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Donley Double Keeps Indiana Alive
Hoosiers score three in eighth inning on Scott Donley's double to advance in B1G Tournament
MINNEAPOLIS -- Indiana eliminated Ohio State and stayed alive in the 2015 Big Ten Tournament with a 5-3 win Thursday morning at Target Field.
Indiana loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs already on the board and Scott Donley cleared them all with a game-winning 3-RBI double to left center to give the Hoosiers a 5-2 lead.
The win advances the Hoosiers to Friday's elimination game at 4:30 p.m. ET against the loser of No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan. The Hawkeyes and Wolverines face off Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.
OSU tallied a lead-off solo home run in the top of the ninth, but IU's all-time saves leader Ryan Halstead retired the next three batters and earned his 10th of the season, keeping IU in Minneapolis for another day.
IU scored solo runs in back-to-back innings and held Ohio State scoreless in the first six innings, thanks to LHP Kyle Hart, who gave up six hits, but kept OSU from taking advantage.
After stranding four Buckeyes on base in the first two innings, Brad Hartong put Indiana on the board in the fourth with a lead-off solo home run to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead.
Austin Cangelosi scored in the next inning to put IU ahead 2-0 after reaching on a lead-off walk, advancing to second on Will Nolden's sacrifice bunt and scoring on Brian Wilhite's RBI single.
RHP Scott Effross, who earned his fourth win of the year (4-4), entered the game with a 2-0 lead in the seventh.
Ohio State evened the score, 2-2, in the top of the seventh frame with a ground out RBI and a two-out RBI single, but Effross wouldn't allow any more damage, sitting down four straight Buckeyes after the tying hit.
UP NEXT
Indiana plays the loser of No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan on Friday, May 22, at 4:30 p.m. ET. Iowa and Michigan play Thursday at 6 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network).
For more on the 2015 Big Ten Tournament, click here.
GAME NOTES
••• Indiana stayed alive in the Big Ten Tournament, advancing to Friday's game vs. the loser of No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan. A loss would send IU home, while a win would set up a Saturday game at 10 a.m. ET.
••• IU is 24-17 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament and 4-3 when facing Ohio State, winning four consecutive postseason games vs. the Buckeyes. The Hoosiers have won six of their last seven Big Ten Tournament games dating back to 2013.
••• Indiana is 10-2 in the month of May in 2015 and 34-9 since 2013. IU has won 27 of its last 30 games in the month.
••• With the win, the Hoosiers have avoided consecutive losses since April 28-29, a span of 12 contests.
••• Indiana is 23-8 when scoring first and has won seven straight games in such situations.
••• Junior LHP Kyle Hart started for the seventh time in 2015, with the Hoosiers improving to 5-0 vs. OSU in Hart's career when the junior starts against the Buckeyes.
••• Hart tossed a season-high 6.0 innings for the second consecutive appearance, giving up six hits but shutting out the Buckeyes. Hart has given up 12 hits in two starts vs. OSU this season, allowing just one unearned run.
••• Junior RHP Scott Effross gave up more than one run for just the fourth time this season and for the first time since April 5. Coming into today's game, Effross had given up just one run in his last 10 appearances (20.0 IP) and zero in his previous eight showings (17.2 IP).
••• Senior RHP Ryan Halstead extended his all-time Indiana career records in appearances (103) and saves (33). Halstead's 10 saves in 2015 are one shy of his own single-season IU record of 11 in 2013.
••• Senior OF Scott Donley's 10th double of the year was cashed in for a season-high three RBI, giving IU a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth. Donley has a hit in 10 of the last 13 games.
••• Senior C Brad Hartong owns multi-hit games in six of last seven and 12 of last 19 games, maintaining IU's longest current hit streak at eight games. Hartong led IU on Thursday with two hits, including his second home run of the season and fifth of his career that gave IU a 1-0 lead in the fourth.
••• Junior 3B Brian Wilhite has recorded a hit in five of the last six games and four of his 10 runs batted in this season have come against Ohio State, including a fifth-inning RBI single today to put the Hoosiers ahead, 2-0.
••• Sophomore 1B Austin Cangelosi has a hit in seven of his last 10 appearances.
••• Senior 2B Casey Rodrigue has registered a hit in 21 of his last 27 contests.
Go Hoosiers!
