Season Ends With Shutout Victory

Thursday, May 22

Omaha, Neb.

10:00 PM ET/9:00 PM CT

Indiana University

32-24

(3) Iowa

33-21-1

Indiana

Iowa

5/23/2025 12:30:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

OMAHA, Neb. – The Indiana Baseball team (32-24) put together one of its best pitching performances of the season as the clock struck midnight on the 2025 campaign. The Hoosiers scattered just five hits as they blanked No. 3-seeded Iowa, 5-0, in the final game of Pool C at the Big Ten Tournament.

Graduate student pitchers Cole Gilley (W, 10-3) and Ben Grable (SV, 2) combined for nine shutout innings on Thursday (May 22) evening at Charles Schwab Field. The two veterans combined for seven strikeouts while walking just two batters. Gilley became just the sixth different pitcher in program history with at least 10 wins in a season.

Junior outfielder Devin Taylor – playing in his final collegiate game – did most of the scoring for IU. His three-run home run in the third inning was the 54th of his illustrious career. The Hoosiers added two more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from sophomore infielder Jasen Oliver and a RBI single from Taylor.

Iowa got a runner to third base on just two occasions in the ballgame. Gilley stranded the bases loaded in the first inning while Grable kept the Hawkeyes off the board in the eighth inning. The two teams combined for just two extra-base hits in the ballgame.

IU won at least one game in the Big Ten Tournament for the fourth-straight season. Barring something unforeseen, the Hoosiers wrapped up the 2025 season with a victory in Omaha. IU ends the baseball campaign with a 32-24 (16-14 B1G) record.

Scoring Recap
Top Third
Devin Taylor got the Hoosiers on the board with a three-run home run.
Indiana 3, Iowa 0

Top Fourth
IU got two more in the fourth inning. Jasen Oliver had a RBI on a sacrifice fly before Taylor singled through the right side to score Tyler Cerny.
Indiana 5, Iowa 0

Top Hoosier Performers
#5 Taylor, Devin
3-4, HR, R, 4 RBI

#32 Gilley, Cole
6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K

#17 Grable, Ben
3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 K

Inside the Box Score
• IU's pitching staff gave up just five hits and only handed out three free passes.
• Iowa gave up nine walks and three hit-by-pitches to the Hoosiers.
• The game finished just after the stroke of midnight in Omaha.
• IU had just one extra-base hit – a solo home run in the third inning.

Notes to Know
• Graduate student pitcher Cole Gilley dealt six scoreless innings as part of a combined shutout for the Hoosiers on Thursday. He picked up his 10th win of the season in the process. Gilley is just the sixth player (seventh occasion) that an IU pitcher recorded at least 10 wins in a single campaign. The last to do it was Kyle Hart (10 – 2016) nearly 10 seasons ago.

• Junior outfielder Devin Taylor played his final game in an IU uniform against Iowa on Thursday. He wrapped up his collegiate career with 54 home runs (No. 1 in program history), 229 hits (No. 11 in program history), 179 RBIs (No. 7 in program history) and 191 runs scored (No. 7 in program history. He also slugged at a .672 clip over three seasons – the No. 2 mark all-time at IU.

• Freshmen Cooper Malamazian and Hogan Denny each had a base hit against the Hawkeyes. Those hits took the season tally to 220 for IU's true freshman class – the most by any Power Four team at this point in the season. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jake Hanley finished his debut campaign with 73 base knocks. Malamazian added 55.

• IU shutout Iowa, 5-0, to close out the 2025 season. It was the third shutout of the season and the first in the Big Ten Tournament since a win over Michigan in 2014. IU's three shutouts were the most in a single year since blanking four opponents in 2021. Gilley pitched in all three shutouts in 2025.

• Junior second baseman Tyler Cerny became the third player in program history (Logan Kaletha, 2018; Chris Hervey; 2008) to record 20 hit-by-pitches in one season. His efforts were part of a single-season hit-by-pitch record (92) by the entire IU team. Freshman third baseman Will Moore followed him with 17.