Indiana University Athletics
Double the B1G Honors
4/24/2023 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Weekly awards keep cycling in for the Indiana baseball program as a pair of freshmen won weekly awards with Tyler Cerny earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Ethan Phillips garnering Big Ten Pitcher of the Week.
With Cerny's first weekly award, Indiana adds to its Big Ten-best 33 Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, while Phillips earns IU's 32nd Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award in program history. Cerny joins three-time winner Devin Taylor as Hoosiers to earn B1G weekly freshman honors, while Phillips is the first IU pitcher to bring home B1G weekly honors on the mound in 2023.
Cerny hit .444 over five games with an OPS of 1.601 to help Indiana win all five games on the week and become the first Big Ten team to 30 wins on the season. Of his eight hits, five went for extra bases to account for a 1.056 slugging percentage. He also walked three times and reached once via hit-by-pitch to bolster a .545 on-base clip.
He reached base at least twice and scored at least one run in each of his five starts at second base, with two multi-hit outings and three multi-RBI contests.
The right-handed hitter opened the week with a single, walk and two runs scored against No. 10 Louisville. He also stole one base in the game. Both hits went for extra bases at Cincinnati with a double, home run and three RBIs on the afternoon. In the middle game of the series with Ohio, Cerny his first career multi-home run game as part of a career-best six-RBI afternoon. He logged three hits and scored three runs in the game. His series finale with the Bobcats featured a pair of RBIs with a double, a walk and one run scored.
Phillips posted two victories on the mound in relief and did not allow an earned run over 8 1/3 innings of work. He struck out nine batters and allowed one hit with just four walks over his two outings and stranded two of three inherited runners. He allowed multiple base runners in just one of his 8 1/3 innings and only one of his base runners reached third base on the week.
The right-hander earned the win over No. 10 Louisville with 4 2/3 innings of relief work. He entered trailing 1-0 with a runner on second base and just one out and retired the first seven batters he faced. In all, Phillips allowed just one single and walked three batters with one unearned run surrendered.
Against Ohio in the series finale, Phillips entered in a tie game with runners on first and third and stranded one of two runners to get out of the jam. He did not allow a base runner of his own to reach second base over 3 2/3 innings of relief work to earn the victory.
Indiana sits atop the Big Ten with a 9-3 record and is 30-11 overall entering the week. A trip to Ball State on Tuesday (April 25) will be followed by a three-game series with Maryland at Bart Kaufman Field. The Terrapins enter with the second-best record in conference play at 8-4 and are 25-15 overall on the season.
With Cerny's first weekly award, Indiana adds to its Big Ten-best 33 Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, while Phillips earns IU's 32nd Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award in program history. Cerny joins three-time winner Devin Taylor as Hoosiers to earn B1G weekly freshman honors, while Phillips is the first IU pitcher to bring home B1G weekly honors on the mound in 2023.
Cerny hit .444 over five games with an OPS of 1.601 to help Indiana win all five games on the week and become the first Big Ten team to 30 wins on the season. Of his eight hits, five went for extra bases to account for a 1.056 slugging percentage. He also walked three times and reached once via hit-by-pitch to bolster a .545 on-base clip.
He reached base at least twice and scored at least one run in each of his five starts at second base, with two multi-hit outings and three multi-RBI contests.
The right-handed hitter opened the week with a single, walk and two runs scored against No. 10 Louisville. He also stole one base in the game. Both hits went for extra bases at Cincinnati with a double, home run and three RBIs on the afternoon. In the middle game of the series with Ohio, Cerny his first career multi-home run game as part of a career-best six-RBI afternoon. He logged three hits and scored three runs in the game. His series finale with the Bobcats featured a pair of RBIs with a double, a walk and one run scored.
Phillips posted two victories on the mound in relief and did not allow an earned run over 8 1/3 innings of work. He struck out nine batters and allowed one hit with just four walks over his two outings and stranded two of three inherited runners. He allowed multiple base runners in just one of his 8 1/3 innings and only one of his base runners reached third base on the week.
The right-hander earned the win over No. 10 Louisville with 4 2/3 innings of relief work. He entered trailing 1-0 with a runner on second base and just one out and retired the first seven batters he faced. In all, Phillips allowed just one single and walked three batters with one unearned run surrendered.
Against Ohio in the series finale, Phillips entered in a tie game with runners on first and third and stranded one of two runners to get out of the jam. He did not allow a base runner of his own to reach second base over 3 2/3 innings of relief work to earn the victory.
Indiana sits atop the Big Ten with a 9-3 record and is 30-11 overall entering the week. A trip to Ball State on Tuesday (April 25) will be followed by a three-game series with Maryland at Bart Kaufman Field. The Terrapins enter with the second-best record in conference play at 8-4 and are 25-15 overall on the season.
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