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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Evansville won 8-4.  It was 8-1 after 8 innings and we did manage to score 3 in the 9th but another much too little, much too late game.  We had 10 hits but only 1 for extra bases and couldn't put them together to create any scoring rallies.  I have no idea how long it took to play the entire game but in the first 2 innings, there were 2 separate replay reviews and then about a 30-minute delay when Bothwell replaced Stahl in the 2nd.  There was some kind of problem with the pitching mound.  They raked, shoveled, threw dirt, watered and finally play resumed.  We used 7 different pitchers that collectively gave up just 6 hits but walked 9 and hit 3 Evansville batters.  Modugno fared the worst pitching 1.2 innings but giving up 2 HRs that accounted for 5 runs. 

This weekend we're on the road at PUke.

[CSP]

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

Evansville won 8-4.  It was 8-1 after 8 innings and we did manage to score 3 in the 9th but another much too little, much too late game.  We had 10 hits but only 1 for extra bases and couldn't put them together to create any scoring rallies.  I have no idea how long it took to play the entire game but in the first 2 innings, there were 2 separate replay reviews and then about a 30-minute delay when Bothwell replaced Stahl in the 2nd.  There was some kind of problem with the pitching mound.  They raked, shoveled, threw dirt, watered and finally play resumed.  We used 7 different pitchers that collectively gave up just 6 hits but walked 9 and hit 3 Evansville batters.  Modugno fared the worst pitching 1.2 innings but giving up 2 HRs that accounted for 5 runs. 

This weekend we're on the road at PUke.

If it weren't for an error 1HR and 3 runs wouldn't have happened

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

If it weren't for an error 1HR and 3 runs wouldn't have happened

Thanks for the clarification.  Trying to piece the game together this morning and wasn't aware of the role the error played in the Evansville scoring.

[CSP]

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

Thanks for the clarification.  Trying to piece the game together this morning and wasn't aware of the role the error played in the Evansville scoring.

Oh it was huge. Runner on 1st 2 outs. Mudungo throws like 10 pitches in an AB... a marginally hard-hit ball directly at Glasser, he bobbles it... should have been an out at 1st or 2nd, honestly. Next batter... 3 run tater. Score went from 4-1 to 7-1. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

8 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Oh it was huge. Runner on 1st 2 outs. Mudungo throws like 10 pitches in an AB... a marginally hard-hit ball directly at Glasser, he bobbles it... should have been an out at 1st or 2nd, honestly. Next batter... 3 run tater. Score went from 4-1 to 7-1. 

Pretty well sums up how this seasons has gone thus far.  Thanks again.

[CSP]

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

Pretty well sums up how this seasons has gone thus far.  Thanks again.

You aren't wrong there. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Our pitching staff can probably relate to Tennyson's

Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All in the valley of Death

   Rode the six hundred.

“Forward, the Light Brigade!

Charge for the guns!” he said.

Into the valley of Death

   Rode the six hundred.

 

A midweek contest at Indiana State brings the Indiana baseball program one game closer to ending its 10-game road trip. The Hoosiers and Sycamores will throw the first pitch at 6 p.m. from Bob Warn Field in Terre Haute on Tuesday evening.
 
The Hoosiers (12-18) took one game in the three-game series at Purdue over the weekend, while the Sycamores went 4-0 last week with a series sweep of Valparaiso and a midweek win over the Boilermakers.
 
Gameday Info
Tuesday, April 12 (6 p.m.)
Probable Starters
IU: TBA
ISU: TBA
 
Live Video: es.pn/3jsJF65
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/3E0i0Db
 
