Hoosiers Look to Continue Winning Ways vs. Iowa Thursday in Big Ten Tournament

Indiana tangles with Iowa on Thursday in the Big Ten baseball tournament. Both teams won their first-round games and are looking to advance to the bracket final in Saturday with a win. Indiana was 2-1 vs. Iowa this season.

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OMAHA, Neb. — Indiana got off to a good start in the Big Ten baseball tournament and now they want to keep in rolling on Thursday when they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at Charles Schwab Field.

Both teams won their tourney openers on Tuesday in the top bracket of the eight-team field. The winner will play in the bracket final on Saturday, the loser will play Michigan on Friday, with another shot at advancing to that bracket final. 

The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

Indiana (41-16) took two of three games from Iowa (40-13) during a series in Bloomington in early April. The Hoosiers lost the series opener 7-1, but then came back to win 2-0 in 10 innings on Saturday and 4-2 on Sunday. Indiana, the No. 2 seed, finished second in the Big Ten regular season standings and No. 3 Iowa finished just a half-game behind.

Iowa was terrific in its tourney opener, pounding Michigan 13-3. Indiana beat Illinois 4-3.

The higher-seeded team has won all five games so far this week in Omaha. Here are all the results so far, with the schedule for the rest of the week.

Indiana pitcher Evan Whiteaker (31) gets congratulated after retiring the side in the Hoosiers' 4-3 win over Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament / Big Ten

Big Ten Baseball Tournament Schedule

All games are at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. All games are televised on the Big Ten Network.

Tuesday, May 23 results

• Game 1: No. 3 Iowa 13, No. 6 Michigan 3
• Game 2: No. 2 Indiana 4, No. 7 Illinois 3
• Game 3: No. 1 Maryland 3, No. 8 Michigan State 2

Wednesday, May 24 results

• Game 4: No. 4 Nebraska 9, No. 5 Rutgers 7
• Game 5: Michigan 6, Illinois 3 (Illinois eliminated)

Thursday, May 25 games

• Game 6: Michigan State vs. Rutgers, 11 a.m. ET.
• Game 7: Iowa vs. Indiana, 3 p.m. ET.
• Game 8: Maryland vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m. ET.

Friday, May 26 games

• Game 9: Michigan vs. Loser Game 7, 3 p.m. ET.
• Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs Winner Game 6, 8 p.m. ET.

Saturday, May 27 games

• Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 9, 10 a.m. ET.
• Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs Winner Game 10, 2 p.m. ET.
• Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs Loser Game 11, 6 p.m. ET.
• Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs Loser Game 12, 10 p.m. ET.

Sunday, May 28 game

• Game 11: Championship game, 3 p.m. ET

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