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Noteworthy lineup change: Alex Krupa is on the bench. Matt Gorski takes his place in left field, with Austin Cangelosi getting the start at first.
Top 1st: IU's Tony Butler grounds out to third. Matt Lloyd flies out to center. Luke Miller strikes out swinging.
Scoreless heading into B1.
Scoreless heading into B1.
Bottom 1st: Ohio's Spencer Ibarra singles up the middle. Ty Black singles to left center, advancing Ibarra to third. Rudy Rott walks. Michael Klein walks, scoring the first run and advancing Rott to second and Black to third. Connor Callery's sac-fly scores Black. Bourn walks, loading the bases again. Anthony Mrosla grounds into double play.
Ohio 2, Indiana 0
Ohio 2, Indiana 0
Top 2nd: Craig Dedelow grounds out to first. Logan Sowers homers to right center. Matt Gorski singles to left. Austin Cangelosi flies out to right. During Jake Matheny's at-bat, Gorski steals second. Matheny strikes out swinging.
Ohio 2, Indiana 1 heading into B2.
Ohio 2, Indiana 1 heading into B2.
Bottom 2nd: Devon Garcia flies out to left. Tyler Finkler reaches first on a wild pitch. Ibarra flies out to left. Black singles up the middle, advancing Finkler to third. Rott pops out to shortstop.
Still 2-1 Ohio heading into T3.
Still 2-1 Ohio heading into T3.
Top 3rd: Jeremy Houston flies out to center. Butler doubles to left center. Lloyd flies out to left. Miller strikes out swinging.
Still 2-1 Ohio heading into B3.
Still 2-1 Ohio heading into B3.
Bottom 3rd: Klein flies out to center. Callery grounds out on a 3-4-3 put-out. Bourn grounds out to second.
Still 2-1 Ohio heading into T4.
Still 2-1 Ohio heading into T4.
Top 4th: Dedelow homers to right. Sowers singles to left. Gorski walks, advancing Sowers to second. Cangelosi's sac-bunt advances Sowers to third and Gorski to second.
Facing an 0-2 count, Matheny hits a 2-RBI single to left to score Sowers and Gorski. Houston singles through the left side, advancing Matheny to second. Butler strikes out swinging. Lloyd walks to the load the bases.
Pitching change for Ohio: Senior righty Tom Colletti replaces Salisbury.
With Colletti on the mound, Miller grounds out to pitcher.
Indiana 4, Ohio 2 heading into B4.
Facing an 0-2 count, Matheny hits a 2-RBI single to left to score Sowers and Gorski. Houston singles through the left side, advancing Matheny to second. Butler strikes out swinging. Lloyd walks to the load the bases.
Pitching change for Ohio: Senior righty Tom Colletti replaces Salisbury.
With Colletti on the mound, Miller grounds out to pitcher.
Indiana 4, Ohio 2 heading into B4.
Bottom 4th: Mrosla grounds out to second. Gracia strikes out swinging. Finkler flies out to center.
Still 4-2 Hoosiers heading into T5.
Still 4-2 Hoosiers heading into T5.
Top 5th: Dedelow gets hit by pitch. Sowers flies out to right. Gorski hits an RBI double to left center, scoring Dedelow. Pinch-hitting for Cangelosi, Krupa hits a sac-fly to left center which advances Gorski to third. Matheny strikes out swinging.
Indiana 5, Ohio 2 heading into B5.
Indiana 5, Ohio 2 heading into B5.
Bottom 5th: Ibarra strikes out swinging. Black grounds out to second. Rott singles to left. Rott out at second after Klein reaches on a fielder's choice.
Still 5-2 Hoosiers heading into T6.
Still 5-2 Hoosiers heading into T6.
Top 6th: Houston grounds out to second. Butler singles to left center. Lloyd grounds out to shortstop, advancing Butler to second. Miller hits an RBI single down the left field to score Butler. Dedelow flies out to left.
Indiana 6, Ohio 2 heading into B6.
Indiana 6, Ohio 2 heading into B6.
Bottom 6th: Callery singles to first. Bourn pops out to second. Mrosla doubles to right center, advancing Callery to third. Garcia flies out to right. Finkler flies out to center.
Still 6-2 Hoosiers heading into T7.
Still 6-2 Hoosiers heading into T7.
