IU Baseball

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

Hoosiers win 11-9 but our bullpen leaves a lot to be desired.

Vega pitched into the 9th but gave up a run on 3 singles and a BB and was replaced by Hayden with the bases loaded and 1 out.  Hayden gave up a 2-run single to the first batter he faced and then walked a batter to load the bases with 2 outs.  Then another 2-run single made it 11-9 with Cincy runners on the corners.  A fly out to centerfield ends the game.

This weekend, we host Ohio U. for a 3-game series.  

[Aaron 4,609]

All I can say is sigh of relief. That ninth inning was ugly but a win is a win in the end so no complaints.

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11 hours ago, Aaron said:

All I can say is sigh of relief. That ninth inning was ugly but a win is a win in the end so no complaints.

For sure a sigh. It's unfortunate it's going to appear like Vega "wasn't good" or "struggled". He was DAMN good. And I personally think Luke Hayden should have started the 9th instead of Vega. Luke also JUST missed two pitches that would have ended that game without much damage at all being done. 

Vega through 3.1IP- 3H 6K 0BB 0R... and then we tried to stretch him. 

He sat 89-92. 

A couple of other things... ESPN+ is great. The announcers were solid, the video was good and consistent... I LOVED getting a gun on the pitchers so the ppl watching could see how hard the guys were throwing... 

Did NOT know Bothwell could bring it 93-95mph. As LHP that's lethal. 

With Risedorph, Ey, Phillips, Vega all those guys giving you good innings.... Levy+Bothwell-- those two vets they need to find a way to be guys for us down the stretch.  

[jbeaman9 1,257]

Just saw a tweet of NCAA Tournament projections that has IU hosting a regional as the 15 overall seed. I'll see if I can find it again.

Edit: Found it

 

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1 minute ago, jbeaman9 said:

Just saw a tweet of NCAA Tournament projections that has IU hosting a regional as the 15 overall seed. I'll see if I can find it again.

Edit: Found it

 

I was coming here to post this. 

There are now 3 different publications that have Indiana hosting. 

Just keep winning. Just keep winning. 

[jbeaman9 1,257]

34 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I was coming here to post this. 

There are now 3 different publications that have Indiana hosting. 

Just keep winning. Just keep winning. 

This offense is no joke, just need more consistent pitching and this team can easily host a regional round

[CSP 12,268]

6 minutes ago, jbeaman9 said:

This offense is no joke, just need more consistent pitching and this team can easily host a regional round

I actually think the pitching has been more consistent than the bats, especially before the past weekend. It was just two bad innings last night, from the bottom of our pen. 

Against Louisville, all three games against ILL... the pitching was pretty good. Against Iowa, the pitching couldn't have been better. Our team ERA sits at 3rd in the conference and is very close to the 1st+2nd place teams, in that category. 

[CSP 12,268]

@Aaron Something we need to be rooting for---- Iowa+Maryland to both end up with Top 50 RPIs. I think we want Iowa taking all three this weekend, Maryland taking no less than two this weekend, and then obviously us taking 2/3 from Maryland. 

If we can do that... and those two teams both end up Q1, could be a good boost come selection Monday. 

[Aaron 4,609]

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

@Aaron Something we need to be rooting for---- Iowa+Maryland to both end up with Top 50 RPIs. I think we want Iowa taking all three this weekend, Maryland taking no less than two this weekend, and then obviously us taking 2/3 from Maryland. 

If we can do that... and those two teams both end up Q1, could be a good boost come selection Monday. 

Most definitely!

[CSP 12,268]

In terms of winning the conference last night was perfect. 

Maryland, MSU, and Neb all lost. 

[CSP 12,268]

The B1G network is showing ONE B1G baseball game all week lol

Meanwhile... the SECN is showing 11 of them this week, and another game on ESPNU. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

21 minutes ago, btownqb said:

The B1G network is showing ONE B1G baseball game all week lol

Meanwhile... the SECN is showing 11 of them this week, and another game on ESPNU. 

But, but, but you don't want to watch B1G Lacrosse?   lol

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

But, but, but you don't want to watch B1G Lacrosse?   lol

Man it's frustrating. How many times do you think they have replayed the Michigan/OSU football game from 1988? 

WEARS ME OUT!! 

[CSP 12,268]

Better yet... a REPLAY OF THE MICHIGAN STATE SPRING GAME!!! WHO GIVES AN EFF!!!! 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

[CSP 12,268]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Awesome seeing this stuff. Man, I know the SEC dominates this sport... but it's good seeing other teams in the T25. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

 

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

 

Oh... I'm SO shocked...  eyeroll. These dudes are GOOOOOOD. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

3:00 pm Tuesday afternoon game on the road at Ball State (26-13) who is on a 3-game winning streak.  The Cardinals have rode the wave over the last month, with 14 wins in 15 games from March 11-April 7, followed by six straight losses before the past weekend sweep over NIU.

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[CSP 12,268]

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

3:00 pm Tuesday afternoon game on the road at Ball State (26-13) who is on a 3-game winning streak.  The Cardinals have rode the wave over the last month, with 14 wins in 15 games from March 11-April 7, followed by six straight losses before the past weekend sweep over NIU.

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You're my hero for finding that video feed. It looks like it's just something that Ball St is doing since there is no ESPN+ today, for some reason? Not sure, but thank you.