David Woods david.woods@indystar.com

BLOOMINGTON -- Indiana defeated Minnesota 7-3 Friday night, securing a second successive outright Big Ten baseball championship. The eighth-ranked Hoosiers (37-13, 20-3) will be No. 1 seeds when the conference tournament opens Wednesday at Omaha, Neb.

IU pitcher Christian Morris (5-3) didn’t allow an earned run in 5 1/3 innings. The Hoosiers seized a 4-1 lead with a three-run fourth inning, scoring the last two runs on a throwing error.

Big Ten batting leader Dustin DeMuth of Indiana was 2-for-4, raising his average to .383.

Indiana had clinched first earlier in the night, thanks to Illinois’ 5-1 victory at Nebraska (35-18, 16-6). The Hoosiers play their final regular-season game at 3 p.m. Saturday against Minnesota (27-21, 13-10).

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