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Hoosiers even the series
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana tied its series with Long Beach State with a 7-2 win on Saturday evening at Bart Kaufman Field, setting up a rubber match Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET.
The Hoosiers found themselves in a 2-0 hole after the opening inning, but scored a run in three of the next four frames to take a 3-2 lead and then added four runs in the bottom of the eighth to secure the victory and knot up the series at one game apiece.
IU retired 15 of Long Beach State's 16 final batters, allowing just one hit after the fourth inning. Starting LHP Kyle Hart earned the win (3-0) and RHP Scott Effross earned his first save of the season, as the two combined to allow just five total hits.
The Dirtbags got on the board in the first inning with a two-out two-run home run. Hart, Effross and the Hoosiers wouldn't allow another score the rest of the way for the opposition.
Sophomore Craig Dedelow, who matched a career high with four RBI to lead IU, gave the Hoosiers a boost with a solo home run in the second inning to pull the home team within one.
Indiana loaded the bases in the fourth inning, but only managed to tie the game at two on Dedelow's sacrifice fly.
Casey Rodrigue's RBI single gave Indiana the lead for good in the fifth, before the Hoosiers cashed in during the eighth inning to insure a win, scoring all of their final four runs with two outs in the stanza.
Senior Scott Donley matched Dedelow for the team lead with two hits, including an RBI single that put the Hoosiers ahead, 4-2. Dedelow doubled for the third time this series to bring in two more runs and Will Nolden's RBI single capped off IU's scoring for a 7-2 lead and final score.
SERIES FINALE
Indiana and Long Beach State wrap up their series on Sunday, May 10, at 1:05 p.m. ET. Gates to Bart Kaufman Field open at 11:05 a.m. ET.
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Sunday is our Think Pink Game! The Hoosiers will debut pink uniforms in support of breast cancer awareness and to honor Mother's Day.
GAME NOTES
••• Indiana improved to 27-20 overall and 18-10 in non-conference play.
••• Indiana is now 51-15 (.773) at Bart Kaufman Field since opening in 2013. The Hoosiers own a 16-2 record on Saturday games at the facility.
••• Saturday's contest marked just the fourth all-time meeting between the two schools. Long Beach State leads the series, 3-2.
••• Indiana has limited its error total to one or less 31 times this season.
••• Nick Ramos and Casey Rodrigue each extended their hit streaks to seven games, tied for IU's longest current spurt.
••• Senior 1B Scott Donley has a hit in 21 of the last 24 games and leads IU with 63. Donley notched his 69th career multi-hit game of his career and his 18th of the season.
••• Junior OF Craig Dedelow has reached base in 10 consecutive games for IU's longest current streak. Dedelow matched a career high with four RBI to lead Indiana. His 19 multi-hit games lead the Hoosiers.
••• Junior LHP Kyle Hart picked up his third win of the season, allowing just two runs on a home run and zero following the first inning. Hart's 93 pitches thrown were a season high.
••• Junior RHP Scott Effross earned his first save of the season and the 11th of his career, which ranks tied for sixth all-time at IU with Kevin Zaleski (1994-96).
••• Effross hasn't given up a run in his last six appearances (17.1 innings pitched) and just one in his last eight (20.2). Over the last eight games, Effross has allowed just 13 hits.
Go Hoosiers!
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