Indiana Suffers Heartbreaker in Regional
Vanderbilt Home Run in Ninth Lifts Commodores to Win.
NASHVILLE -- Indiana swung first and traded punches with Vanderbilt, but the defending national champions delivered the final blow.
IU suffered a 6-4 loss to the Commodores on Saturday evening at Hawkins Field and will play an elimination game vs. Radford on Sunday. The Hoosiers need three consecutive victories to win the Nashville Regional, including two on Sunday.
Indiana tied the game, 4-4, in the bottom of the sixth inning, but Dansby Swanson, the 2014 Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series, busted the game-winning 2-run home run in the top of the ninth to keep Vanderbilt in the winner's bracket.
Brad Hartong and Craig Dedelow led the Hoosiers with two hits each, the latter of which also led IU with three runs batted in.
Indiana came out hot, building an early 3-0 lead with scores in the first two innings.
The Hoosiers put up two first-inning runs after loading the bases on a 2-RBI single from Craig Dedelow, who registered his team-best 10th multi-RBI game.
Brian Wilhite's triple in the second inning set up Casey Rodrigue's RBI groundout for a 3-0 lead.
Vanderbilt, however, would not remain quiet, punching right back with four runs to take the lead in the top of the third, working into IU's bullpen.
The Commodores recorded four hits in the frame to take a 4-3 lead before Scott Effross came in to retire the side.
Effross would retire 10 of his first 12 batters faced and 16 of 20 for the game, but the IU bats simultaneously went cold, as Vanderbilt's Philip Pfeifer sat down 11 straight Hoosiers.
Hartong's lead-off single in the bottom of the sixth put an end to that and Dedelow's single three batters later brought in the tying run (4-4).
UP NEXT
Indiana falls to the loser's bracket of the Nashville Regional and will play No. 2 Radford on Sunday, May 31, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT (ESPN3) in an elimination game.
The Hoosiers topped Radford in the NCAA Regional opener on Friday, 7-1. Radford staved off elimination with a 5-2 win vs. Lipscomb on Saturday.
A win would advance Indiana to a Sunday evening rematch vs. No. 1 Vanderbilt at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
Indiana must win three consecutive elimination games to win the Nashville Regional.
TEAM NOTES
••• With the loss, Indiana falls to the loser's bracket and will play No. 2 Radford on Sunday, May 31, at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT (ESPN3) in an elimination game. The Hoosiers topped Radford, 7-1, in the NCAA Regional opener on Friday. A win would set up a rematch with No. 1 Vanderbilt on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
••• In the NCAA Tournament, Indiana is 10-9 all-time and won nine of its last 14 postseason games. IU is 7-7 in NCAA Regional contests.
••• Indiana is 12-4 in the month of May in 2015 and 36-11 since 2013. IU has won 29 of its last 34 games in the month.
••• IU is 4-9-1 all-time vs. Vanderbilt. The Commodores have won six straight in the series.
••• Indiana fell to 25-9 when scoring first, snapping a nine-game winning streak in such situations.
••• The Hoosiers have have committed one error or less on 39 occasions (25-14).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
••• Sophomore OF Craig Dedelow registered his team-high 25th multi-hit game of 2015 and leads Indiana with 76 hits this season. Dedelow has a hit in 17 of the last 21 games.
••• With a 2-RBI single in the first inning, Dedelow notched his 10th multi-RBI game of the season, the most on the team. Dedelow led Indiana with three on Saturday.
••• Senior 2B Casey Rodrigue owns a hit in 23 of his last 28 games.
••• Senior C Brad Hartong maintained IU's longest current hit streak with a hit in the 12th straight game. His 18-game reached base streak is the longest by a Hoosier this year. Hartong is second for IU with 23 multi-hit games and has two or more hits in eight of IU's last 11 games.
••• Junior 3B Brian Wilhite has registered a hit in eight of the last 10 games, recording his first career triple.
Go Hoosiers!