Top 7th: Sowers hits his second solo home run to right center. Gorski flies out to right. Krupa pops out shortstop. Matheny flies out to right.
Indiana 7, Ohio 2 heading into B7.
Indiana 7, Ohio 2 heading into B7.
Bottom 7th: Ibarra grounds out to second. Black grounds out to third. Rott singles through the left side. Klein flies out to center.
Still 7-2 Hoosiers heading into T8.
Still 7-2 Hoosiers heading into T8.
Top 8th: Houston grounds out to shortstop. Butler singles up the middle.
Pitching change for Ohio: Senior lefty Matt Mikolajczak replaces Colletti.
With Mikolajczak on the mound, Butler steals second during Lloyd's at bat. Lloyd strikes out swinging.
Another pitching change for Ohio: Senior righty Jake Rudnicki replaces Mikolajczak.
With Rudnicki on the mound, Miller hits an RBI single to left to score Butler. During Dedelow's at-bat, Miller steals second then advances to third on a wild pitch. Dedelow walks, then steals second during Sowers' at-bat. Sowers absolutely crushes a three-run home run deep to left, his third of the day.
Pitching change for Ohio: Junior lefty Butch Baird replaces Rudnicki.
With Baird on the mound, Gorski fouls out to first.
Indiana 11, Ohio 2 heading into B8.
Pitching change for Ohio: Senior lefty Matt Mikolajczak replaces Colletti.
With Mikolajczak on the mound, Butler steals second during Lloyd's at bat. Lloyd strikes out swinging.
Another pitching change for Ohio: Senior righty Jake Rudnicki replaces Mikolajczak.
With Rudnicki on the mound, Miller hits an RBI single to left to score Butler. During Dedelow's at-bat, Miller steals second then advances to third on a wild pitch. Dedelow walks, then steals second during Sowers' at-bat. Sowers absolutely crushes a three-run home run deep to left, his third of the day.
Pitching change for Ohio: Junior lefty Butch Baird replaces Rudnicki.
With Baird on the mound, Gorski fouls out to first.
Indiana 11, Ohio 2 heading into B8.
Bottom 8th: Callery grounds out to shortstop. Bourn flies out to left. Mrosla grounds out to third.
Still 11-2 Hoosiers heading into T9.
Still 11-2 Hoosiers heading into T9.
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Top 9th: Krupa singles to right center.
Pitching change for Ohio: Redshirt junior righty Jake Roehn replaces Baird.
With Roehn on the mound, Matheny flies out to right center. Houston flies out to left center. Butler pops out to shortstop.
Still 11-1 Hoosiers heading into B9.
Pitching change for Ohio: Redshirt junior righty Jake Roehn replaces Baird.
With Roehn on the mound, Matheny flies out to right center. Houston flies out to left center. Butler pops out to shortstop.
Still 11-1 Hoosiers heading into B9.
Bottom 9th: Pinch-hitting for Garcia, Mateus Vakuda strikes out swinging. Finkler grounds out to third. Ibarra grounds out to second.
FINAL: Indiana 11, Ohio 2. Hoosiers will face loser of Kentucky-NC State tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 p.m. ET.
FINAL: Indiana 11, Ohio 2. Hoosiers will face loser of Kentucky-NC State tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 p.m. ET.
The complete game was absolutely huge today.
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Sowers, Stiever Lead Hoosiers to 11-2 Victory over Ohio
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Led by a three-home run effort by junior Logan Sowers and a complete game by sophomore Jonathan Stiever, Indiana baseball (34-23-2) earned an 11-2 victory over Ohio on Saturday afternoon in the Lexington Regional elimination game.
Sowers was 4-for-5 on the day with a career-high three home runs, five RBI and four runs scored. After giving up two runs in the first, Stiever settled down and allowed seven hits in the nine innings of work, his first career complete game.
Senior Tony Butler also tallied a three-hit game in the win while freshman Matt Gorski chipped in two hits. Gorski (1) along with freshman Jake Matheny (2), senior Craig Dedelow (1) and sophomore Luke Miller (1) each had RBIs in the victory.
The Bobcats started their set of at-bats with a single and a double to put runners on the corners with no outs. Back-to-back walks plated the game's first run with no outs and the bases loaded. Ohio's Connor Callery followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to give the home team a 2-0 edge. Stiever forced a double play ball to end the threat.
