Baseball: Northwestern takes series against Indiana after Wrigley loss
Wildcats break 10-game Big Ten losing streak with back-to-back wins 7-4, 9-6.
On Friday, the ‘Cats and Hoosiers faced off in the annual ‘Cats Classic, where Northwestern baseball is played at the iconic Wrigley Field. Indiana won handedly, 9-2 amidst some May snow, handing the Wildcats their tenth consecutive Big Ten loss. Northwestern had been swept by Purdue, Michigan and Minnesota the past three weekends and was watching its contention for the Big Ten Tournament slip through the cracks.
Late Friday night, the ‘Cats packed up and departed the Friendly Confines, headed back north to Evanston, desperate for answers and wins. They found a pair of each at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park. Game 2: Northwestern 7, Indiana 4 On Saturday, the Hoosiers jumped out the gate, scoring in the first and adding another two in the third off the sophomore Matt Kouser.
In the bottom half of the third inning, Ryan Kucherack unleashed a bases-clearing double, plating Jack Lausch, Owen Mcelfatrick and Nick Barron to even the score. Lausch then broke the tie in the fifth, launching a two-run homer to right, his team leading 11th of the year. Lausch for the lead!
💥 pic. twitter. com/ZDzz3C0wkJ — Northwestern Baseball (@NUCatsBaseball) May 2, 2026 After the third, Kouser found his golden tempo, tossing three shutout innings and only giving up one hit across 11 batters.
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