Game Thread: Indiana vs. Northwestern

[Stu Jackson]

Indiana batting order, Game Two:

1. CF Logan Kaletha
2. 2b Matt Lloyd
3. RF Logan Sowers
4. C Ryan Fineman
5. 1b Scotty Bradley
6. LF Matt Gorski
7. DH Elijah Dunham
8. 3b Justin Walker
9. SS Jeremy Houston

 

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T1: Northwestern's Dunn singles to center. Erro flies out to center. During Claey's at-bat, Dunn advances to second on an error, then third on a failed pickoff attempt. Claeys' sac-fly RBI to right scores Dunn.

Northwestern 1, Indiana 0 with two outs.

 

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T1 continued: Bourbon walks. Kaplan strikes out swinging.

Northwestern leads 1-0 heading into B1

 

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B1:

HOME RUN: Kaletha goes yard to left center.

Indiana and Northwestern tied 1-1

 

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B1 continued: Lloyd strikes out swinging. Sowers fouls out to first. Fineman lines out to 3b.

End of 1st inning: Indiana and Northwestern tied at 1

 

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T2: Northwestern's Connor Lind strikes out swinging. Dickey strikes out swinging. Kyle Burnett Jr. strikes out looking.

Still tied 1-1 heading into B2

 

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B2: Bradley flies out to left. Gorski lines out to third. Dunham strikes out looking.

End of 2nd inning: Still tied 1-1

 

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T3: Pinch-hitting for Quinn Lavelle, Northwestern's Maxwell grounds out to shortstop. Dunn doubles down the left field line. Erro hits an RBI single up the middle.

Northwestern 2, Indiana 1

 

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Milto's up to 42 pitches.

 

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T3 continued: Northwestern's Claeys flies out to center. Bourbon lines out to second.

Northwestern leads 2-1 heading into B3.

 

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B3: Walker fouls out to left. Houston singles through the left side. Kaletha walks, advancing Houston to second. Houston advances to third, Kaletha to second on a wild pitch during Lloyd's at-bat.

Lloyd walks. Sowers strikes out swinging. Fineman strikes out swinging, leaving the bases loaded.

End of 3rd inning: Northwestern still leads 2-1.

A miss opportunity for Indiana that inning, for sure.

 

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T4: Northwestern's Kaplan pops out to shortstop. Lind strikes out looking. Dickey gets hit by pitch. During Burnett's at-bat, Dickey gets caught stealing at second.

Still 2-1 Northwestern heading into B4.

 

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B4: Bradley flies out to left. Gorski doubles to center. Dunham walks. Walker flies out to right. During Houston's at-bat, Gorski advances to third and Dunham to second on a wild pitch. Houston walks to load the bases.

Kaletha fouls out to the pitcher. Indiana again strands the bases loaded.

End of 4th inning: Still a 2-1 lead for Northwestern.

 

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T5: Pinch-hitting for Burnett, Northwestern's O'Laughlin strikes out swinging. Maxwell grounds out to first. Dunn grounds out to third.

Still 2-1 Northwestern heading into B5.

 

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B5: Lloyd grounds out to second. Sowers flied out to right. Fineman pops out to shortstop.

End of 5th inning: Still 2-1 Northwestern.

 

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T6: Northwestern's Erro walks. Claeys reaches first on a fielder's choice, Erro out at second. During Bourbon's at-bat, Claeys advances to second on a wild pitch. Bourbon grounds out to second, but advances Claeys to third. Kaplan grounds out to second.

Still 2-1 Northwestern heading into B6.

 

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B6: Bradley strikes out swinging. Gorski fouls out to first. Dunham strikes out looking.

End of 6th inning: Still 2-1 Northwestern.

 

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T7: Northwestern's Lind grounds out to third. Dickey flies out to right. O'Laughlin grounds out to second.

Still 2-1 Northwestern heading into B7.

 

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Pitching change for Northwestern: Senior righty Tommy Bordignon replaces Christie.

Christie's unofficial line: 6 K, 4 BB, 1 ER, 1 R, 3 H in 6.0 innings pitched.

 

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B7: Walker strikes out swinging. Houston grounds out to first. Kaletha singles through the right side. Lloyd walks. Sowers struck out looking, though it was much contested by Sowers and Lemonis.

End of 7th inning: Still 2-1 Northwestern.

 

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That should've been Ball Four for Sowers. Terrible.

 

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Pitching change for Indiana: Sophomore righty Cal Krueger replaces Milto.

Milto's unofficial line: 6 K, 2 BB, 1 ER, 2 R, 3 H in 7 innings pitched. Threw 53 of 87 pitches for strikes.

 

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T8: Northwestern's Maxwell strikes out looking. Dunn singles to right center. Erro strikes out looking, but Dunn steals second. Claeys hits an RBI double off the left field wall, scoring Dunn.

Northwestern 3, Indiana 1 with two outs

 

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T8 continued: Northwestern's Bourbon grounds out to shortstop.

Northwestern leads 3-1 heading into B8

 

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Pitching change for Northwestern: Junior righty Josh Levy replaces Bordignon.

Bordignon's unofficial line: 2 K, 1 BB, 0 ER, 0 R, 1 H in 1.0 innings pitched.

 

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B8: Fineman fouls out to the pitcher. Bradley doubles to right center. Gorski walks. Eustace comes in to pinch-run for Bradley at second.

Pitching change for Northwestern: Senior lefty Richard Fordon now on the mound.

Pinch-hitting for Dunham, Sam Crail strikes out swinging. Pinch-hitting for Walker, Drew Ashley walks to load the bases.

Houston hits a 2-RBI single through the right side.

Tie game, 3-3, with two outs.

 

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B8 continued: During Kaletha's at-bat, Houston steals second. Kaletha hits a 2-RBI single through the right side, advances to second.

Indiana leads 5-3, two outs.

 

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B8 continued: Kaletha steals third. Lloyd hits an RBI single to the pitcher, scoring Kaletha.

Indiana leads 6-3, two outs.

 

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B8 continued: Sowers flies out to right.

End of 8th inning: Indiana leads 6-3.

What a rally by the Hoosiers.

 

[Stu Jackson]

T9: Northwestern's Kaplan grounds out to shortstop. Lind singles up the middle. Dickey singles through the left side, advancing Lind to second. O'Laughlin strikes out swinging. During Maxwell's at-bat, Lind advances to third and Dickey second on a passed ball. Maxwell walks to load the bases.

Dunn strikes out swinging with the bases loaded.

FINAL: IU defeats Northwestern 6-3 in game two of Friday's double-header. Hoosiers move to 25-6 overall and 5-2 in Big Ten play.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Hoosiers are 25-6, 5-2 in Big Ten

 

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