IU Baseball vs Nebraska - 4/22 - 4/24/22

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,110]

 After 10 straight game and 19 days on the road, the Indiana baseball program will return to Bart Kaufman Field for a Big Ten Conference series with Nebraska. The three-game slate will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday (April 22) evening.
 
Indiana (14-22, 2-7 B1G) will spend the next two weekends at home and look to move up the conference standings, starting with the three games versus Nebraska (14-21, 4-5 B1G). The Hoosiers won one game each in the first two B1G weekend series, before dropping three games by a combined four runs at Rutgers last weekend. The Cornhuskers played out of conference last weekend but have swept and been swept in a weekend series already this Big Ten season.
 
Gameday Info
Friday, April 22 (7 p.m.)
Probable Starters
IU: Jack Perkins, RHP, R-Jr.
NU: Shay Shanaman, RHP, Sr.
 
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Saturday, April 23 (2 p.m.)
Probable Starters
IU: Bradley Brehmer, RHP, Sr.
NU: TBA
 
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Sunday, April 24 (Noon)
Probable Starters
IU: TBA
NU: TBA
 
TV: Big Ten Network
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Scouting the Opponent

• Nebraska is 14-21 overall and 4-5in the Big Ten coming off a series loss to BYU last weekend. The Cornhuskers won their midweek game, 4-3, over North Dakota State.
• In the Big Ten this season, Nebraska dropped a series to Michigan (1-2) at home, swept Ohio State on the road, and were swept by Rutgers in Lincoln.
• Nebraska ranks 59th among all of college baseball with triples hit (10).
• Griffin Everitt leads the way for the Cornhusker offense with 37 hits and a .291 average. He has nine doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBIs on the season - which all lead the team.
• Brice Matthews owns a team best 10 stolen bases in 11 attempts, while Max Anderson leads the team in runs scored at 26.
• Right-handed pitcher Shay Schanaman has started nine games on the season and owns a 3.66 ERA with 53 strikeouts and a .201 batting average against in 51 2/3 innings of work.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,110]

Well, we tried to give it away but held on for an 8-7 win.  We led 8-4 after 8, but Tucker gave up a 3-run HR in the 9th to make it interesting.  We had 12 hits.  Pyne with 3 RBI; Doanes and Tibbits with 2 each.  NE had 9 hits off 3 IU pitchers  and we gave up 5 BB and hit 2 batters.  Today's game scheduled to start at 2:00.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,110]

Hoosiers win 8-1.  We had 13 hits on the day with Whalen going 4-5 and 3 RBI.  Pyne 3-5 and 3 RBI.  Mathison 2-4 and an RBI.  Our pitching really held up well today.  Brehmer started and went 6 innings giving up just 3 hits and 3 BB while striking out 11.  Bothwell and Sharp finished mound duties.  Sunday's game has a noon start.

[Aaron 4,147]

One step forward, two steps back for the pitching. Got blown out in the finale.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,110]

19-7 was the final score as Nebraska scored in every inning but the 2nd pounding our pitching staff for 20 hits which included 3 HRs all of Kraft who gave up 7 runs in just 1.2 innings.  We scored our 7 runs off 10 hits.  Tuesday night at 6:30 we play Butler at Victory Field in Indianapolis.  We'll be at home again next weekend hosting the Illini.