Indiana Baseball: Hoosiers shocked again, bow out of Big Ten Tournament

With their second straight loss, the Indiana Baseball program was bounced from the Big Ten Tournament on day two.

Coming in with their sights set on winning the Big Ten Tournament, Indiana baseball has bowed out after losing their second straight game.

After a 4-2 defeat on Wednesday night against Iowa, the Hoosiers showed up in the loss column once again on Thursday with a 9-4 result against Minnesota.

Going down an early 2-0 by the end of the third inning, it was back-and-forth for the next few innings with multiple lead changes, but once again the bats failed to show up for Indiana.

Being outhit 13-3, Indiana’s offense also struck out 10 times, for a grand total of 23 in the two Big Ten Tournament games.

Tanner Gordon, who had won his previous two starts, struggled from the get go, never really finding his groove. Though Minnesota scored four runs over his 4.1 innings pitched, only two of them were earned.

The bullpen for the Hoosiers failed to keep the game in check, giving up five earned runs on eight hits in 4.2 innings of relief.

Now turning their attention to the NCAA Tournament, the one positive will be the pitching arms being well rested.

With hosting a regional being a tough get, almost needing to win the Big Ten Tournament to secure it, Indiana will have to refocus for a deep run, hopefully making their way back to Omaha for the College World Series.

Though the pitching will play a huge role in that, it’s the bats that need to wake up in order to reach their potential.