This game is on BTN. After a smooth 1st inning, Nathan Stahl got the first batter in the 2nd, but then lost complete control where he threw 12 of 13 pitches for balls to load the bases with one out. Mercer went to the bullpen to bring in Ryan Kraft who got the 2nd out on a K, but then gave up a GS homer to put IU in an early 4-0 hole. IU leads the B1G in walks by a wide margin. IU has one hit on the game and that was a single in the 1st. The bullpen is going to have to get us through this game.
In IU's 2nd, IU got off to a good start with a walk to Pyne and then an RBI double by Tibbetts as IU cuts into the lead at 4-1. This is the first run scored on a starting pitcher for NU this weekend. A walk to Mathison put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. After a flyout, Mathison got himself picked off 1st for the 2nd out. When you get yourself down 4-0 you can't afford to get yourself picked off of 1st. After the pickoff, Murrison walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd with two outs. A ground out ended the inning.