Ball Sate Game (links): Final (10th inning), IU wins 4-3
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Lloyd relieved Herrin in the 9th to close out the game, but surrendered a single and a RBI double.
Fineman singles after 1 out; K; Krupa singles and we have Fineman in scoring position (Stratten PR for Fineman); GO ends the inning. We have free baseball! GBR!
After 9
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BS 3 6 0
IU 3 9 0
Go Hoosiers!
Fineman singles after 1 out; K; Krupa singles and we have Fineman in scoring position (Stratten PR for Fineman); GO ends the inning. We have free baseball! GBR!
After 9
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BS 3 6 0
IU 3 9 0
Go Hoosiers!
BSU goes 1, 2, 3.
After 2 outs, Eustace is HP; he steals 2nd; Sowers is intentionally walked; Gorski singles in the winning run. Yeah!!!
Final
--- R H E
BS 3 6 0
IU 4 10 0
Go Hoosiers!
After 2 outs, Eustace is HP; he steals 2nd; Sowers is intentionally walked; Gorski singles in the winning run. Yeah!!!
Final
--- R H E
BS 3 6 0
IU 4 10 0
Go Hoosiers!
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Gorski's Walk-Off RBI Single Gives IU 4-3 Victory over BSU
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Indiana Baseball (22-16-2) walked off on the Ball State Cardinals, 4-3, on Tuesday night from Victory Field in Indianapolis in 10 innings.
Freshman Matt Gorski delivered the game-winning RBI with two outs in the 10th. He finished the night with two hits and an RBI. Three other Hoosiers found themselves with two-hit nights, as seniors Alex Krupa, Tony Butler and sophomore Ryan Fineman all had multi-hit nights. Butler chipped in an RBI, as did freshman Jeremy Houston. Junior Logan Sowers scored twice in the effort.
Freshman Cal Krueger worked the first three innings and mixed two runs with three hits and three strikeouts. Juniors Kade Kryzsko, B.J. Sabol and sophomore Tim Herrin combined for six innings of relief and held the Cardinals to just one hit during that time. Sophomore Matt Llyod (3-1) picked up the win.
Two-straight singles opened the second for the Hoosiers. Sowers led off with a single up the middle, while Gorski followed with a base-hit back to the pitcher. After a groundout advanced both runners, a balk on Ball State's Kevin Marnon granted Sowers to touch home and put Indiana up, 1-0.
Ball State responded with two runs in the top of the third to take a 2-1 lead.
The Cardinals remained in the lead until the bottom of the seventh when Indiana served up both the tying and go-ahead run. Sowers walked and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Fineman's infield single pushed Sowers up to third, while Houston scored Sowers on a single. Krupa then set up Butler for an RBI single to left field, which scored Houston and gave Indiana a 3-2 lead.
Ball State set itself up well in the eighth inning with the first two Cardinals reaching base with walks. Herrin then retired the next three with strikeouts. A one out run for Ball State in the ninth tied the game, 3-3.
Indiana tried to end the game in nine innings when Fineman and Krupa each singled, but the Hoosiers would come up empty.
Ball State picked up two quick outs in the 10th frame before the Hoosiers mixed small ball along with some two-out magic to produce the game-winner. Junior pinch hitter Laren Eustace was plunked and stole second base before Ball State decided to intentionally walk Sowers to put two on. Gorski then delivered the game-winning RBI single to the outfield to bring Eustace around from second and give the Hoosiers the 4-3 victory
Indiana hosts the 15th-ranked Maryland Terrapins for three games from Bart Kaufman Field beginning this Friday at 6:05 p.m.
Boxscore within:
http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/4/2...gle-gives-iu-4-3-victory-over-ball-state.aspx
Go Hoosiers!
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Indiana Baseball (22-16-2) walked off on the Ball State Cardinals, 4-3, on Tuesday night from Victory Field in Indianapolis in 10 innings.
