A lone midweek game this season due to a postponement in April ended with Illinois defeating No. 25 Indiana 3-2 in extra innings at Bart Kaufman Field. 

Taylor Jackson hit a go-ahead solo home run to left field in the 10th inning.

The Illini pitching staff recorded 15 strikeouts on the heels of a 13-strikeout performance on Sunday at Iowa and 16 strikeouts on Saturday. Illinois sent seven pitchers to the mound in the game.

The Illini struck first with two runs in the second inning. A fielding error off the bat of Kellen Sarver brought in Justin Janas and a safety squeeze from Cal Hejza scored Sarver. That was all the scoring from Illinois until Jackson's home run in the 10th.

Indiana (24-13) tied the game with an RBI double by Morgan Colopy and a sacrifice fly from Grant Richardson concluded the Hoosiers scoring.

Freshman RHP Clayton Johnson (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 SO) made his first career start and was able to keep the Hoosiers off the scoreboard early. After Johnson departed, Illinois did not allow a walk the remainder of the game.

RHP Jack Crowder (2-0) received the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning and LHP Cole Kirschsieper earned his third save of the season for his work in the tenth. RHP Grant Leader (2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, career-high 6 SO) provided some length in the middle innings.

Illinois (19-19) will return home to play Penn State in their final series of the season at Illinois Field.