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[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

Foley took the mound in the 6th.  Walked 2 and balked them to 2nd and 3rd.  Infield single made it 2-0.  Whiteaker started the 7th and gave up a solo HR to make it a 3-0 ISU lead.  After a walk and a single with 1 out, Whiteaker was replaced by Seiler.  He gives up a single to the first batter he faced and it's 4-0 at the end of 7 innings.  We've managed just 5 hits off 3 Sycamore pitchers.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

Hoosiers get beat 4-0.   

ISU played some really good defense tonight and made the plays that snuffed out potential IU rallies. 

We host Iowa this next weekend. 

[Aaron 4,302]

That Hollycross guy IU saw for five innings is probably the best arm they have seen this season and his numbers back that up (0.47 ERA). He went multiple shutout innings against very highly ranked Kentucky and Miami also so the Hoosiers are far from the first high powered offense he has completely befuddled .

Just one of those days. Focus on winning the Iowa series which is most important. RPI will stay between 25-30 and keep team in position for an at-large bid should they win the games they are supposed to down the stretch.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

Well, well, well.  Look who's in first place in the B1G!

Indiana: 22-10 Overall (.688) • 7-2 B1G (0.778) • 1st Place

 

Place	Team	Record	Win %	GB	RPI
1		7-2	.778	0.0	17
2		6-3	.667	1.0	58
3		4-2	.667	1.5	68
4		6-3	.667	1.0	78
5		4-2	.667	1.5	79
6		5-4	.556	2.0	237
7		3-3	.500	2.5	241
8		3-3	.500	2.5	267
	B1G	Tourney	Cut	Line
9		2-4	.333	3.5	44
10		2-4	.333	3.5	57
11		3-6	.333	4.0	87
12		2-7	.222	5.0	99
13		1-5	.167	4.5	147

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,670]

Not too bad at all.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

Check out #24

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

Tuesday night baseball at The Bart at 6:00 on B1G+ as we host Ball State (23-8).

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

Luke Hayden on the mound.  First 3 batters he faces get on base and boom, Ball State with a grand slam HR.  4-0 already.  Ugh.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

We got 3 back in our first but BSU scored 4 more in its second and it stayed 8-3 until our fourth when we pounded out 6 consecutive hits and scored 5 runs to tie it up at 8.   Then Tibbitts got our 7th consecutive hit, a 3-run HR and to take an 11-8 lead after 4 complete.

[MemphisHoosier 2,271]

12 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

We got 3 back in our first but BSU scored 4 more in its second and it stayed 8-3 until our fourth when we pounded out 6 consecutive hits and scored 5 runs to tie it up at 8.   Then Tibbitts got our 7th consecutive hit, a 3-run HR and to take an 11-8 lead after 4 complete.

Somewhere Tom Crean is smiling in delight...

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

BSU comes right back with 3 in its 5th to tie it up at 11-11.  They've hit 3 HRs off our staff.

We pick up a run in the 6th on a double from Taylor after Whalen reached on an error withTaylor advancing to 3rd on a BSU error.  Tibbitts then crushed his 2nd HR of the game to make it 14-11.  Tibbitts now with 5 RBI in the game and 38 on the season.  After Mathison walked, Pyne hit an RBI double.  15-11 IU lead after 6 complete.

[LamarCheeks 19,553]

3 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

BSU comes right back with 3 in its 5th to tie it up at 11-11.  They've hit 3 HRs off our staff.

We pick up a run in the 6th on a double from Taylor after Whalen reached on an error withTaylor advancing to 3rd on a BSU error.  Tibbitts then crushed his 2nd HR of the game to make it 14-11.  Tibbitts now with 5 RBI in the game and 38 on the season.  After Mathison walked, Pyne hit an RBI double.  15-11 IU lead after 6 complete.

First to 20 wins? 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

1 minute ago, LamarCheeks said:

First to 20 wins? 

Could well be.  BSU already scored their 12th run and still batting in  the 7th.

[TheWatShot 14,244]

Looking like 15 may not be enough. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

16-13 Hoosiers win.  Pitching was optional.

Colopy SF in the 8th made it 16-12 IU lead.  BSU with a solo HR in th 9th.

Hoosiers with 14 hits.  Tibbits 3-4 and 3 others with 2 hits apiece.  Tibbitts the big bat with 5 RBIs.  Our pitchers gave up 13 hits and 6 BB.  5 of BSU's hits were HRs.

Next weekend a road trip against Illinois.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,670]

Wow, that’s a game. When our bats come alive, they come ALIVE!


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,548]

9 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Wow, that’s a game. When our bats come alive, they come ALIVE!


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Good thing our bats were alive because our pitching sure wasn't.

[Aaron 4,302]

While it will take a LOT of winning down the stretch to hold onto this and a top 16 RPI, IU is now projected to host a regional by College Sports Madness in their latest Bracketology:

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology

A nice change of pace after the last couple years to be talking about whether team is hosting and not whether they are in at all. Not that different from the basketball team this year going from not in or barely in, to safely in and question being if they get a top four protected seed (note the top 16 teams host in baseball just like women's basketball except all are made one seeds instead of one through four).

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,408]

11 minutes ago, Aaron said:

While it will take a LOT of winning down the stretch to hold onto this and a top 16 RPI, IU is now projected to host a regional by College Sports Madness in their latest Bracketology:

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology

A nice change of pace after the last couple years to be talking about whether team is hosting and not whether they are in at all. Not that different from the basketball team this year going from not in or barely in, to safely in and question being if they get a top four protected seed (note the top 16 teams host in baseball just like women's basketball except all are made one seeds instead of one through four).

Just take care of business the next 8 games and let's see where we're at! 

I will mention... our loses are all very high quality.