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Some nasty stuff from Sommer gets us out of the 6th inning unscratched. Another guy with great stuff and all the potential in the world to be a weekend starter. I am just worried if Lemonis can get him to reach his potential.

Fineman just knocked a 2 run HR to Center and its 6-5. The last 2 games our offense is better but pitching struggles. When you are not playing well that is the kind of things that happen.

Well as I said Gorski has been great as his RBI single makes it 6-3. Everyone else has gone in the toilet.

Krueger was awesome until this recent slump and than has fallen apart like everyone else.

Lemonis just removed Kaletha from the game. I am not sure if he is hurt or if Lemonis is trying to send a message for his atrocious base running in 3rd that cost us a run. If its the latter that's probably the best thing we have seen as a coaching move all season. Nothing else is working and its time to hold guys accountable. If its an injury than thats the last thing we need. UK just hit a HR to make it 6-2. Suddenly Krueger can't pitch. Literally no one but Gorski can do anything right at the moment.

I've had just about enough of Lemonis' inability to develop players and every problem we have stems from it. As I will keep saying he recruits with the best of them and his in game management is fine (as example he got Saalfrank out quickly when he could not find zone tonight) but his inability to make players better and teach execution is just painful to watch. IU down 4-2 after 4th and every mistake we have made relates to player development. Saalfrank absolutely has the stuff to be a weekend starter but he is so wild he can't pitch more than in bit roles since he is not developed right. 10 straight balls to open 4th and taken out and Krueger suddenly can't pitch and gives up 3 more runs. In 3rd we cost ourselves a run because of fundamentals because Kaletha got picked off 2nd. Also we are so impatient still at plate (player development again) we can't hit some of their worst pitchers with ERA's in 5 and 6's (You can shave a run or 2 off that since SEC is ridiculously good but still we should do better).

Don't like that idea. I'd rather Herrin go Tuesday than Milto in an unfamiliar spot when he has not pitched in a while. We really need Milto Saturday as Minny throws their ace always that day who is really good. As good as Beauchamp has been I would really rather have Milto for this game Saturday against a great Minny offense. Friday it's Stiever vs their 2 guy so that's good and advantage us slightly and Sunday Minny has had a mess of finding a good person to pitch so either Beauchamp or Herrin would be fine but if we don't want to be at a significant disadvantage Saturday we really need Milto.

Well either Milto has had set back or IU's website guy is to lazy to update or they are being extra cautious. After Lemonis told IDS yesterday Milto was ready to go this weekend in their preview story, the preview on iuhoosiers.com lists Beauchamp and Herrin as starters Saturday and Sunday. I don't think IU in general (and this is with all sports) is very honest or forthcoming with injuries always so not sure whats going on but my alarm bells are raised a bit again until we hear more.

Great news on injuries per Mike Miller. Milto was available out of pen today and almost pitched if game was closer which makes me think he'll start next weekend. Also obviously Miller pinch hit each game this weekend and should hopefully return full time at Minny. That's huge for what is our biggest series of season next weekend at Minny. Sat and Sun games on BTN.

Iowa won 2 out of 3 to bring Michigan back to pack this weekend and OSU got Minnesota today so we are 9-5 just 3 games behind Mich and 2 behind Minny. If we can win 2 of 3 at Minny this weekend we are right in it as Mich still has series with red hot PU and Illinois. Its a long shot but enough happened around us to leave the door open. Finally looked like ourselves today as well! Also great we had sellouts all weekend with the weather nice as expected! Lastly RPI so tight today's win moved us up to 20. If we win 2 of 3 at Minny and hold serve against others and win UK or UL game hosting still looks possible.

IU takes a 9-2 lead after 7 scoring 5 more times in inning. Walker HR, Sowers RBI single to left, Miller pinch hit and hit a line drive off the pitchers glove for infield hit where the throw was frantically shoveled home to low and than Gorski a 2 run RBI single to center.

Has our offense returned? Hope so.

Live I thought he was out as well but than the TV did a slowed down replay and showed he was safe by a hair. Bang bang call and not egregious but once you watched in slow motion you saw he was barely safe. Either way take any breaks you can get and be happy for the win we desperately needed.

Winner tomorrow is almost certainly going to be Big Ten Champ as IU has a Rutgers team that is in toilet next weekend (What sport isn't Rutgers terrible at) and I doubt Michigan loses any of their last 4 games. I expect both teams to win out after tomorrow and winner will be leading Big Ten. Who would of thought that for IU at beginning of season.

Well our offense still has not woken up and the pitchers glove and 1st base umpire gave us the game today eventually but it feels good to be in the win column again. We scratched across a run in 1st on an infield single by Gorksi that barely bounced off the pitchers glove on a high chopper with bases loaded. We didn’t score again in regulation but Beauchamp and the relievers (Krueger, Sabol and Lloyd) were as good as Milto would have been. Eventually Illinois tied it in the 9th with 2 outs but should of taken a 2-1 lead and won as a dropped third strike by Fineman with runner on 2nd was late on the throw to first but ump wrongly called Illini runner out for 2nd out. Illinois that got a single to tie with the runner still on 2nd but the next single which would of won it with correct call on previous play only put runners at 1st and 2nd and Lloyd got a pop out to end inning after. Nothing doing for either offense after that until Drew Ashley led off the 12th with a HR down the right field line to win it. Not sure we deserved to win as we also made a million base running mistakes and as I said our offense continues to be in hibernation. However, we found a way finally in another 50-50 game and the pitching was fantastic and we needed every bit of it. Hopefully this springboards the team back on track.