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Vanderbilt Home Run in Ninth Lifts Commodores to Win.
NASHVILLE -- Indiana swung first and traded punches with Vanderbilt, but the defending national champions delivered the final blow.
IU suffered a 6-4 loss to the Commodores on Saturday evening at Hawkins Field and will play an elimination game vs. Radford on Sunday. The Hoosiers need three consecutive victories to win the Nashville Regional, including two on Sunday.
Indiana tied the game, 4-4, in the bottom of the sixth inning, but Dansby Swanson, the 2014 Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series, busted the game-winning 2-run home run in the top of the ninth to keep Vanderbilt in the winner's bracket.
Brad Hartong and Craig Dedelow led the Hoosiers with two hits each, the latter of which also led IU with three runs batted in.
Indiana came out hot, building an early 3-0 lead with scores in the first two innings.
The Hoosiers put up two first-inning runs after loading the bases on a 2-RBI single from Craig Dedelow, who registered his team-best 10th multi-RBI game.
Brian Wilhite's triple in the second inning set up Casey Rodrigue's RBI groundout for a 3-0 lead.
Vanderbilt, however, would not remain quiet, punching right back with four runs to take the lead in the top of the third, working into IU's bullpen.
The Commodores recorded four hits in the frame to take a 4-3 lead before Scott Effross came in to retire the side.
Effross would retire 10 of his first 12 batters faced and 16 of 20 for the game, but the IU bats simultaneously went cold, as Vanderbilt's Philip Pfeifer sat down 11 straight Hoosiers.
Hartong's lead-off single in the bottom of the sixth put an end to that and Dedelow's single three batters later brought in the tying run (4-4).
UP NEXT
Indiana falls to the loser's bracket of the Nashville Regional and will play No. 2 Radford on Sunday, May 31, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT (ESPN3) in an elimination game.
The Hoosiers topped Radford in the NCAA Regional opener on Friday, 7-1. Radford staved off elimination with a 5-2 win vs. Lipscomb on Saturday.
A win would advance Indiana to a Sunday evening rematch vs. No. 1 Vanderbilt at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
Indiana must win three consecutive elimination games to win the Nashville Regional.
TEAM NOTES
••• With the loss, Indiana falls to the loser's bracket and will play No. 2 Radford on Sunday, May 31, at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT (ESPN3) in an elimination game. The Hoosiers topped Radford, 7-1, in the NCAA Regional opener on Friday. A win would set up a rematch with No. 1 Vanderbilt on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
••• In the NCAA Tournament, Indiana is 10-9 all-time and won nine of its last 14 postseason games. IU is 7-7 in NCAA Regional contests.
••• Indiana is 12-4 in the month of May in 2015 and 36-11 since 2013. IU has won 29 of its last 34 games in the month.
••• IU is 4-9-1 all-time vs. Vanderbilt. The Commodores have won six straight in the series.
••• Indiana fell to 25-9 when scoring first, snapping a nine-game winning streak in such situations.
••• The Hoosiers have have committed one error or less on 39 occasions (25-14).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
••• Sophomore OF Craig Dedelow registered his team-high 25th multi-hit game of 2015 and leads Indiana with 76 hits this season. Dedelow has a hit in 17 of the last 21 games.
••• With a 2-RBI single in the first inning, Dedelow notched his 10th multi-RBI game of the season, the most on the team. Dedelow led Indiana with three on Saturday.
••• Senior 2B Casey Rodrigue owns a hit in 23 of his last 28 games.
••• Senior C Brad Hartong maintained IU's longest current hit streak with a hit in the 12th straight game. His 18-game reached base streak is the longest by a Hoosier this year. Hartong is second for IU with 23 multi-hit games and has two or more hits in eight of IU's last 11 games.
••• Junior 3B Brian Wilhite has registered a hit in eight of the last 10 games, recording his first career triple.
Go Hoosiers!
Link has access to video and boxscore:
http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/053115aaa.html
