IU Softball vs Michigan State - 4/30 - 5/2 all on BTN+

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 Indiana Softball (16-16, 16-16 Big Ten) is home for the first of two series as they welcome Michigan State (9-16, 9-16) to Andy Mohr Field this weekend.

•  Friday - 4:00
• Saturday doubleheader - Noon
• Sunday - Noon

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Checking Out The Competition
 The Spartans are coming off a series in which they split four games with Purdue, winning the last game, 3-2 and the opening game, 4-2. As a team the Spartans are hitting .236, led by junior first baseman Mackenzie Meech, who is hitting .352 with 25 hit. In the circle Ashley Miller has been the most productive Spartan with a 2.08 era, 5-4 record and 60.2 innings pitched.
 
Last Time Out
 Indiana split a four-game set in Champaign against the Fighting Illini. Each of the two doubleheader Illinois won game one and the Hoosiers won game two. Indiana hit four home runs over the weekend with two of them coming off the bat of Bella Norton. In the first IU win, the Hoosiers scored three in the fifth and three in the seventh for a 7-2 win. In the series finale, Brooke Benson hit her first career home run to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 victory. Norton hit .462 in the series with six hits and five RBI. Emily Goodin won game two and picked up a save in game four. Goodin is now 10-11 on the season.
 
News and Notes
 
 • Gabbi Jenkins leads the Big Ten and NCAA in stolen bases in a single game with six. Jenkins is tied for the lead in the Big Ten with 21 stolen bases. Jenkins ranks 26th in the NCAA in stolen bases per game.
• Jenkins was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on April 20.
• Jenkins has 93 career stolen bases and broke the record of 90 set by Aimee Lonigro in 1996.
 
 She broke the program single game stolen base record already this year with six against Rutgers on Mar. 13.
• As a team, the Hoosiers ranks sixth in the country in stolen bases at 2.50 per game. Indiana is +38 in stolen bases vs. their opponent this season.
• The Hoosiers have stolen 77 bases on the season in 97 attempts.
• Grayson Radcliffe leads the Hoosiers in RBI with 19.
• Gabbi Jenkins ranks seventh in the Big Ten in hits with 33 on the season. Jenkins leads the conference in doubles with 13. Jenkins leads the Hoosiers in batting average on the season at .346.
• Indiana ranks fifth in the Big Ten in batting average at .262.
• Emily Goodin leads the Big Ten in innings pitched for the season at 132.1 Goodin is fifth in the conference in strikeouts with 121. Goodin is ninth in the Big Ten in ERA for the season at 2.06 and sixth in total wins this season with 10 wins.
• Brittany Ford hit her first career grand slam in game one against Rutgers on Mar. 13.
• Katie Lacefield and Taylor Lambert had their first home runs of the season on Mar. 13 during game two against Rutgers.
• Aaliyah Andrews leads the Hoosiers in batting average at .333.
• Brooke Benson recorded the first walk off of her career when she hit a RBI double in the 11th inning to help the Hoosiers prevail and get the sweep against Rutgers. Benson hit her first career home run to help the Hoosiers to a 1-0 win against Illinois on April 25.

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Hoosiers win the opening game of the series 1-0 courtesy of an rbi triple by Grayson Radcliffe in the bottom of the 3rd.  For the game Hoosiers had 5 hits, committed 1 error and left 6 on base.  Emily Goodin went the distance allowing just 2 hits, walked 3, struck out 4.  Doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon.

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In game #1 today, Hoosiers jumped out to a  2-0 lead in the 1st inning on a Grayson Radcliffe 2-run homer.  Goodin again on the mound and has allowed just 2 hits and no walks in 4 innings and Hoosiers leading 2-0.

 

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Hoosiers got 2 more runs in the 6th and lead 4-0 going into the final inning.  After a Radcliffe double, Bella Norton launched one over the left field fence.   Natalie Foor replaced Goodin in the 7th and gave up 2 singles putting Spartan runners on the corners with 2 outs but got a groundout to short to end the game with Hoosiers winning 4-0.

In her 6 innings, Goodin gave up just 2 hits and walked only 1 Spartan.  

 

 

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Halfway thru game #2 and it's scoreless.  Hoosiers have yet to get their first hit.  Goodin has given up 2 singles and 2 base on balls.

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In the bottom of the 4th, the Hoosiers get their first hits of the game, the second being an Abby Meeks rbi single and Hoosiers have a 1-0 lead after 4 complete innings.

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Hoosiers add a couple of more runs in the bottom of the 5th with Lacefield scoring on a passed ball and Benson scoring on a Jenkins sacrifice fly.  After 5, Hoosiers lead 3-0.

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Hoosiers take the second game 3-0 and Emily Goodin has been totally dominating on the mound.  She has pitched 20 of the 21 innings played this weekend allowing a total of just 10 hits.  She's walked 6 and the Spartans have yet to score a run against IU.  Series wraps up tomorrow with a scheduled noon start.

 

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Hoosiers lose game #4 of the weekend series 2-0 which is a darn shame because of Emily Goodin's weekend performance.  She went the distance again today allowing 5 singles, struck out 7 and didn't walk a batter.  Both of Sparty's runs were scored in the first inning as a result of an error from our first baseman Grace Lorsung.  Goodin pitched 27 of the 28 innings played and didn't allow a single earned run.  She gave up a total of 15 hits (all singles) and walked just 6 batters.   

Women will be at home again next weekend hosting Penn State.