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IU Baseball vs ND @ Victory Field 4/26

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7:05 scheduled first pitch at Victory Field in Indpls. for our Hoosiers vs. Notre Dame.

Radio:  http://whcc105.com/

Stats:  http://www.sidearmstats.com/indiana/baseball/

 

Notables
• Indiana pitching ranks first in the Big Ten in fewest walks allowed (93), second in team ERA (2.84), second in fewest earned runs allowed (110), third in fewest runs allowed (145), third in opponent batting average (.233), fourth in batters struck out (290), and fourth in fewest hits allowed (302). 
• Indiana's pitching staff enters this week ranked third nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (2.40), seventh in strikeout to walk ratio (3.12),  seventh in WHIP (1.13), 11th in team ERA (2.84), and 23rd in hits allowed per nine innings (7.8).
• Indiana's starting pitching has been strong through the first seven weekends of action. In 30 combined starts from LHP Kyle Hart, RHP Evan Bell and LHP Caleb Baragar, the trio has posted a 2.74 ERA, allowing just 151 hits over 184.0 innings of work, striking out 132 batters while walking only 41. Teams are hitting a combined .224 off Hart, Bell and Baragar so far.
• Hoosier pitchers have given up one earned run or less 13 times this season, all of which have happened in a 28-game span. 
• Indiana pitching has posted double-figure strikeouts in 11 games this season.
• The Hoosiers have given up two walks or less in 23 games this season, including 14 of the last 23 games. 
• Entering this weekend, IU is ranked fourth in the Big Ten in home runs (30), sixth in slugging percentage (.396) and tied for fourth in triples (9).
• In conference games only, the Hoosiers are first in home runs (10), tied for second in triples (3), third in stolen bases (12), fifth in slugging percentage (.393), fifth in on base percentage (.358), sixthin RBI (58), 
• Heading into the week, Indiana is 64th in the country in home runs per game (0.79), and 65th in home runs (30).
• As a team, IU has recorded at least one home run in six of the last nine games,  including three against Iowa on April 15. In its first 18 games of the season, Indiana tallied nine home runs (0.5 average), but in the last 20 contests, the Hoosiers have slugged 21 home runs (1.1 average). 
• The Hoosiers strung together 27 runs on 23 hits and five home runs to earn a 27-1 victory over the Butler Bulldogs on March 23 at Bart Kaufman Field. The 27 runs for the Hoosiers are a Bart Kaufman Field record and the most since March 24, 2004 when IU scored 29 against Chicago State.
• The 26-run margin of victory is the second largest in NCAA Division I Baseball this season, while the 27 runs scored are currently tied for the seventh most in the nation this year.
• Heading into the weekend, the Hoosiers stand first in the Big Ten in fielding double plays (32), tied for fourth in fewest stolen bases against (24), and tied for fourth in fielding percentage (.971).

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5 hours ago, ThompsonHoosier said:

So basically IU has turned it around from the struggles at the beginning of the season?

We started out winning only 5 of our first 15 games and our record today is 23 -15. We had a 4-game winning streak in March and an 8-game streak earlier this month.  Took awhile to get the wheels rolling.

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That’s the ballgame from Not-A-Victory Field in Indianapolis as the Hoosiers go down to ND by a score of 5 – 0; Luke Stephenson taking the loss.  Hopefully NoahW35 didn’t get too wet.  Despite less than ideal weather, the announced crowd was 6,607.

Next up for IU is a home game Wed. evening with Xavier scheduled for a 6:05 start.  Then a 3-game weekend home stand against Northwestern scheduled for 6:05 on Friday night, 2:05 on Saturday and 3:00 on Sunday.

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