Hoosiers Tame Wildcats, 7-6; Sweep Series
Next Game:
at Minnesota
5/6/2016 - 7:30 P.M.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Two runs in the bottom of the seventh pushed Indiana Baseball (26-16, 11-4 Big Ten) to a 7-6, series-sweeping victory over the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday afternoon.
Senior
Evan Bell scattered five hits through 5.1 innings, picking up three strikeouts and allowing one run. Junior
Jake Kelzer picked up the win with a three-inning effort where he allowed just one hit.
Juniors
Alex Krupa and
Austin Cangelosi each provided two hits and an RBI, while freshman
Scotty Bradley drove in a pair of runs to lead the team. Freshman
Luke Miller and junior
Tony Butler also picked up RBIs in the contest.
Indiana looked to be in trouble in the top of the second as the first two Wildcats reached safely. After freshman catcher
Ryan Fineman went across the diamond for a 2-6-5 pickoff of the runner at second base, Bell buckled down and forced two outs, leaving two on base. Cangelosi took the first pitch he saw in the bottom half and placed it in the right field corner for a leadoff triple and scored on Miller's groundout to short stop.
With two outs in the bottom of the third, Bradley upped the Hoosiers' lead to 3-0 with a two-RBI single to right field, which scored junior
Craig Dedelow and sophomore
Logan Sowers, who both singled.
A one-out triple in the top half of the fifth turned into Northwestern's first run of the game, trimming its deficit to 3-1. The Wildcats looked to put themselves in good position again in the sixth with two on and one away. Junior
Thomas Belcher entered the game and struck out the first batter he saw before a walk loaded the bases. A pop out to senior
Brian Wilhite left the bases loaded.
Indiana used two runs in the home half of the sixth to take a 5-1 lead. Miller singled and stole two bases to move to third with one out. Butler's sacrifice bunt plated Miller and put Indiana back up by three runs. Krupa then scored Wilhite, who walked and bumped up to third base after a wild pitch.
Northwestern used three hits in the top of the seventh to put up five runs and take a 6-5 lead. Sophomore
Isaiah Pasteur's sacrifice bunt attempt in the bottom of the seventh resulted in a throwing error on Northwestern's catcher, which loaded the bases for the Hoosiers with no outs. Cangelosi pushed Indiana back ahead with a fielder's choice to the left side. A two-base throwing error resulted in two runs scoring on the play.
From there, Kelzer retired the final six batters he faced to secure the 7-6 victory for the Hoosiers.
Indiana is back in action next weekend as it travels to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers.
Game Notes: In the second inning,
Austin Cangelosi recorded his second triple of the season and fifth of his career… With a single in the third inning,
Scotty Bradley notched his fourth multi-RBI game of the season, the sixth most on the team…
Craig Dedelow's two hits marked the 15th time this season he's had a multi-hit game, a team-high…With one earned run allowed,
Evan Bell has now allowed three runs or less in 10 of his 11 starts this season… With 10 hits, this was the Hoosiers 17thdouble-digit game this season…Sunday marked the Hoosiers' 11th one-run win of the season…Indiana is 7-2 on Sundays.
Go Hoosiers!
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