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Indiana Closes Out Regular Season with Louisville on BTN

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Indiana Closes Out Regular Season Home Slate with No. 2 Louisville

Indiana vs. No. 2 Louisville | May 16 | Bloomington, Ind. | Bart Kaufman Field
Series Schedule Coverage Projected Starters
Indiana vs. Louisville
Tuesday - 6:00 p.m. ET Listen | Live Stats | BTN IU - LHP Andrew Saalfrank (1-1, 5.70)
Louisville - LHP Rabon Martin (4-0, 4.09)


• Indiana closes out its regular season home slate with a midweek contest against No. 2 Louisville on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday.


• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (339) and conference wins (145). The Hoosiers have made four NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.

• Indiana is first in the Big Ten in home runs (60), second in slugging percentage (.435), tied for third in doubles (92), is fifth in RBI (269), and sixth in runs (282) and hits (463).

• In conference games only, the Hoosiers are first in home runs (33), second in slugging percentage (.476), doubles (42) and RBI (123), fourth in runs (125), fifth in batting average (.282), and sixth in hits (205),

• Ranking first in the Big Ten with 60 long balls (T-26th nationally), IU has three players with double-digit home runs season, the first time since 2010 the Hoosiers have had at least three. The 60 home runs rank eighth for a single season in program history.

• Indiana pitching is allowing an average of 2.59 walks per nine innings this year, which stands first in the conference and eighth nationally.

• Through the first 50 games, Indiana has posted a .978 fielding percentage, ranking fourth in the Big Ten and 30th nationally.

• Senior second baseman Tony Butler currently has reached base in his last 21 games and has hit in his last 12. Since moving to the No. 1/2 spot in the batting order at Michigan, Butler is hitting a team-best .404 (team-best in that span) with three home runs, three doubles, 14 RBI and 12 runs scored.

• Senior Craig Dedelow is third in the Big Ten in home runs (13), fifth in total bases (105), eighth in RBI (42) and ninth in slugging percentage (.520). In Big Ten games only, he is tied for third in RBI (21), is fourth in home runs (6), tied for 10th in total bases (45) and is 15th in slugging percentage (.549).

• Sophomore Matt Lloyd is third in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.611), fifth in on base percentage (.429), tied for sixth in home runs (10), tied for 10th in doubles (13), tied for 13th in RBI (39).

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Thanks snowling. Excited about the game tomorrow! Has the feel of a playoff game. Huge test! Awesome to have this kind of game at home, this late in the season.... love it!
 
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Thanks snowling. Excited about the game tomorrow! Has the feel of a playoff game. Huge test! Awesome to have this kind of game at home, this late in the season.... love it!
It's really big for us from a standpoint of making the NCAAs. I noticed that we dropped another notch in the RPI rankings from the very limited action on Monday. Clearly, a win tonight will help erase the ground we lost in that loss to PSU. It's a big game for Saalfrank who has really struggled in recent outings.
 
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