Indiana plated a rebound run in the top of the second as Sowers knocked out his 10th home run of the season. It marked the first time since 2010 that the Hoosiers have had four players on the year hit double-digit home runs.
Dedelow powered his 18th home run of the season in the fourth inning to knot the game up at two. His 18 home runs are tied for sixth place with Kyle Schwarber (2013) and Alex Smith (1986) for most home runs in a single season at IU. Following the Dedelow home run, Sowers singled, Gorski walked and senior Austin Cangelosi bunted the runners over. Matheny delivered a two run single to give Indiana its first lead of the game, 4-2.
The Hoosiers tacked on some more insurance in the fifth inning. Dedelow led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. Gorski then delivered an RBI double to score Dedelow from first to make it a 5-2 contest. Then in the bottom of the sixth, Butler singled and advanced to second, where Miller hit a chopper that ate up the third baseman to plate Butler, extending the lead to four runs.
In the bottom of the sixth frame, Stiever surrendered an infield single and a one-out double to give the Bobcats runners on second and third. The sophomore escaped the jam though, forcing two popouts to keep the lead in check.
Sowers knocked out his second of the game and 11th of the season in the top of the 7th to make it a 7-2 game.
A four-run eighth put the game out of reach with an RBI single for Miller and a three-run home run by Sowers.
Indiana will play the loser of N.C. State and Kentucky, who play at 7 p.m. on Saturday, in an elimination game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/6/3...-lead-hoosiers-to-11-2-victory-over-ohio.aspx
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Led by a three-home run effort by junior Logan Sowers and a complete game by sophomore Jonathan Stiever, Indiana baseball (34-23-2) earned an 11-2 victory over Ohio on Saturday afternoon in the Lexington Regional elimination game.
Sowers was 4-for-5 on the day with a career-high three home runs, five RBI and four runs scored. After giving up two runs in the first, Stiever settled down and allowed seven hits in the nine innings of work, his first career complete game.
Senior Tony Butler also tallied a three-hit game in the win while freshman Matt Gorski chipped in two hits. Gorski (1) along with freshman Jake Matheny (2), senior Craig Dedelow (1) and sophomore Luke Miller (1) each had RBIs in the victory.
The Bobcats started their set of at-bats with a single and a double to put runners on the corners with no outs. Back-to-back walks plated the game's first run with no outs and the bases loaded. Ohio's Connor Callery followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to give the home team a 2-0 edge. Stiever forced a double play ball to end the threat.
Indiana plated a rebound run in the top of the second as Sowers knocked out his 10th home run of the season. It marked the first time since 2010 that the Hoosiers have had four players on the year hit double-digit home runs.
Dedelow powered his 18th home run of the season in the fourth inning to knot the game up at two. His 18 home runs are tied for sixth place with Kyle Schwarber (2013) and Alex Smith (1986) for most home runs in a single season at IU. Following the Dedelow home run, Sowers singled, Gorski walked and senior Austin Cangelosi bunted the runners over. Matheny delivered a two run single to give Indiana its first lead of the game, 4-2.
The Hoosiers tacked on some more insurance in the fifth inning. Dedelow led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. Gorski then delivered an RBI double to score Dedelow from first to make it a 5-2 contest. Then in the bottom of the sixth, Butler singled and advanced to second, where Miller hit a chopper that ate up the third baseman to plate Butler, extending the lead to four runs.
In the bottom of the sixth frame, Stiever surrendered an infield single and a one-out double to give the Bobcats runners on second and third. The sophomore escaped the jam though, forcing two popouts to keep the lead in check.
Sowers knocked out his second of the game and 11th of the season in the top of the 7th to make it a 7-2 game.
A four-run eighth put the game out of reach with an RBI single for Miller and a three-run home run by Sowers.
Indiana will play the loser of N.C. State and Kentucky, who play at 7 p.m. on Saturday, in an elimination game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Boxscore within:
http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/6/3...-lead-hoosiers-to-11-2-victory-over-ohio.aspx
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Stiever, Sowers lead Hoosiers to 11-2 win over Bobcats
by Mike Miller
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was after midnight by the time Indiana settled in at its team hotel following Friday’s late-night loss.
With first pitch of Saturday’s elimination game less than 12 hours away, there was no time to dwell on what had become of their course through this NCAA Tournament regional. The text message waiting on Chris Lemonis’ phone served as a good reminder.