Freshman Matt Gorski delivered the game-winning RBI with two outs in the 10th. He finished the night with two hits and an RBI. Three other Hoosiers found themselves with two-hit nights, as seniors Alex Krupa, Tony Butler and sophomore Ryan Fineman all had multi-hit nights. Butler chipped in an RBI, as did freshman Jeremy Houston. Junior Logan Sowers scored twice in the effort.
Freshman Cal Krueger worked the first three innings and mixed two runs with three hits and three strikeouts. Juniors Kade Kryzsko, B.J. Sabol and sophomore Tim Herrin combined for six innings of relief and held the Cardinals to just one hit during that time. Sophomore Matt Llyod (3-1) picked up the win.
Two-straight singles opened the second for the Hoosiers. Sowers led off with a single up the middle, while Gorski followed with a base-hit back to the pitcher. After a groundout advanced both runners, a balk on Ball State's Kevin Marnon granted Sowers to touch home and put Indiana up, 1-0.
Ball State responded with two runs in the top of the third to take a 2-1 lead.
The Cardinals remained in the lead until the bottom of the seventh when Indiana served up both the tying and go-ahead run. Sowers walked and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Fineman's infield single pushed Sowers up to third, while Houston scored Sowers on a single. Krupa then set up Butler for an RBI single to left field, which scored Houston and gave Indiana a 3-2 lead.
Ball State set itself up well in the eighth inning with the first two Cardinals reaching base with walks. Herrin then retired the next three with strikeouts. A one out run for Ball State in the ninth tied the game, 3-3.
Indiana tried to end the game in nine innings when Fineman and Krupa each singled, but the Hoosiers would come up empty.
Ball State picked up two quick outs in the 10th frame before the Hoosiers mixed small ball along with some two-out magic to produce the game-winner. Junior pinch hitter Laren Eustace was plunked and stole second base before Ball State decided to intentionally walk Sowers to put two on. Gorski then delivered the game-winning RBI single to the outfield to bring Eustace around from second and give the Hoosiers the 4-3 victory
Indiana hosts the 15th-ranked Maryland Terrapins for three games from Bart Kaufman Field beginning this Friday at 6:05 p.m.
Boxscore within:
http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/4/2...gle-gives-iu-4-3-victory-over-ball-state.aspx
Go Hoosiers!
IU uses 10th inning to squeak out a win in Indianapolis
by Taylor Lehman
Junior outfielder Laren Eustace didn’t enter IU’s matchup with Ball State on Tuesday night until the ninth inning. After IU took the lead on a Tony Butler RBI single in the seventh inning, the Hoosiers shifted to defense at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
IU Coach Chris Lemonis replaced senior Craig Dedelow — IU’s most productive hitter and center fielder — for the speedy Eustace in order to cover an outfield that spanned far more ground than IU’s Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington.
Speed would decide the game in extra innings.
After sophomore closer Matt Lloyd blew the save in the top of the ninth inning on a double laced down the first-base line, the Hoosiers and the Cardinals went into extra innings tied 3-3.
With one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Eustace was grazed by a pitch and sent to first base.
When sophomore pitcher TJ Baker lifted his foot off the rubber on the first pitch to junior outfielder Logan Sowers though, Eustace was off and looked too slow to beat Ball State catcher Griffin Hulecki’s throw, but a strategic slide caused Cardinal junior shortstop Seth Freed to miss the tag.
“Laren is one of the fastest kids in the country,” Lemonis said. “It’s the hardest time to steal a base when everyone is watching.”
The crowd booed, and Ball State Coach Rich Maloney found himself in heated discussions with the umpire crew for the second consecutive play after Eustace’s hit-by-pitch.
Once Eustace was at second, Ball State intentionally walked Sowers to put runners on first and second and bring the less-dangerous freshman first baseman Matt Gorski to the plate. While riding a seven-game hitting streak, Gorski has still not been as big of a threat with the bat as Sowers, who has hit .305 in Big Ten play this season.
