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Illinois baseball faced a setback as they were defeated by Michigan with a score of 4-2 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. This loss marks the end of Illinois' journey in the 2024 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament Presented by IFS.ai.

Payton Hutchings started on the mound for Illinois, allowing two runs on three hits over 4.1 innings and striking out two batters. Regan Hall provided relief, pitching four innings, giving up one run on four hits, and striking out three without issuing any walks.

Offensively, Camden Janik contributed with a triple and an RBI while Drake Westcott added an RBI single. Connor Milton walked twice and scored once during the game.

Michigan established a lead by scoring in the third, fifth, eighth, and ninth innings to make it 4-0. Illinois attempted a comeback in the ninth inning when Janik tripled home Milton followed by Westcott's RBI single. However, their efforts fell short as they couldn't bring in more runs.

Looking ahead, Michigan will now focus on the NCAA Tournament with their postseason future to be revealed on Monday, May 27 at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN 2.

Notable performances included Camden Janik reaching base safely in his last 32 games and Drake Westcott maintaining a hitting streak over four games. Despite this defeat ending Cal Hejza's impressive 37-game on-base streak, Payton Hutchings matched his longest outing of the season while Regan Hall continued his strong performance from recent games.

The game saw Illinois pitchers face off against 40 Michigan hitters resulting in six strikeouts alongside ten ground balls and ten fly balls allowed.

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