Quick Hitters

• Indiana and Indiana State will meet for the 113th time in program history on Tuesday in Terre Haute, with the Hoosiers looking to add to 65 series victories.
  MORE ON PAGE 3
• Redshirt-junior Matt Ellis has been seeing the ball well and leads the Big Ten lead in home runs. The left-handed hitter has also hit some mammoth home runs so far in 2022.
  MORE ON PAGE 3 & 8
• Rookie Josh Pyne had a 15-game hitting streak come to an end versus Northwestern. That stretch is the longest since 2014 and ninth longest since 2005.
  MORE ON PAGE 7
• Freshman Brock Tibbitts took a pair of pitches out of the park in the IU's season opener versus Miami (Ohio), but you don't have to look far in the record books for the last rookie to hit multiple home runs in a game.
  MORE ON PAGE 3 & 7
• Graduate student Tyler Doanes has been a table setter for IU and ranks among the national leaders in walks through seven weeks of the season.
  MORE ON PAGE 7
• Indiana has three alums on MLB rosters to start 2022 and saw a school-standard four student-athletes selected in the first 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft in 2021.
  MORE ON PAGE 7
• Head coach Jeff Mercer owns 84 victories as the Indiana frontman and is poised to become the eighth IU skipper to reach 100 victories in the cream and crimson.
  FULL BIO ON PAGE 4

 
Scouting the Opponent

• Indiana State enters the week with a 19-8 overall record and a 5-1 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play after sweeping a three-game series at Valparaiso.
• The Sycamores have played just three midweek games this season and are a perfect 3-0 in those contests with wins over Purdue and Southeast Missouri State (twice).
• As a team, ISU is hitting .315 and averaging 7.5 runs per game on 11.2 hits per game.
• Sean Ross paces the offense with a .429 average and 25 RBIs. He paces the team with 13 doubles, as well.
• Josue Urdaneta owns a team-high 44 hits with a .383 average, while Jordan Schaffer is hitting .345 with a team-best 29 runs scored.
• The pitching staff has struck out 236 batters and walked only 90 over 238 innings of work and limit the opposition to a .260 batting average.

 
Series Notes

• Indiana will meet Indiana State for the 113th time in program history on Tuesday in a midweek contest at Bob Warn Field.
• The Hoosiers are 65-46-1 all-time against the Sycamores with a 23-23-1 record in games played in Terre Haute.
• Over the last 25 meetings, the Hoosiers are 14-11 against the Sycamores.
• With Tuesday's meeting at Indiana State, IU will play for the fourth time in the last five meetings at Bob Warn Field and own a four-game winning streak on the road versus ISU.
• Four of the last six meetings have been decided by two-or-fewer runs, including a 15-14 win by IU in 2019.
• Of the 112 meetings, IU and ISU have produced at least 15 runs combined in 36 of those.
• Indiana has reached double-digits on the scoreboard in 20 games versus Indiana State, but only two of those games have come in the last 25 meetings.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

We pulled out a 6-5 win but we had to score 5 in the top of  the 9th to do it.  We only managed 4 hits off ISU pitching 2 of them HRs in the 9th.  Mathison hit a 3 RBI pinch hit HR and Doanes had a solo shot.  Hoosiers back on the road this weekend at Rutgers.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

We're playing a single game tonight at Miami (OH) and tomorrow evening a single game at Cincinnati.  Modugno started and in the 1st inning threw 40 pitches, gave up 7 hits and 7 earned runs and we trail 7-3 after 1 inning.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

We're playing a single game tonight at Miami (OH) and tomorrow evening a single game at Cincinnati.  Modugno started and in the 1st inning threw 40 pitches, gave up 7 hits and 7 earned runs and we trail 7-3 after 1 inning.

Joke of a year. Gotta blow it up, start over if you really care about W’s.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Final score:  Miami (OH) 9     IU  7

After we got past the disastrous first inning, we played much better ball.  Over the last 7 Miami at bats, Bothwell and Walker only allowed 2 more hits and 2 more runs to score.  Ellis, Mathison and Tibbitts each had 2 RBIs. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Got a badly needed 11-4 win over Cincinnati to break a 4-game losing streak and hopefully get a little forward momentum for this weekend's home series with Nebraska.  Whalen with 3 RBIs and Tibbits, Mathison and Doanes each with 2.   Tibbits, Doanes and Mathison also each with a HR in the game.  Our 4 pitchers allowed 8 hits and walked 7.

[Aaron]

5 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Got a badly needed 11-4 win over Cincinnati to break a 4-game losing streak and hopefully get a little forward momentum for this weekend's home series with Nebraska.  Whalen with 3 RBIs and Tibbits, Mathison and Doanes each with 2.   Tibbits, Doanes and Mathison also each with a HR in the game.  Our 4 pitchers allowed 8 hits and walked 7.

