entertains No. 10 Louisville on Tuesday (April 18) at 6 p.m. at Bart Kaufman Field. After a trip to Cincinnati on Wednesday (April 19), the Hoosiers will host Ohio University for a three-game series from April 21-23.
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