IU Baseball

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Indiana announced that RHP Seti Manase will start Tuesday against No. 10/13 Louisville. Perhaps why Manase was taken out so early in Friday's game—after tossing two scoreless innings on 26 pitches. LHP Evan Webster (4.67 ERA) will start for Louisville.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Hoosiers lead 5-1 after 3 complete.

Louisville jumped out to a 1-0 lead in its 3rd on a solo HR off Manase who started on the mound.  We bounced back in our 3rd scoring 5 runs on 6 singles and a Louisville error.   

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

We picked up another run in the 4th.  With Cerny on 2nd, a dropped 3rd strike had Cerny running for 3rd when the catcher airmailed the ball into left field allowing Cerny to score easily.  

Tibbitts with an RBI single in the 6th made it 7-1.

Phillips relieved Manase in the 3rd and held Louisville hitless through the 6th and stayed on the mound to start the 7th.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

7-3 Hoosier win.

Louisville picked up a run in the 7th on a Taylor error and another run in the 8th off Yoho who relieved Phillips to start the 8th but that's all they got.

 

 

[Aaron]

Dare I say those announcers were the best I have ever heard on an ESPN broadcast? Not kidding. They were very complimentary of IU and the Big Ten and northern baseball in general. They were also extremely well prepared and had studied both teams quite well and knew what they needed about them. They also called a perfect game on the broadcast from a play-by-play standpoint. 

 

So unusual for ESPN for something like that to happen but not complaining:).  

[Hovadipo]

18 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Dare I say those announcers were the best I have ever heard on an ESPN broadcast? Not kidding. They were very complimentary of IU and the Big Ten and northern baseball in general. They were also extremely well prepared and had studied both teams quite well and knew what they needed about them. They also called a perfect game on the broadcast from a play-by-play standpoint. 

 

So unusual for ESPN for something like that to happen but not complaining:).  

I can never remember his name, but the play-by-play guy does a bunch of the “other” sports for ESPN and he’s always awesome. Whether it’s HS football, lacrosse, etc. he’s always on it. 

[Aaron]

15 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I can never remember his name, but the play-by-play guy does a bunch of the “other” sports for ESPN and he’s always awesome. Whether it’s HS football, lacrosse, etc. he’s always on it. 

He deserves a promotion to bigger games and sports. 

[CSP]

1 hour ago, Aaron said:

Dare I say those announcers were the best I have ever heard on an ESPN broadcast? Not kidding. They were very complimentary of IU and the Big Ten and northern baseball in general. They were also extremely well prepared and had studied both teams quite well and knew what they needed about them. They also called a perfect game on the broadcast from a play-by-play standpoint. 

 

So unusual for ESPN for something like that to happen but not complaining:).  

Rooney is fantastic. Always. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Tonight the Hoosiers are on the road at Cincinnati (15-22) for a 6:00 pm game televised on ESPN+.

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[Aaron]

Hosts per D1 Baseball and Baseball America:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-ncaa-tournament-projected-field-of-64-41923/

https://d1baseball.com/projections/d1baseball-field-of-64-projections-week-10/

It is possible but they probably need to 16-3 at worst down stretch to maintain this given they have sub-200 Purdue and NW still. Of those three losses they cannot be PU, NW, or Southern Indiana. Definitely possible but very little margin for error given weak schedule.   

On the other hand they are all but certain to get in to the tourney and hopefully get their Regional at UK, Vandy, or Indiana St if they have to travel. Outside chance Louisville and Mizzou also host. However, UK, and Vandy only driving distance teams very likely to host at moment. IU and Indiana St have next best chance in this area to be one seeds and get home games..   

[CSP]

23 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Hosts per D1 Baseball and Baseball America:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-ncaa-tournament-projected-field-of-64-41923/

https://d1baseball.com/projections/d1baseball-field-of-64-projections-week-10/

It is possible but they probably need to 16-3 at worst down stretch to maintain this given they have sub-200 Purdue and NW still. Of those three losses they cannot be PU, NW, or Southern Indiana. Definitely possible but very little margin for error given weak schedule.   

On the other hand they are all but certain to get in to the tourney and hopefully get their Regional at UK, Vandy, or Indiana St if they have to travel. Outside chance Louisville and Mizzou also host. However, UK, and Vandy only driving distance teams very likely to host at moment. IU and Indiana St have next best chance in this area to be one seeds and get home games..   

Agree with all of that, BUT other teams have to continue to win, as well.

After next Sunday we will have a lot better picture. 

Maryland had 3 200+ losses last season and hosted, plus 2 Q3 losses. Indiana only has one in both of those categories combined. 

I think we should cancel the USI game, truthfully and I absolutely don't care about the optics. 

[CSP]

Plus Maryland last seasons non conf schedule was 85th, currently ours is 44th. Their SOS was 75th, ours is 39th. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Freshman Brayden Risedorph gets tonight's start.    Serruto has caught 12 straight games and is getting a night off.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

After an inning and a half Hoosiers with an early 6-0 lead.

Hoosiers got a run in the 1st on a Tibbitts single and 2 more in the 2nd on a Cerny HR.  Cincy pitching then proceded to load the bases via BB with 1 out.  Tibbitts with a sac fly made it 4-0.  Mathison an RBI single and it's 5-0.  Pyne an RBI single to make it 6-0.  

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

In the Hoosier 3rd, a Whalen RBI double made it 7-0.  

Risedorph has allowed just 1 hit, hasn't walked anyone and struck out 6 in 3 innings.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

After 5 complete Hoosiers lead 7-4 but Cincy making it interesting at the expense of our relief pitchers.

Risedorph went 4 innings, gave up 2 hits, no  walks and struck out 7.  Bothwell started the 5th; walked the first batter he faced and was replaced by Burton.  Burton faced 5 batters walked 2 and gave up an RBI single and was pulled for Vega with the bases loaded and 2 outs.  Vega gave up a bases clearing double to the first batter he faced and it's a 7-4 ball game.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

11-4 after 7 and a half.

Cerny with an RBI double in the 7th made it 8-4.  A walk and a HBP loaded the bases with 1 out but Cerny got picked off 3rd base.  Taylor then hammered a 3-run HR (#9) to make it an 11-4 IU lead.  4 Hoosiers with 2 hits apiece.  Taylor and Cerny each with 3 RBI.  Vega still on the mound for the Cincy 7th.  He's faced 10; given up 3 hits, no walks and struck out 6.

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

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]

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.

[CSP]

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.