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Xavier Game 1 (links); IU gets a 1-0 shutout win

Top 1st: Mitch Gallagher flies out to right. Joe Gellenbeck singles. Rylan Bannon flies out to right. Conor Grammes flies out to right.

Scoreless heading into B1.
 
Bottom 1st: Alex Krupa walks. Tony Butler walks. Matt Lloyd strikes out. Luke Miller reaches first on a error after Gallagher can't complete a routine double-play. Craig Dedelow lines out to second. Logan Sowers strikes out.

Still scoreless heading into T2.
 
Top 2nd: Chris Givin singles to shallow right. Blaine Griffiths strikes out. Nate Soria flies out to center. Will Larue flies out to left.

Still scoreless heading into B2.
 
Bottom 2nd: Ryan Fineman lines out to first. Austin Cangelosi doubles to right. Jeremy Houston strikes out. Krupa strikes out.

Still scoreless heading into T3.
 
Bottom 3rd: Butler hits a home run to left. Lloyd grounds out to second. Miller strikes out looking. Dedelow singles up the middle. Sowers flies out to center.

Indiana 1, Xavier 0 heading into T4.
 
Top 4th: Bannon grounds out to shortstop. Grammes singles up the middle. Givin singles to right. Griffiths' sac-fly to right advances Grammes to third. Soria fouls out to first.

Still 1-0 Hoosiers heading into B4.
 
Bottom 4th: Fineman grounds out to first. Cangelosi strikes out. Houston hits a stand-up double down the left field line. Krupa strikes out swinging.

Still 1-0 Hoosiers heading into T5.
 
Top 6th: Gellenbeck strikes out swinging. Bannon doubles to left center, then gets picked off at second during Grammes' at-bat. Grammes strikes out looking.

Still 1-0 Hoosiers heading into B6.
 
Bottom 7th: Houston strikes out swinging. Krupa singles to second. Butler walks, advancing Krupa to second. Lloyd pops out to first. Miller fouls out to third.

Still 1-0 Hoosiers heading into T8.
 
Top 8th: Larue flies out to center. Fallon hit by pitch. Larue advances to second on a wild pitch. Gallagher flies out to center.

With two outs, IU makes a pitching change. Stiever gets replaced by sophomore lefty Timmy Herrin.

Gellenbeck singles to second, advancing Fallon to third.

With Bannon facing a 3-2 count with two outs, IU makes another pitching change and swaps Herrin for junior righty Matt Lloyd.

Lloyd fires a strike to get the final out of the inning.

Still 1-0 Hoosiers heading into B8.
 
In the conference race, we got some help from NW as they knocked off the Boilers tonight. Only Minn and Neb are in tight games right now with Maryland having a fairly sizeable lead on Illinois midway through that game.
 
Butler and Stiever Lead Baseball to 1-0 Victory over Xavier

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Senior Tony Butler's home run in the third inning was all the offense Indiana baseball (25-17-2) needed in a 1-0 pitcher's duel victory over the Xavier Musketeers on Friday evening.

Butler collected his third home run of the season and served as the sole run production in the game. Seniors Austin Cangelosi, Alex Krupa and Craig Dedelow, along with freshman Jeremy Houston also chipped in hits in the effort.

Sophomore Jonathan Stiever (3-2) picked up the win following a 7.2 inning effort that included five strikeouts and no earned runs, as he extended his scoreless innings streak to 17.2 innings. Junior Matt Lloyd entered the game with two outs in the eighth inning to pick up his team-best sixth save of the year.

Indiana put itself in good position from the jump as walks to Krupa and Butler put the first two Hoosiers on base. A fielding error on sophomore Luke Miller's fielder's choice loaded the bases but Xavier's Zac Lowther picked up two outs to leave the first inning unscathed.

Stiever worked around a leadoff single in the second inning before Butler provided Indiana's pitching staff with a one-run cushion in the third. Butler took the first offering from Lowther and sent it over the wall in left field to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 edge.

Xavier used two singles in the fourth inning to challenge Stiever, but a foul out on a full count halted the potential tying run at third base.

The Musketeers again tried to capitalize off of two base runners in the eighth inning. With runners on second and third and Rylan Bannon working with a full count, Lloyd entered the game and delivered a powering strike to pick up a swinging strikeout and preserve the Hoosiers' lead.

Indiana and Xavier resume its three-game series tomorrow with a first pitch time slated for 2:05 p.m.

Boxscore within:
http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/5/5/butler-and-stiever-lead-baseball-to-1-0-victory-over-xavier.aspx

Go Hoosiers!
 
So, the Friday night formula is a solo shot from Tony, and Jon being nails... (only rain can interfere) ? Michigan, and now X! Both 1-0. Awesome to have a legitimate Friday night starter. Haven't had that since Hart!
 
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