This is a golden chance for the pitching to continue to be a little better. Nebraska cannot hit at all. Literally IU's pitching and Nebraska's hitting have been so bad they have singlehandedly caused the major struggles relative to expectations for each team. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Last night Hoosiers beat Butler 9-1 at Victory Field in Indianapolis. We had 12 hits on the night.  Jessee went 4-4; Doanes 2-3 with 4 RBIs and Ellis 3-4 with 3 RBIs.  Tucker started on the mound and pitched 4 scoreless innings but struggled with control.  He only gave up 3 hits but walked 4, threw 2 WP and a total of 86 pitches in his 4 innings.  Bothwell finished the game giving up 2 hits and Butler's sole run.  

Tonight we have a single game on the road at Illinois State and then host Illinois next weekend.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

One of last night's highlight's was Jessee's steal of home.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

After advancing his reached streak in each of the five games last week, Indiana baseball freshman Josh Pyne was tabbed as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week the conference office announced on Wednesday (April 27).
 
Pyne was on base multiple times in each of his five starts last week to move his reached base streak to 29 games, the third longest single season streak at IU since at least 2005. The streak is tied for the fifth longest streak in the Big Ten in 2022 and the longest by a freshman.
 
On the week, he hit .381 (8-of-21) with a .500 (7-of-14) average and five extra base hits in Indiana's series victory over Nebraska. In the series with the Cornhuskers, Pyne posted three straight multi-hit efforts and doubled once in each game. He added a three-run home run in the series opener and a triple in the series finale. He posted seven RBIs in the three games versus Nebraska, including three-RBI efforts in the first two games to help IU wrap up the series win on Saturday. He struck out just twice in 24 plate appearances and added six runs scored in five games on the week.
 
It is the first Big Ten weekly honor for Pyne, who leads all Big Ten freshmen with 39 RBIs and is No. 2 in hits among the conference rookies. The last Big Ten Freshman of the Week for Indiana was Morgan Colopy on April 27, 2021.
 
Indiana (17-23) continues its week with a midweek tilt at Illinois State on Wednesday, April 27 at 6 p.m. The Hoosiers will host Illinois at Bart Kaufman Field for a three-game series starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 29.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Hoosiers pick up a road win over Illinois State 3-1.  Back in Bloomington this weekend for a 3-game series against Illinois.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Story at the link below was written prior to the weekend series with Illinois which was not a memorable weekend for Ellis as he only got a single hit, a 2-run HR in the Sunday game.

 

Ellis took back his place atop the Big Ten home run leaderboard with his 13th home run on the season. He's also fifth in the conference with 45 RBIs. He's hitting .286 with a .413 on-base percentage and team-best slugging percentage of .571 that puts him tops on the team in the combined category of OPS at .984.

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/2022/04/29/indiana-baseball-matthew-ellis-big-ten-home-run-leader-iu-hoosiers/9583932002/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Hoosiers are on the road in Ann Arbor this weekend trying to make it into the top 8 in the B1G with the season winding down.  The lost the Friday game 8-4 but bounced back yesterday with a 9-5 win and are now tied for 8th place.  If the season ended now the Hoosiers would be IN the B1G Tourney via the third tiebreaker (RPI) for a three-way tie.  Next weekend they host Minny and then the following weekend conclude the regular season at Iowa.

In yesterday's win, we pounded out 16 hits with Pyne, Mathison and Goforth getting 3 apiece.  We trailed 5-3 after 6 complete but scored 3 in the 7th and 3 in the 9th for the win.  Today's game set to start at 1:00 on B1G+.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Huge win today in Ann Arbor 10-8 and our 3rd B1G series win in a row.  One of the highlights was Carter Mathison and his 15th HR on the year breaking the freshman HR record of 14 set by Alex Dickerson in 2009.  Mathison had 3 RBIs and Tibbitts went 4-4 and also had 3 RBIs in the game.  It was 8-7 Michigan lead after 7 complete.  We scored 2 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th.  Reece Sharp with a great job out of the bullpen only allowing 1 hit and 1 run over the final 3 innings.  

We play a single game at Louisville Tuesday evening and host Minnesota next weekend.