If you are attending the game, bring your rain gear. Omaha is under a flood watch for Tuesday with thunderstorms forecasted. Here's the weather forecast for game time at 11 a.m. ET.
It's forecasted to be 71 and thunderstorms for the 11 a.m. (ET) hour through the 12 p.m. (ET) hour with a flood watch for much of the day and with it tapering off around 6 p.m. ET. The wind at game time is expected to out of the SSW at 15-16 mph, and the wind is expected to build up as the day goes by, reaching the low 20 mph range in the late afternoon. Rain is supposed to be pretty much out of the area by the evening hours but the wind is expected to build up as the evening hours progress and could be around 33 mph around the 10 p.m. ET hour.
Starting pitchers:
It will be a couple of lefties going for each team. LHP Jordan Morales beat IU in Game 1 of their regular season series and he went 6.2 IP with six hits and two earned runs. LHP Ty Bothwell entered Game 2 of that series after the 4th in relief of Foley and he got the win while going 5.0 IP to end the game with five hits and no earned runs. Here are their season numbers:
LHP Jordan Morales: Overall: ERA of 4.26 in 80.1 IP and a WHIP of 1.41 with an OBA of .284. Conference season stats: ERA of 3.37 in 50.2 IP with a WHIP of 1.26 and an OBA of .249.
LHP Ty Bothwell: Overall: ERA of 5.02 in 71.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.31 with an OBA of .254.
Conference season stats: ERA of 5.63 in 40.0 IP with a WHIP of 1.42 and an OBA .263.
Team Stats:
Batting:
Overall: IU was 5th in the B1G with a team average of .295, while Purdue was 8th with a team average of .291.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team average of .287, while Purdue was 7th with a team average of .282.
Pitching:
Overall: IU was 9th in the B1G with a team ERA of 6.07, while Purdue was 2nd with a team ERA of 5.06.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team ERA of 5.30, while Purdue was 3rd with a team ERA of 5.13.
Fielding:
Overall, IU's fielding percentage was .964 with 66 errors in 53 games, while their conference only percentage was .974 with 22 errors in 24 games.
Overall, Purdue's fielding percentage was .975 with 51 errors in 55 games, while their conference only percentage was .979 with 19 errors in 24 games.
Carl James of iubase.com had an extremely interesting pre-tourney analysis at their iubase X account and here's a link to it if you haven't seen it.
iubase.com
Here's the IU site preview of the tourney:
iuhoosiers.com
It's forecasted to be 71 and thunderstorms for the 11 a.m. (ET) hour through the 12 p.m. (ET) hour with a flood watch for much of the day and with it tapering off around 6 p.m. ET. The wind at game time is expected to out of the SSW at 15-16 mph, and the wind is expected to build up as the day goes by, reaching the low 20 mph range in the late afternoon. Rain is supposed to be pretty much out of the area by the evening hours but the wind is expected to build up as the evening hours progress and could be around 33 mph around the 10 p.m. ET hour.
Starting pitchers:
It will be a couple of lefties going for each team. LHP Jordan Morales beat IU in Game 1 of their regular season series and he went 6.2 IP with six hits and two earned runs. LHP Ty Bothwell entered Game 2 of that series after the 4th in relief of Foley and he got the win while going 5.0 IP to end the game with five hits and no earned runs. Here are their season numbers:
LHP Jordan Morales: Overall: ERA of 4.26 in 80.1 IP and a WHIP of 1.41 with an OBA of .284. Conference season stats: ERA of 3.37 in 50.2 IP with a WHIP of 1.26 and an OBA of .249.
LHP Ty Bothwell: Overall: ERA of 5.02 in 71.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.31 with an OBA of .254.
Conference season stats: ERA of 5.63 in 40.0 IP with a WHIP of 1.42 and an OBA .263.
Team Stats:
Batting:
Overall: IU was 5th in the B1G with a team average of .295, while Purdue was 8th with a team average of .291.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team average of .287, while Purdue was 7th with a team average of .282.
Pitching:
Overall: IU was 9th in the B1G with a team ERA of 6.07, while Purdue was 2nd with a team ERA of 5.06.
Conference season stats: IU was 4th with a team ERA of 5.30, while Purdue was 3rd with a team ERA of 5.13.
Fielding:
Overall, IU's fielding percentage was .964 with 66 errors in 53 games, while their conference only percentage was .974 with 22 errors in 24 games.
Overall, Purdue's fielding percentage was .975 with 51 errors in 55 games, while their conference only percentage was .979 with 19 errors in 24 games.
Carl James of iubase.com had an extremely interesting pre-tourney analysis at their iubase X account and here's a link to it if you haven't seen it.
Resume Analysis pre-B1G Tourney – iubase.com
iubase.com
Here's the IU site preview of the tourney:
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