IU @ Minnesota, Game 1: Bothwell dominates the Gophers, 7-1.

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LHP Ty Bothwell is on the mound for IU with an ERA of 9.00 in 45.0 IP and a WHIP of 1.33 with an OBA of .162. After two straight good starts, he was hit hard against PSU in his last start. Stadler is behind the plate. Mathison, Pyne, and Mitchell are at the top of the order with Cerny, Taylor, and Brenczewski at the middle of the order, and Stadler, Oliver, and Sefcik (DH) at the bottom of the order.

Connor Foley is out for the series with an injury with no specifics given. That probably explains his poor outing against PSU last weekend.

For Minnesota (15-16, 3-6), RHP Will Semb is on the mound with an ERA of 8.49 in 41.1 IP and a WHIP of 1.72 with an OBA of .287.

It's 39 and mostly cloudy with the wind WNW at 7 mph with gusts to 11 mph.

1st inning:

T1st:

IU went down in order to include two Ks.

B1st:

Bothwell put them down in order.

End of 1st: IU 0 Gophers 0

 

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2nd inning:

T2nd:

Cerny Kd, Taylor walked on four pitches, and Brenczewski Kd for two outs.

Sadler singled to put runners on the corners, and Oliver Kd to retire the side. IU already had struck out five times in two innings to start the game.

B2nd:

Bothwell got a groundout to get the leadoff hitter. A single put a man on with one outs.

Bothwell got a K for the 2nd out. The runner on 1st stole 2nd. Bothwell got another K to end the inning.

End of 2nd: IU 0 Gophers 0

 

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3rd inning:

T3rd:

It's the 9 thru 2 hitters up with Sefcik leading off.

Sefcik singled to lead off and we are at the top of the order with Mathison up.

Mathison reached on a FC with Sefcik out at 2nd for the first out.

A ground-rule double by Pyne put runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out and Mitchell up.

A two-run double by Mitchell gave IU an early 2-0 lead with a runner on 2nd and one out.

Cerny reached on a FC with Mitchell out at 3rd and two outs. Taylor flied out to retire the side.

B3rd:

Bothwell faced the 8 thru 1 hitters. Bothwell got the leadoff hitter on a bunt pop up. He then walked the No. 9 hitter on a 3-1 count to put a runner on.

Bothwell then got a K and a FC to end the inning.

End of 3rd: IU 2 Gophers 0

 

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4th inning:

T4th:

It's the 5 thru 7 hitters up and Brenczewski doubled to lead off.

Stadler walked on a 3-1 count to put runners at 1st and 2nd and no outs.

Oliver SAC bunted the runners to 2nd and 3rd and one out and Sefcik up.

Sefcik Kd for the 2nd out and Mathison popped out on the infield and IU came up empty after having two on and no outs.

B4th:

Bothwell faced the 3 thru 5 hitters. Bothwell Kd the leadoff hitters for the first out. Bothwell then walked a batter on four pitches.

Bothwell got his 7th K of the game for two outs and the walk still at 1st. The runner at 1st stole 2nd, but Bothwell got another K to end the inning.

End of 4th: IU 2 Gophers 0

 

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5th inning:

T5th:

It was the 2 thru 4 hitters up with Pyne leading off. Pyne got his 2nd hit of the game with a single.

Mitchell reached on a FC with Pyne out at 2nd with Cerny up.

Mitchell stole 2nd and an error on the throw at 2nd sent him to 3rd with one out.

Cerny hit a SAC fly to score Mitchell with two outs. Mitchell hit a double to put a runner in scoring position with two outs. IU has four doubles on the game so far.

Brenczewski doubled in Taylor to give IU a 4-0 lead with two outs.

Stadler reached on an error in RF with Brenczewski scoring to make it 5-0 with the run unearned.

Oliver Kd to retire the side.

B5th:

It was the bottom of the order up and Bothwell got a flyout to retire the leadoff hitter.

Bothwell gave up a solo homer to the No. 8 hitter in Berkland and it was his first homer of the season. Bothwell has given up 12 homers on the season.

Bothwell then walked the No. 9 hitter on a full count with the top of the order up.

Bothwell then got his 9th K of the game for two outs and the walk still at 1st. Bothwell's 10th K ended the inning.

End of 5th: IU 5 Gophers 1

 

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6th inning:

T6th:

It was the 9 thru 2 hitters up with Sefcik leading off. Sefcik walked with the top of the order up in Mathison.

Mathison clubbed a two-run homer that just cleared the left center wall to make it 7-1 and that chased the Gopher starter.

The Gophers brought in RHP Tyler Hemmesch with an ERA of 2.70 in 16.2 IP.

Pyne grounded out for the first out. Mitchell flied out for the 2nd out. Cerny grounded out to retire the side.

B6th:

Bothwell was back out there with a PC of 72 and he faced the 3 thru 5 hitters.

Bothwell got the leadoff hitter on a flyout. Bothwell then got his 11th K for two outs. A flyout ended the inning.

End of 6th: IU 7 Gophers 1

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7th inning:

T7th:

It's the 5 thru 7 hitters up with Taylor leading off. Tayor popped up to RF for the first out.