A friend of Lemonis sent him a pick-me-up message, rhetorically asking the IU baseball coach what he was doing this time last year. The answer? Indiana wasn’t a tournament team last June, and Lemonis spent some of that time sitting on his couch, watching everybody else play.
After a tough loss, it was a reminder to make the most of the remaining opportunities. And that’s what Indiana did on Saturday afternoon.
Jonathan Stiever tossed a complete game, Logan Sowers hit three home runs and No. 2 Indiana remained alive in the NCAA Tournament with an 11-2 win over No. 4 Ohio on Saturday at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
The Hoosiers (34-23-2) will play the loser between host Kentucky and No. 3 North Carolina State on Sunday at 1 p.m.
With the text from his buddy still fresh in his mind Saturday morning, Lemonis asked his Hoosiers to seize the day. Every year, he told them, a team seems to come out of the loser’s bracket and upset the field.
“We didn’t take any feel-sorry-for-ourselves approach this morning when we went into our meetings,” Lemonis said. “We got an opportunity to play, and I challenged them.”
On Saturday, Stiever and Sowers answered.
Stiever had to settle in to do so. His first inning was a maze of missed pitches and uncharacteristic walks. The sophomore has built a reputation as a strike thrower during his first season in IU’s weekend rotation, but he labored through that initial inning, hitting the zone on only 13 of his 25 pitches.
Stiever, who entered the outing with only six walks on the season, issued three free passes in the first inning alone. With the bases loaded and no outs, he walked in Ohio’s first run before yielding an RBI sacrifice fly to Bobcats cleanup batter Michael Klein.
“I was probably a little too pumped up for the first inning,” Stiever said. “I missed some balls and spots, but after that I was able to get into a groove and let the defense play behind me.”
Although he allowed the two runs, it could’ve been worse.
It took a pretty 4-6-3 double play to help Stiever get out of the inning without further damage. At that point, right-hander Cal Krueger had been warming in the IU bullpen and, without that double play, Stiever may not have seen another inning — or another batter.
“That was close. It was close,” Lemonis admitted. “… But we were real leery to take him out because it would have been hard to win.”
From there, Stiever settled in. After throwing 40 pitches across his first two innings, he needed only 39 more to get through the next four innings. He retired nine in a row at one point during the middle innings and provided Indiana the platform to begin its comeback.
“Jonathan just kept getting stronger and stronger and stronger as the game went on,” Lemonis said. “It sets us up a lot better going into the game tomorrow, giving us some fresh arms.”
Sowers also helped the Hoosiers see another day.
After an ugly Big Ten Tournament, where he went 1-for-15 across IU’s three games, Sowers is dominating at the plate so far this weekend. He’s 6-for-8 with seven RBIs after hitting two solo home runs and a three-run shot on Saturday.
“I’m just trying to stay a little bit more relaxed,” Sowers said. “I think I was trying to do too much in the Big Ten Tournament, pulling off the ball a little bit. Here, I’m trying to stay in the middle and work through the back side.”
Sowers and Craig Dedelow helped erase IU’s early deficit beginning in the top of the second, when Sowers lined a shot that just cleared the wall in right-centerfield. In the fourth, Dedelow went deep to right for his team-best 18th home run of the season.
Dedelow’s blast was the beginning of a three-run rally for the Hoosiers, who took a 4-2 lead on Jake Matheny’s two-run single through the left side. For Indiana, the fourth inning began a string of five consecutive innings with at least one run.
Matt Gorski added an RBI double in the fifth before Tony Butler scored on a fielding error by Ohio third baseman Connor Callery in the sixth.
Sowers added his second solo home run of the day in the seventh before Luke Miller drove in Tony Butler on an RBI single to left field in the eighth. Later, Sowers followed with his three-run homer over the fence in left.
It was one more blast in a game full of them, helping to keep the Hoosiers alive, while answering their coach’s challenge.
“Somebody is coming out of the loser’s bracket and winning a regional somewhere,” Lemonis said. “There are 16 sites and somebody is coming out of the loser’s bracket. That’s our goal.”
http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2017/06/stiever-sowers-lead-hoosiers-to-11-2-win-over-bobcats/
Go Hoosiers!
by Mike Miller
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was after midnight by the time Indiana settled in at its team hotel following Friday’s late-night loss.
