[7] Illini Eliminated from Big Ten Tournament

OMAHA, Neb. — [7] Fighting Illini baseball (25-27) was eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament after a 6-3 defeat to [6] Michigan (27-27) on Wednesday night at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.

The Wolverines opened the scoring in the ballgame by scoring five runs on five hits in the bottom of the third to take a 5-0 lead.

Illinois got back into the contest by putting up a three-spot in the top of the sixth. Cam McDonald, Drake Westcott and Camden Janik started the frame with three-straight singles to load the bases with nobody out. Ryan Moerman picked up an RBI with a groundout to first to get the Illini on the board. Jacob Schroeder followed with a line-drive single back up the middle to score Westcott and put runners on the corners. Brody…