Brenczewski grounded out for two outs. Stadler flied out as IU went down in order.

B7th:

Bothwell was back out there with his PC at 90 and he faced the 6 thru 8 hitters. Bothwell Kd the first two batters and his strikeout total is at 13.

Bothwell then walked the next batter on a full count and Bothwell was at 110 pitches in what would be his last inning. Buhr was warming up in the bullpen. A flyout ended the inning.

End of 7th: IU 7 Gophers 1

 

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8th inning:

T8th:

Oliver Kd to lead off. Sefcik who was 1 for 25 coming into the game got his 2nd hit of the game to put a runner on with one out.

Mathison popped out on the infield for the 2nd out.

Pyne singled to put runners on the corners with two outs and Mitchell up.

A groundout by Mitchell retired the side.

B8th:

It was RHP Jacob Vogel who replaced Bothwell and he had an ERA of 0.84 in 10.2 IP and he faced the top of the order.

Vogel walked the leadoff hitter on a 3-1 count. Vogel then got a K for the first out.

A flyout resulted in the 2nd out with the runner still at 1st. A FC end the inning.

End of 8th: IU 7 Gophers 1

 

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9th inning:

T9th:

It was the middle of the order up with Cerny leading off. Cerny Kd for the first out. Taylor walked on a full count.

Taylor took 2nd on a WP with one out. A flyout by Brenczewski moved Taylor to 3rd and two outs.

Stadler grounded out to retire the side.

B9th:

Vogel was back out there to close it out to face the 5 thru 7 hitters and he gave up a single to the leadoff hitter.

A pop out on the infield got the first out. Back-to-back Ks ended the game.

Final: IU 7 Minnesota 1

 

[82IU]

Anybody know when Tibbitts and Shephard might be back?
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Anybody know when Tibbitts and Shephard might be back?
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Good luck in finding out any specific information on injuries from this staff. We found out today that both Foley and Wiggins are out with some kind of injury with Wiggins getting hurt in batting practice, and naturally, they wouldn't say exactly what the problem was with them.

Iowa, just the other day, said that Brody Brecht was dealing with a slight oblique injury. Do you think a person would get information like that out of IU's staff? No way.

 

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We needed a strong start by Bothwell today with a doubleheader to be played tomorrow and with IU using just two pitchers, we will have a well rested bullpen for the DH. We found out the injury list had grown with Foley and Wiggins now on the injury list to join Tibbitts and Shepard, and no reason was given for their injury, at least I didn't hear anything.

We outhit the Gophers 11 to 3 and we were 11 for 37 for a team batting average of .297 and 5 of our 11 hits were doubles, while the Gophers were 3 of 30 for an average of .100 and their lone run was on a solo homer. We had three players with multiple hits,

Brenczewski - 2 for 5 with two doubles and 1 RBI.

Pyne - 3 for 5 with a double and a run scored.

Sefcik - 2 for 3 with a run scored.

Mathison - 1 for 5 with a two-run homer.

Mitchell - 1 for 5 with a double and 2 RBIs.

Taylor - 1 for 3 with a double and a run scored.

IU did not have an error while the Gophers had two errors.

Bothwell pitched a dominate game and should be in the running for the B1G Pitcher of the Week come Monday. Vogel had two good innings to close it out. With Foley out, we are going to need more starts like this out of Bothwell and he has had three good starts out of his last four starts. There were no WPs or hit batters by Bothwell and Vogel. They also combined for 16 strikeouts.

Bothwell - 7.0 IP, 2 hits to include a solo homer and one earned run, 13 Ks, and 4 BBs.

Vogel - 2.0 IP, 1 hit and no earned runs, 3 Ks, and 1 BB.

 

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Other scores around the B1G with all games final.

OSU 16 Michigan 1

Iowa 15 Rutgers 5

Maryland 11 Neb 2

MSU 11 PSU 5

Illinois 7 NW 1

Purdue 18 E. Tenn St. 7 (7 inn, 10-run rule)

 

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On the positive side, iubase.com posted that Foley didn't travel with the team due to tightness. He was taking the week off and he is expected to be available next weekend against Rutgers at The Bart.

 

[82IU]

That is a relief! Would be hard to make a push for post season without one of our best pitchers!
Go Hoosiers!
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[TomEric4756]

Let’s wear out the Gopher bullpen in the first game of today’s double header and sweep the Gophers.

 

[ekk]

Great game for bothwell. That was much needed for him and the team. Very happy for him!

 

[Im4iu89]

Great pitching performance, but against the worst team in the B10. Need to sweep Minny and get on a serious roll to have any chance at post season.

 

[Bucket Getter]

Watched the game replay late last night. Very nice to see Bothwell completely control a game. It's weird how he can be so dominant one game and so average (or below) the next. He's always had pretty electric stuff.

 

[TomEric4756]

Let’s wear out the Gopher bullpen in the first game of today’s double header and sweep the Gophers.

Apparently IU got worn out, but chased the nightcap starting pitcher in the top of the 1st after scoring 4 runs.

Win the split.