Boxscore access in link:
http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052115aaa.html
Hoosiers score three in eighth inning on Scott Donley's double to advance in B1G Tournament
MINNEAPOLIS -- Indiana eliminated Ohio State and stayed alive in the 2015 Big Ten Tournament with a 5-3 win Thursday morning at Target Field.
Indiana loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs already on the board and Scott Donley cleared them all with a game-winning 3-RBI double to left center to give the Hoosiers a 5-2 lead.
The win advances the Hoosiers to Friday's elimination game at 4:30 p.m. ET against the loser of No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan. The Hawkeyes and Wolverines face off Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.
OSU tallied a lead-off solo home run in the top of the ninth, but IU's all-time saves leader Ryan Halstead retired the next three batters and earned his 10th of the season, keeping IU in Minneapolis for another day.
IU scored solo runs in back-to-back innings and held Ohio State scoreless in the first six innings, thanks to LHP Kyle Hart, who gave up six hits, but kept OSU from taking advantage.
After stranding four Buckeyes on base in the first two innings, Brad Hartong put Indiana on the board in the fourth with a lead-off solo home run to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead.
Austin Cangelosi scored in the next inning to put IU ahead 2-0 after reaching on a lead-off walk, advancing to second on Will Nolden's sacrifice bunt and scoring on Brian Wilhite's RBI single.
RHP Scott Effross, who earned his fourth win of the year (4-4), entered the game with a 2-0 lead in the seventh.
Ohio State evened the score, 2-2, in the top of the seventh frame with a ground out RBI and a two-out RBI single, but Effross wouldn't allow any more damage, sitting down four straight Buckeyes after the tying hit.
UP NEXT
Indiana plays the loser of No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan on Friday, May 22, at 4:30 p.m. ET. Iowa and Michigan play Thursday at 6 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network).
For more on the 2015 Big Ten Tournament, click here.
GAME NOTES
••• Indiana stayed alive in the Big Ten Tournament, advancing to Friday's game vs. the loser of No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan. A loss would send IU home, while a win would set up a Saturday game at 10 a.m. ET.
••• IU is 24-17 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament and 4-3 when facing Ohio State, winning four consecutive postseason games vs. the Buckeyes. The Hoosiers have won six of their last seven Big Ten Tournament games dating back to 2013.
••• Indiana is 10-2 in the month of May in 2015 and 34-9 since 2013. IU has won 27 of its last 30 games in the month.
••• With the win, the Hoosiers have avoided consecutive losses since April 28-29, a span of 12 contests.
••• Indiana is 23-8 when scoring first and has won seven straight games in such situations.
••• Junior LHP Kyle Hart started for the seventh time in 2015, with the Hoosiers improving to 5-0 vs. OSU in Hart's career when the junior starts against the Buckeyes.
••• Hart tossed a season-high 6.0 innings for the second consecutive appearance, giving up six hits but shutting out the Buckeyes. Hart has given up 12 hits in two starts vs. OSU this season, allowing just one unearned run.
••• Junior RHP Scott Effross gave up more than one run for just the fourth time this season and for the first time since April 5. Coming into today's game, Effross had given up just one run in his last 10 appearances (20.0 IP) and zero in his previous eight showings (17.2 IP).
••• Senior RHP Ryan Halstead extended his all-time Indiana career records in appearances (103) and saves (33). Halstead's 10 saves in 2015 are one shy of his own single-season IU record of 11 in 2013.
••• Senior OF Scott Donley's 10th double of the year was cashed in for a season-high three RBI, giving IU a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth. Donley has a hit in 10 of the last 13 games.
••• Senior C Brad Hartong owns multi-hit games in six of last seven and 12 of last 19 games, maintaining IU's longest current hit streak at eight games. Hartong led IU on Thursday with two hits, including his second home run of the season and fifth of his career that gave IU a 1-0 lead in the fourth.
••• Junior 3B Brian Wilhite has recorded a hit in five of the last six games and four of his 10 runs batted in this season have come against Ohio State, including a fifth-inning RBI single today to put the Hoosiers ahead, 2-0.
••• Sophomore 1B Austin Cangelosi has a hit in seven of his last 10 appearances.
••• Senior 2B Casey Rodrigue has registered a hit in 21 of his last 27 contests.
Go Hoosiers!
Boxscore access in link:
http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052115aaa.html
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