B1G Tournament - Ohio State game preview and weather forecast...

[ptrich]

Weather forecast: It's expected to be around 80 at game time (3 p.m. ET) and partly sunny with an 8 pct chance of rain and the wind out of the SSE at 16 mph. Wind gusts are expected to really pick up in the 4 and 5 p.m. hours with gusts to the low to mid 30s.

Starting pitchers:

RHP Connor Foley will be on the mound for IU:

Overall: ERA of 3.81 in 56.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.22 with an OBA of .152.
Conference season stats: ERA of 2.93 in 27.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.14 and an OBA of .138.

RHP Gavin DeVooght will be on the mound for OSU:

Overall: ERA of 4.22 in 42.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.41 with an OBA of .241.
Conference season stats: ERA of 5.79 in 28.1 IP and a WHIP of 1.50 with an OBA of .257.

Team stats:

Batting: Overall, IU was 5th in the B1G with a team average of .297, while OSU was 9th with an average of .283.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team average of .287, while OSU was 9th with an average of .281.

Pitching: Overall, IU was 9th in the B1G with a team ERA of 6.07, while OSU was 10th with an ERA of 6.10.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team ERA of 5.30, while OSU was 7th with an ERA of 5.93.

Fielding: Overall, IU had a fielding percentage of .965 with 66 errors in 54 games, while during the conference season they were .974 with 22 errors.
Overall, OSU had a fielding percentage of .973 with 52 errors in 53 games, while during the conference season they were .983 with 15 errors.

Baseball Notes to Know: Ohio State - Indiana University Athletics

OMAHA, Neb. - The Indiana Baseball team (31-22-1, 15-9 B1G), the tournament's No. 3 seed, will meet No. 7 Ohio State on Thursday (May 23) afternoon in the ...

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[TomEric4756]

From the OSU game notes:

Junior Group is the Key in Omaha
• Carter Mathison, Brock Tibbitts and Josh Pyne will play their 9th career Big Ten Tournament game on Thursday afternoon. In their careers, the trio has 583 hits, 79home runs, 442 RBIs and 145 doubles. Those three can be the key to a long run this week.

 

[Bucket Getter]

Weather forecast: It's expected to be around 80 at game time (3 p.m. ET) and partly sunny with an 8 pct chance of rain and the wind out of the SSE at 16 mph. Wind gusts are expected to really pick up in the 4 and 5 p.m. hours with gusts to the low to mid 30s.

Starting pitchers:

RHP Connor Foley will be on the mound for IU:

Overall: ERA of 3.81 in 56.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.22 with an OBA of .152.
Conference season stats: ERA of 2.93 in 27.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.14 and an OBA of .138.

RHP Gavin DeVooght will be on the mound for OSU:

Overall: ERA of 4.22 in 42.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.41 with an OBA of .241.
Conference season stats: ERA of 5.79 in 28.1 IP and a WHIP of 1.50 with an OBA of .257.

Team stats:

Batting: Overall, IU was 5th in the B1G with a team average of .297, while OSU was 9th with an average of .283.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team average of .287, while OSU was 9th with an average of .281.

Pitching: Overall, IU was 9th in the B1G with a team ERA of 6.07, while OSU was 10th with an ERA of 6.10.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team ERA of 5.30, while OSU was 7th with an ERA of 5.93.

Fielding: Overall, IU had a fielding percentage of .965 with 66 errors in 54 games, while during the conference season they were .974 with 22 errors.
Overall, OSU had a fielding percentage of .973 with 52 errors in 53 games, while during the conference season they were .983 with 15 errors.

Baseball Notes to Know: Ohio State - Indiana University Athletics

OMAHA, Neb. - The Indiana Baseball team (31-22-1, 15-9 B1G), the tournament's No. 3 seed, will meet No. 7 Ohio State on Thursday (May 23) afternoon in the ...

iuhoosiers.com

I guess I didn't realize our stats have been so much better in conference play. Is it because we played a lot better teams pre-con? Or did we actually improve as the season wore on? Either way (or a combination), it's pretty much across the board including fielding percentage. Glad to see it. The early part of our schedule kinda wore me out.

 

[Orford]

Anyone know if brenczeiwski (sp?) hurt as Wiggins is dh per IU baseball X post

 

[rcaulfie]

From the OSU game notes:

Junior Group is the Key in Omaha
• Carter Mathison, Brock Tibbitts and Josh Pyne will play their 9th career Big Ten Tournament game on Thursday afternoon. In their careers, the trio has 583 hits, 79home runs, 442 RBIs and 145 doubles. Those three can be the key to a long run this week.

That reminds me.....I haven't seen it talked about on here, but Mathison went through senior day. Does anyone know his situation? Is he graduating early, or planning on transferring? I can't imagine him getting drafted, batting below .250.

 

[ptrich]

Per D1Baseball:

• Indiana is creeping up our bubble ladder and is in the winner’s bracket at the Big Ten tourney along with Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan. Nebraska and Illinois are locks to make the NCAA tournament, so anyone but the Huskers or Illini winning the B1G tourney would mean someone from another conference is getting left out on Selection Monday.

Here are their bubble teams and where they rank with IU their first out:


61. Georgia Tech

62. Northeastern

63. Troy

64. James Madison

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65. Indiana

66. California

67. Xavier

68. Cincinnati

69. Louisville

70. St. John’s

71. Georgia Southern

72. Old Dominion