With first pitch of Saturday’s elimination game less than 12 hours away, there was no time to dwell on what had become of their course through this NCAA Tournament regional. The text message waiting on Chris Lemonis’ phone served as a good reminder.
A friend of Lemonis sent him a pick-me-up message, rhetorically asking the IU baseball coach what he was doing this time last year. The answer? Indiana wasn’t a tournament team last June, and Lemonis spent some of that time sitting on his couch, watching everybody else play.
After a tough loss, it was a reminder to make the most of the remaining opportunities. And that’s what Indiana did on Saturday afternoon.
Jonathan Stiever tossed a complete game, Logan Sowers hit three home runs and No. 2 Indiana remained alive in the NCAA Tournament with an 11-2 win over No. 4 Ohio on Saturday at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
The Hoosiers (34-23-2) will play the loser between host Kentucky and No. 3 North Carolina State on Sunday at 1 p.m.
With the text from his buddy still fresh in his mind Saturday morning, Lemonis asked his Hoosiers to seize the day. Every year, he told them, a team seems to come out of the loser’s bracket and upset the field.
“We didn’t take any feel-sorry-for-ourselves approach this morning when we went into our meetings,” Lemonis said. “We got an opportunity to play, and I challenged them.”
On Saturday, Stiever and Sowers answered.
Stiever had to settle in to do so. His first inning was a maze of missed pitches and uncharacteristic walks. The sophomore has built a reputation as a strike thrower during his first season in IU’s weekend rotation, but he labored through that initial inning, hitting the zone on only 13 of his 25 pitches.
Stiever, who entered the outing with only six walks on the season, issued three free passes in the first inning alone. With the bases loaded and no outs, he walked in Ohio’s first run before yielding an RBI sacrifice fly to Bobcats cleanup batter Michael Klein.
“I was probably a little too pumped up for the first inning,” Stiever said. “I missed some balls and spots, but after that I was able to get into a groove and let the defense play behind me.”
Although he allowed the two runs, it could’ve been worse.
It took a pretty 4-6-3 double play to help Stiever get out of the inning without further damage. At that point, right-hander Cal Krueger had been warming in the IU bullpen and, without that double play, Stiever may not have seen another inning — or another batter.
“That was close. It was close,” Lemonis admitted. “… But we were real leery to take him out because it would have been hard to win.”
From there, Stiever settled in. After throwing 40 pitches across his first two innings, he needed only 39 more to get through the next four innings. He retired nine in a row at one point during the middle innings and provided Indiana the platform to begin its comeback.
“Jonathan just kept getting stronger and stronger and stronger as the game went on,” Lemonis said. “It sets us up a lot better going into the game tomorrow, giving us some fresh arms.”
Sowers also helped the Hoosiers see another day.
After an ugly Big Ten Tournament, where he went 1-for-15 across IU’s three games, Sowers is dominating at the plate so far this weekend. He’s 6-for-8 with seven RBIs after hitting two solo home runs and a three-run shot on Saturday.
“I’m just trying to stay a little bit more relaxed,” Sowers said. “I think I was trying to do too much in the Big Ten Tournament, pulling off the ball a little bit. Here, I’m trying to stay in the middle and work through the back side.”
Sowers and Craig Dedelow helped erase IU’s early deficit beginning in the top of the second, when Sowers lined a shot that just cleared the wall in right-centerfield. In the fourth, Dedelow went deep to right for his team-best 18th home run of the season.
Dedelow’s blast was the beginning of a three-run rally for the Hoosiers, who took a 4-2 lead on Jake Matheny’s two-run single through the left side. For Indiana, the fourth inning began a string of five consecutive innings with at least one run.
Matt Gorski added an RBI double in the fifth before Tony Butler scored on a fielding error by Ohio third baseman Connor Callery in the sixth.
Sowers added his second solo home run of the day in the seventh before Luke Miller drove in Tony Butler on an RBI single to left field in the eighth. Later, Sowers followed with his three-run homer over the fence in left.
It was one more blast in a game full of them, helping to keep the Hoosiers alive, while answering their coach’s challenge.
“Somebody is coming out of the loser’s bracket and winning a regional somewhere,” Lemonis said. “There are 16 sites and somebody is coming out of the loser’s bracket. That’s our goal.”
http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2017/06/stiever-sowers-lead-hoosiers-to-11-2-win-over-bobcats/
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