IU hands #25 Dallas Baptist their first loss of the season, 9-7..

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It's RHP Connor Foley on the mound for IU with an ERA of 0.00 in 10 IP. RHP Jaron DeBerry is on the mound for DBU with an ERA 4.50 in 10 IP. Tibbitts is behind the plate for IU with Joey Brenczewski at 1B. Austin Bode is the DH.

1st inning:

1st:

Mitchell led off for IU and he singled on a fly that dropped in shallow left center. Pyne grounded out while moving Mitchell to 2nd and one out.

Taylor grounded out with Mitchell taking 3rd and two outs. Tibbitts doubled to bring in Mitchell to make it 1-0 IU with a runner in scoring position and Mathison up and two outs.

Mathison Kd to retire the side.

B1st:

Seven of the nine batters in DBU's lineup hit over .300.

Foley Kd the leadoff hitter. Foley got the next batter on a flyout for two outs. Foley gave up a walk on a full count to put a runner on and two outs. Foley got his 2nd K of the inning to end the inning.

End of 1st: IU 1 DBU 0

 

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2nd inning:
T2nd:

It's the 6 thru 8 hitters up with Cerny leading off. Cerny flied out for the first out. Brenczewski grounded out for the 2nd out.

Bode walked to put a man on with two outs and Burckel up in the 9-spot. Burckel Kd looking to retire the side.

B2nd:

Foley was facing the 5 thru 7 hitters. Foley got the leadoff hitter on a K. Foley gave up his first hit of the game with a single to RF on an 0-2 count and one out.

Foley gave up a walk on a 3-1 count to put runners on 1st and 2nd and one out.

An infield pop out got the 2nd out with the runners still at 1st and 2nd. Foley Kd the next batter to end the inning. Foley's pitch count is at 45 thru two innings.

End of 2nd: IU 1 DBU 0

 

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3rd inning:

T3rd:

It's the top of the order up with Mitchell leading off.

Mitchell doubled to right center to lead off. Pyne popped out to 1B with Mitchell holding at 2nd and one out.

Taylor Kd for the 2nd out and Taylor is in a somewhat two-game slump and is 0-2 in this game so far.

Mitchell took 3rd on a WP. Tibbitts flied out to retire the side and IU squandered a leadoff double.

B3rd:

Foley Kd the leadoff hitter. Foley got the 2nd out on a deep flyout to right CF.

Foley hit a batter to put a runner on 1st and two outs and the cleanup hitter up.

Foley then walked a batter to put two on and two outs and Foley's PC continued to grow at 64. Foley got his 6th K on the game to end the inning.

End of 3rd: IU 1 DBU 0

 

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4th inning:

T4th:

It's the 5 thru 7 hitters up with Mathison leading off. The DBU starting pitcher's PC was at 50 to start this inning.

Mathison grounded out to lead off. Cerny fouled out to 1B for two outs. Brenczewski singled to put a man on.

Bode Kd to retire the side.

B4th:

A single opened up the bottom of the inning for DBU. A FC got the runner at 2nd and one out.

Foley then gave up a 2-run homer to give DBU a 2-1 lead and it was the first two runs given up by Foley this season. A flyout and pop up ended the inning.

End of 4th: DBU 2 IU 1

 

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5th inning:

T5th:

It's the 9 thru 2 hitters up for IU and they go down in order.

B5th:

Foley is back out there with a PC of 82 and he faced the 2 thru 4 hitters. Foley Kd the leadoff hitter.

Foley then hit a batter to put a runner on with one out and Foley then walked a batter on a full count and Mercer went to the bullpen to bring in LHP Ty Bothwell with an ERA of 1.12 in 8 IP.

The first pitch thrown by Bothwell dropped in left center for an RBI-single to make it 3-1 and runners on the corners and one out. A SAC fly scored the runners from 3rd to make it 4-1 and two outs with a runner on 1st.

A stolen base put a runner in scoring position at 2nd with two outs. A throwing error by Cerny scored the runner from 2nd with the hitter ending up at 2nd on the error. A single scored another run to make it 6-1 and IU gave up two runs with two outs after the error.

The runner a 1st stole 2nd with two outs and there was a review of the play at 2nd and the refs upheld the stolen base call. A ground out finally ended a disastrous inning for IU.

End of 5th: DBU 6 IU 1

 

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6th inning:

T6th:

It's the 3 thru 5 hitters up with Taylor up and he singled to put the leadoff hitter on.

Tibbitts doubled to put runners on 2nd and 3rd and no outs and Mathison up. Mathison scored Taylor on a SAC fly with Tibbitts taking 3rd and one out.

Cerny singled to RF to bring Tibbitts in to make it 6-3 DBU and a runner on 1st with one out.

DBU went to the bullpen and brought in RHP Charlie Atkinson with an ERA of 0.00 in 3.2 IP who was described as a flamethrower.

Brenczewski was up and he flied out with a runner still at 1st and two outs. Cerny was caught in a rundown and was tagged out at 1st to retire the side.