Yes it has and they deserve a ton of criticism. But 3 runs in 6.2 is not great especially when you take a perfect game into the 4th. As I said if we get 2 early and Stiever wants to be a true ace he is expected to give up 1 or less. At least thats how I learned it.

I said I don't praise the offense and they went in the toilet. However, the college coaches I interned with always told me in a Friday night match up between aces that if offense stakes you to an early lead the ace is expected to hold that up at all costs rest of night and if he doesn't its on him. Maybe some coaches have different philosophy's and offense certainly needs to wake up but based on what I learned this is mostly on Stiever who was bad in the middle innings. Whole team needs to get its act together though.

I should be more mad about tonight then I am but everything else around me locally went so well (Pacers, Cubs, Colts draft picks which I know some don't like but I did) I'm not really. I guess IU is struggling so much not even a good local sports night can save them. We can forget about hosting now and just worry about not playing our way out of tourney with RPI dropping to mid 30's after tonight. Only good news was Luke Miller returned and pinch hit so he's ready to return. Still not sure on Milto. We did our bad habit tonight of jumping on a team early and scoring only to go dormant rest of night. However, I have to blame this on Stiever who was great for 3 innings than was terrible in 4th-7th giving up 3 runs and was constantly under duress. As the ace and especially with how strong he was in first 3 innings he needs to hold that 2-0 lead and not give up more than a run. I am not praising the offense who deserves a lot of blame for going in toilet after 1st but if you stake your ace to a 2-0 lead after 1 he should be able to hold it rest of night and especially in a Friday night match up when other team’s ace is going. Winning the next 2 is a must which won’t be easy as it looks like Milto will not pitch again this weekend unless he goes Sunday but I doubt it. We need to forget about winning Big Ten and hosting Regional which is almost impossible now and just worry about staying in the tourney picture and not completing derailing the season. Update: Lemonis confirmed Milto not pitching this weekend and it will be Beauchamp and Herrin. No game midweek though with finals which helps a lot for Minny next weekend and maybe we can get back to full health. Offense better wake up though as Beauchamp and Herrin will certainly give up at least a couple.

Yeah It will cause controversy and generate clicks which is what they want. Typical newspaper these days.

Purdue fans say its the IU star and they give us better coverage than any team. I am not sure which is true since I see it as a fan through rose colored glasses but every fan base thinks every source is out to get them rightly or wrongly and gives everyone else more attention. I am not defending the star or bashing them. Just saying everyone thinks they give very one else's team more or better coverage. I've seen Pacer fans think they don't give enough coverage and give other local sports better coverage. I have seen Butler fans complain IU and PU get better coverage. I have heard Notre Dame fans complain the star does not give them enough coverage. I have seen high school fans complain they don't get enough coverage. The only coverage I have never seen complaints about is the Colts and even then I have heard negative things said about individual reporters. I think the lesson is star is just a bad paper for sports that upsets everyone in one way or another.

Peegs may have just tip his hand on this podcast by accident: https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/The-Upland-Brewing-Co-Peegs-Podcast-Breaking-Down-Dallas-117654777 At the 23:00 minute mark he is asked about what he is most looking forward to about the announcement and says "what swayed him to Indiana" and than pauses for a brief second and says "or whatever school he chooses". Not sure it tips a hand but it certainly gives insight into where peegs thinks he is headed in my mind.

Absolutely not. It just seems unfair to criticize someone solely because they are reporting what they are told by a source (and yes he was definitely told this) who may or may not be right. If someone has other reasons for not liking him I completely understand.

Not surprised. I am sure he has been in Butler and PU gear at times also. Guy breathes college sports and is a fan of all in state teams as he should be given his role as the station manager of the main sports talk station here in Indy.

Fair enough and you are probably right. It just seems silly to jump on him for solely reporting what he has been told especially given how much coverage he has ensured IU has received on 1070 over the years as the station manager. He's even mentioned soccer and baseball runs during postseason last few years during his segment which I can guarantee you never would of made the air without him.

Sorry my hand slipped on the keyboard and didn't see I had misspelled it. Look the guy is far from a close friend. I met him and talked to him a couple times through some mutual work we did and his passion and knowledge of college basketball is second to none. After we met I was told to email him about something and he responded within less than an hour which was very responsible. He is not an IU hater at all and roots for all state teams. He is reporting what he was told and doesn't deserved to be belittled and called names for that. It's embarrassing to us as a fan base to do so. If people have other reasons for not liking him I completely understand and in that case I apologize but to think lowly of him solely because he is reporting what he was told about Langford is pretty petty.