Hoosiers Travel to Indiana State for Midweek Contest

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Indiana vs. Indiana State | April 10 | Terre Haute, Ind. | Bob Warn Field
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• Indiana travels to Terre Haute on Tuesday for a midweek contest with Indiana State at 6 p.m. This will be the second matchup between the two squads this season, as the Sycamores took the first contest by a score of 7-3 on March 29 in Bloomington.

• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (326) and conference wins (139). The Hoosiers have made four NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.

• Offensively, Indiana is first in the Big Ten in home runs (35), third in total bases (457), fourth in slugging percentage (.421), hits (286) and RBI (164), tied for fourth in triples (7), fifth in doubles (52) and sixth in runs (174).

• The Hoosiers are the only team in the conference to have three players rank in the top 10 in home runs (Dedelow - 8, Lloyd - 7, Miller - 6).

• Sophomore infielder Luke Miller has reached base in 22-straight games and is tied for fifth in the Big Ten in runs (26), tied for eighth in home runs (6) and total bases (6), and is 11th in slugging percentage (.526).

• In conference games only, the Muncie, Ind., native is tied for first in doubles (4), fourth in runs (11) and total bases (24), and tied for sixth in hits (14).

• Senior Craig Dedelow is fourth in the Big Ten in home runs (8), fifth in total bases (65), tied for 11th in RBI (22) and is 15th in slugging percentage (.508). In league games only, he is tied for seventh in RBI (8) and tied for eight in total bases (18).

• Senior Alex Krupa is 14th in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.510). In conference games only, he is tied for second in stolen bases (4) and walks (7), tied for seventh in runs (8).

• Sophomore Matt Lloyd is tied for fifth in the Big Ten in home runs (7) and tied for 11th in RBI (22). In conference games only, he is first in slugging percentage (.895), hits (16), home runs (5) and total bases (34), second in RBI (13), tied for seventh in runs (8), tied for eighth in doubles (3), ninth in batting average (.421) and 13th in on base percentage (.463).

• Lloyd was named the National Player of the Week by Perfect Game, National Hitter of the Week by NCBWA, and one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week on March 26, while also earning B1G Player of the Week after the series sweep at Northwestern.

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Go Hoosiers!

 

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IU looks to avenge March loss against Indiana State
by Taylor Lehman

IU baseball enters its mid-week matchup against Indiana State on Tuesday night in Terre Haute, Indiana, with an opportunity to bounce back from a tough stretch where the Hoosiers went 2-5-1.

IU was nearly swept by Nebraska and Purdue the past two weekends, but saved itself by tying and winning the respective series finales. The Hoosiers’ current slide began with a 7-3 loss to the Sycamores in Bloomington on March 29.

Before beating Purdue 14-9 Sunday, IU had been struggling to score. IU scored no more than five runs in any of its previous seven games and put up a total of just five against Nebraska in a three-game series.

But the Purdue game featured an offensive outburst for IU. All but three Hoosiers in the starting lineup recorded RBI, and all but one recorded at least one hit. Four home runs and a double added to the gaudy numbers the 
Hoosiers produced.

In the previous matchup against IU, Indiana State junior pitcher Ethan Larrison and senior pitcher Ryan Keaffaber combined for 7.1 innings pitched and allowed four hits, and one run. IU only had three hits through seven innings, and the bats hadn’t rebounded until Sunday.

On the mound, pitching hasn’t been an issue for the Hoosiers. The games have been close since the last Indiana State game, with the run differential just 42-33 in favor of IU’s opponents.

In the last mid-week matchup against Ball State last Tuesday, sophomore pitcher Tim Herrin pitched four innings while allowing four hits and one run in an IU win.

First pitch is set for 6 p.m., and IU will try to put together another complete game to defeat Indiana State on its diamond, just like the Sycamores did to the Hoosiers two 
weeks ago.

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/04/iu-looks-to-avenge-mid-week-loss-against-indiana-state

Go Hoosiers!

 

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Considering our start to the season, the remaining midweek games are almost as important as conference games when it comes to consideration for post season play. We need to win those games. We have three straight conference series coming up against Minnesota, Michigan and Maryland that will either make or break our season. Also, I take issue with the paragraph in that last article from the IDS concerning the pitching. A very inconsistent and unpredictable bullpen is an issue, and we should be concerned about it.