B6th:

Bothwell was back out there to face the top of the order. Bothwell put then down in order to end the inning.

End of 6th: DBU 6 IU 3

 

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7th inning:

T7th:

It's the 8 thru 1 hitters up for IU with Bode leading off.

Bode got his first hit as a Hoosier to put a runner on with no outs. Wiggins came in to pinch hit for Burckel. A WP put Bode at 2nd with no outs.

Wiggins walked on four pitches to put two on at 1st and 2nd and the tying run at the plate in Mitchell.

DBU went to the bullpen to bring in LHP River Ridings with an ERA of 6.35 in 5.2 IP.

Mitchell walked on a full count to load the bases with no outs and Pyne up.

Pyne popped out to 1B for the first out with Taylor up.

Taylor singled to score a run with the bases loaded and one out with Tibbitts up.

DBU goes to the bullpen again and brought in RHP Luke Pettitte with a 4.91 ERA in 3.2 IP.

Tibbitts hit a bases clearing triple to give IU the lead at 7-6. There's a runner at 3rd and one out with Mathison up.

Mathison Kd with Tibbitts still at 3rd and two outs. Cerny also Kd with the runner at 3rd stranded, but IU took the lead after things looked bleak.

B7th:

Bothwell was back out there to face the 4 thru 6 hitters. Carlson took over 2B for IU.

Bothwell took them down in order for the 2nd straight inning.

End of 7th: IU 7 DBU 6

 

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8th inning:

T8th:

It's the bottom of the order up for IU with Brenczewski leading off. Brenczewski was out on a hard hit grounder.

Bode singled with one out and Carlson up. Murrison pinch ran for Bode. Carlson went down on a looking K for two outs.

Nick Mitchell reached on an infield single to put runners at 1st and 2nd and two outs. A throwing error by DBU's catcher gives IU a run at 8-6.

A single by Pyne scored Mitchell from 2nd to make it 9-6. Taylor grounded out on a bunt to retire the side.

B8th:

Bothwell faced the bottom of the order. For the 3rd straight inning, Bothwell put them down in order.

End of 8th: IU 9 DBU 6

 

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9th inning:

T9th:

Tibbitts led off and he grounded out. Mathison singled to put a runner on with one out.

Cerny doubled to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. A foul pop out by Brenczewski resulted in the 2nd out with runners still at 2nd and 3rd. Sefcik hit for Murrison and flied out to retire the side.

B9th:

Bothwell was back out there to try to close it out and he faced the top of the order. Colopy replaced Mitchell in RF. Bothwell Kd the leadoff hitter.

A homer down the RF line made it 9-7.

Bothwell then gave up back-to-back singles to put runners on 1st and 2nd with one out.

A DP ball ended the game.

Final: IU 9 DBU 7

 

[Bucket Getter]

Nice comeback win Hoosiers!! Thanks for the recaps ptrich!

 

[Orford]

Bothwell held on in b9!!!

 

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Bothwell held on in b9!!!

Things looked bleak early on but they finally found their stroke at the plate.

 

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IU didn't do much at the plate in the early going and after taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st they found themselves in a 6-1 hole in the middle innings.

IU was going against one the top hitting teams in the country who came in with a team batting average of .343 which was 19th in the country. With a game tomorrow, IU used just two pitchers which was a plus. IU outhit the Patriots, 15-9, and was 15 of 40 for a team average of .375, while DBU was 9 of 34 for .265, well below their team average. The teams each had one error on the game.

After a slow start to the season at the plate, Tibbitts was the hero in this game with his bases clearing three-run triple in the 7th. IU had five players with multiple hits.

Tibbitts - 3 for 5 with a double and triple and 4 RBIs with a run scored.

Mitchell - 3 for 4 with a double and 3 runs scored.

Taylor - 2 for 5 with an RBI and 2 runs scored.

Cerny - 2 for 5 with a double and 1 RBI.

Bode - 2 for 3 and a run scored.

Pyne and Mathison also had 1 RBI each, and Wiggins scored a run after getting a walk in his only plate appearance.

Foley shut DBU down for the first three innings, but DBU made him throw a ton of pitches and he ran into trouble starting in the 4th and 5th. Bothwell was impressive in relief and put a power hitting team down in order for three straight innings before having some hiccups in the 9th before getting the win. Both pitchers gave up a homer and had no WPs.

Foley - 4.1 IP, 3 hits and 4 earned runs, 7 Ks, 4 BBs, and he hit two batters.

Bothwell (W) - 4.2 IP, 6 hits with 2 earned runs, 5 Ks, and no BBs.

 

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Here's the article from the IU site with comments from Tibbitts and Coach Mercer.

Tibbitts Leads Offense in Comeback Victory - Indiana University Athletics

FRISCO, Texas - Junior catcher Brock Tibbitts provided four RBIs, including a massive bases-clearing triple in the top of seventh, as the Indiana Baseb...

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