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IU Baseball vs Nebraska - 5/8 and 5/9/21 on BTN+

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Hoosiers will be in Piscataway, NJ to play Rutgers on Friday and Saturday and then face Nebraska later on Saturday and again on Sunday.  Currently, the weather forecast for the weekend is not promising.  Friday should be dry but a high probability of rain on Saturday and chances for rain again Sunday afternoon.

Saturday vs Nebraska - 3:00

Sunday vs Nebraska - 11:00 a.m.

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SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 23-ranked Indiana Hoosiers (20-9) head to Piscataway, N.J. this weekend to face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (17-13) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (20-10) in a Big Ten pod at Bainton Field. IU will face both teams twice over the course of the weekend.
 
• This past weekend, the Hoosiers moved in to first place in the Big Ten after winning two of three games from Iowa at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind. After dropping the first game on Friday, IU responded to win the final two contests, scoring 12 runs in both victories.
 
• Jeff Mercer is in his third season at the helm of the Indiana baseball program. He led the Hoosiers to a Big Ten regular season title in 2019, earning him Big Ten Coach of the Year honors.
 
 
INSIDE #IUBASE
• INF Cole Barr was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on May 4 after helping the Hoosiers to a series win over Iowa. The Yorktown, Ind. native batted 6-for-10 (.600) with a triple, two home runs, five RBI and six runs scored to help IU take two of three games from the Hawkeyes.
 
• Indiana is ranked No. 17 in the nation by Perfect Game, No. 23 by Baseball America, No. 24 by D1 Baseball and No. 29 in the NCBWA poll. IU is also receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches poll.
 
• Offensively, the Hoosiers have been led by OF Cole Barr, who leads the team with a .340 batting average, six home runs, 22 RBI and 30 runs scored. INF Paul Toetz has hit a team-best 14 doubles while driving in 20 and OF Grant Richardson leads the team with 10 stolen bases.
 
• The Indiana pitching staff continues to post some of the best numbers in the nation. The Hoosiers rank second in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings (6.37), sixth in ERA (2.93) and 11th in WHIP (1.20). IU leads the Big Ten in all three categories.
 
• Individually, RHP McCade Brown leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (14.85) and ranks third in the league in hits allowed per nine innings (5.62). RHP Gabe Bierman leads the Big Ten in ERA (2.51), ranks second in hits allowed per nine innings (5.59) and is third in WHIP (1.05). LHP Tommy Sommer leads the Big Ten with five victories.
 
• INF Paul Toetz leads the Big Ten in doubles (14) and ranks fourth in the country in doubles per game (0.48). His 14 two-baggers are already a school record for doubles in Big Ten games.
 
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (449) and conference wins (197). The Hoosiers have made seven NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
 
• Indiana has posted three shutouts on the season, allowed one run or less six times and surrendered two runs or less 11 times. The Hoosier pitching staff also posted five games this year allowing two hits or less.
 
• Indiana's convincing sweep of Minnesota on April 23-25 was the first series sweep of the Golden Gophers since the 1962 season. In the 23-1 victory on April 25, Indiana scored a season-high 23 runs on a season-best 17 hits. The 23 runs were the most for the Hoosiers since scoring 27 against Butler on March 23, 2016 and the most in a Big Ten game since plating 26 against Michigan in a 26-6 win on April 4, 2010.
 
• RHP McCade Brown and RHP Braydon Tucker combined to throw a no-hitter against Illinois on April 10 - the first no-hitter for the Hoosiers in nearly 37 years. The no-hitter was the first for Indiana since April 25, 1984, when Mark Gramer and the Hoosiers blanked Rose-Hulman, 6-0.
 
• For his efforts, RHP Braydon Tucker was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on April 13. Out of the bullpen, Tucker pitched four scoreless innings of relief to earn the save, striking out one, while issuing one walk.
 
• RHP McCade Brown was named the D1Baseball/AstroTurf Player of the Week, the Perfect Game/Rawlings Pitcher of the Week, Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after a school-record performance against Penn State on Mar. 13.
 
• The sophomore hurler matched the Indiana school record with a career-high 16 strikeouts in seven, no-hit innings. He also broke the IU record for most strikeouts in a Big Ten game, eclipsing the previous record of 13.
 
• LHP Tommy Sommer was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 9. Sommer was outstanding for the Hoosiers this past weekend, helping the team defeat Minnesota, 5-2, on Mar. 5. The Carmel, Ind. native tossed eight shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just two hits, while matching his career-high with 10 strikeouts.
 
• Indiana OF Grant Richardson was named a First-Team Preseason All-American by both Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball. He was also named Third-Team Preseason All-American by D1Baseball.
 
• Before the season, Indiana was tabbed to win the Big Ten in 2021 by Perfect Game. OF Grant Richardson was named the Player of the Year and to the Preseason All-Big Ten team. He was joined on the preseason All-Big Ten team by RHP Gabe Bierman and RHP Connor Manous.
 
• RHP Gabe Bierman, OF Grant Richardson and LHP Tommy Sommer were all named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List. IU was picked to finish second in the Big Ten behind Michigan in a preseason poll conducted of the league's coaches.
 
• After leading the Hoosiers to the 2019 Big Ten regular season championship, Jeff Mercer was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Mercer became the first Big Ten head coach since 1982 (John Anderson, Minnesota) to win a regular season conference title in his first season as the skipper.  He was just the second coach in IU history – in any sport, men's or women's – to win an outright Big Ten championship in his (or her) first year.

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