Lemonis approached Gorski before the freshman stepped into the box and said he told the first baseman that he didn’t want him to fall behind in the count in a pivotal at-bat with one out in extra innings.
Gorski took a ball. Then a strike.
“I knew a curveball was coming,” Gorski said because IU had seen a steady dose of Baker’s curveball in his 3.1 innings pitched. “I was doing my best to hit it back to him.”
Expecting the curveball and not wanting to fall behind in the count, Gorski saw a curve coming in, pulled his hands into his chest and pushed the ball into right field toward the charging Ball State outfielder Jeff Riedel.
Eustace sprinted around third base and headed home in an attempt to win the game. The junior peeked toward right field and saw Riedel had bobbled the ball. It bounced off of his glove, and Riedel immediately looked toward the sky in agony.
Eustace charged toward the plate, jumped with his hands in the air and scored the winning run as the Hoosiers charged for Gorski at first base in celebration.
http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/04/iu-uses-10th-inning-to-squeak-out-a-win-in-indianapolis
Go Hoosiers!
by Taylor Lehman
Junior outfielder Laren Eustace didn’t enter IU’s matchup with Ball State on Tuesday night until the ninth inning. After IU took the lead on a Tony Butler RBI single in the seventh inning, the Hoosiers shifted to defense at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
IU Coach Chris Lemonis replaced senior Craig Dedelow — IU’s most productive hitter and center fielder — for the speedy Eustace in order to cover an outfield that spanned far more ground than IU’s Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington.
Speed would decide the game in extra innings.
After sophomore closer Matt Lloyd blew the save in the top of the ninth inning on a double laced down the first-base line, the Hoosiers and the Cardinals went into extra innings tied 3-3.
With one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Eustace was grazed by a pitch and sent to first base.
When sophomore pitcher TJ Baker lifted his foot off the rubber on the first pitch to junior outfielder Logan Sowers though, Eustace was off and looked too slow to beat Ball State catcher Griffin Hulecki’s throw, but a strategic slide caused Cardinal junior shortstop Seth Freed to miss the tag.
“Laren is one of the fastest kids in the country,” Lemonis said. “It’s the hardest time to steal a base when everyone is watching.”
The crowd booed, and Ball State Coach Rich Maloney found himself in heated discussions with the umpire crew for the second consecutive play after Eustace’s hit-by-pitch.
Once Eustace was at second, Ball State intentionally walked Sowers to put runners on first and second and bring the less-dangerous freshman first baseman Matt Gorski to the plate. While riding a seven-game hitting streak, Gorski has still not been as big of a threat with the bat as Sowers, who has hit .305 in Big Ten play this season.
Lemonis approached Gorski before the freshman stepped into the box and said he told the first baseman that he didn’t want him to fall behind in the count in a pivotal at-bat with one out in extra innings.
Gorski took a ball. Then a strike.
“I knew a curveball was coming,” Gorski said because IU had seen a steady dose of Baker’s curveball in his 3.1 innings pitched. “I was doing my best to hit it back to him.”
Expecting the curveball and not wanting to fall behind in the count, Gorski saw a curve coming in, pulled his hands into his chest and pushed the ball into right field toward the charging Ball State outfielder Jeff Riedel.
Eustace sprinted around third base and headed home in an attempt to win the game. The junior peeked toward right field and saw Riedel had bobbled the ball. It bounced off of his glove, and Riedel immediately looked toward the sky in agony.
Eustace charged toward the plate, jumped with his hands in the air and scored the winning run as the Hoosiers charged for Gorski at first base in celebration.
http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/04/iu-uses-10th-inning-to-squeak-out-a-win-in-indianapolis
Go Hoosiers!
IU's site is all messed up. The first thing I checked this morning was the schedule - and it had us losing. I'm glad it was messed up though! And then the recap has some Ball State players' name and stats on the right, but pictures of IU players. Strange....
