IU Baseball vs Iowa - April 7-9, 2023

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Easter weekend homestand for our Hoosiers vs the Iowa Hawkeyes (21-6) (1-2).  

• Friday - 6:00          Televised on B1G+ 
• Saturday - Noon   Televised on BTN
• Sunday - Noon      Televised on  B1G+

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

 

[Aaron 4,293]

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

 

Don't like that Friday matchup and not having a true ace will kill them against Brecht who can throw 100 mph for his fastball and might be best arm in conference. My prediction: IU gets beat pretty big tomorrow but wins Saturday and Sunday. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Iowa batting in the 4th leading 3-0.  They scored a run in the 1st after Seiler hit a batter, a Pyne error and an RBI  single.  In the 4th, Seiler was pulled for Ey after walking a batter and then hitting a batter.  Ey gave up a single to the first batter he faced loading the bases and another single scored 2 more Iowa runs.  Another walk re-loaded the bases with 2 outs but a FC ended the Iowa threat.

Hoosiers are hitless against Brecht and Aaron commented that Brecht's 90 mph change-up was equal to Seiler's fastball.  Brecht has thrown 46 pitches in 3 innings.

Peter Serruto has thrown 2 runners out at 2nd.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Iowa scored again in the 5th and 7th; we finally scored a single run in the 7th and trail 5-1 to start the 8th.  Brecht has really shut our bats down.  He's still on the mound and only given up 2 hits.  Decker-Petty now on the mound for our Hoosiers. 

[TheWatShot 14,004]

Well, I had hoped that if we could stay within 1 or 2 runs, we might be able to rally late against their bullpen, but at this point I'm not sure if we'll even see their bullpen at all. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

7-1 Iowa takes the first game of the weekend series.

We had no answer for Iowa pitching.  Brecht went 7 innings and only allowed 2 hits and struck out 7.   Henderson closed it out and we only got  2 hits off him and he struck out 6 in his 2 innings.  5 IU pitchers gave up 9 hits, walked 4 and hit 3 batters.  We committed 2 errors that led to 2 Iowa runs.

[Aaron 4,293]

You saw what I said earlier in thread and tonight was the first of that.

Brecht is a first round draft pick with Aroldis Chapman like speeds and no one can hit him. Bad luck facing two elite arms in a row with Hollycross of ISU on Tuesday and Brecht tonight. Finally get someone who has struggled tomorrow and offense should be able to get back on track as a result.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

No score after 3 complete and neither team has gotten a hit.  Sinnard has faced the minimum and struck out 5.   Iowa's Morgan has also faced the minimum and also has 5 strikeouts.

[TheWatShot 14,004]

Still no score in the top of the 6th. 

 

So much for Iowa's 7 ERA pitcher struggling. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Quite the pitching duel.  Sinnard went 6 innings giving up 3 hits, no BB and struckout 12.  Threw 94 pitches facing 22 batters.  Ryan Kraft takes over to start the 7th.

Morgan went 5 innings with 1 hit, 3 BB and 8 strikeouts.  Threw 79  pitches to 18 batters.  Voelker took over to start the 6th.

Iowa batting in the 7th and Ryan Kraft just picked an Iowa runner off first base.

[TheWatShot 14,004]

One of the things about baseball that always amazes me is how a team can collectively stop hitting, especially after a game where they just went crazy. 22 runs in the final game at Penn State last weekend, 1 run in 25 innings since. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Free baseball.  No score after 9 innings.  Kraft still on the mound.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

HOOSIERS WIN               2-run walk-off HR by Colopy.

[LamarCheeks 18,946]

HOOSIERS JUST WALKED IT OFF!!!

[TheWatShot 14,004]

Wow, what a finish. 2 run walkoff homer to win it after Iowa had a runner thrown out at the plate in the top of the 10th. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,189]

Big time!! 

We have plenty of pitching left, as does Iowa. 

[Aaron 4,293]

Well they got it done which is the bottom line! Hopefully the offense wakes up soon.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Iowa leads 1-0 after 3 complete.  Manase started on the mound and struggled from the start giving up a first inning run and was pulled in the second for Yoho after putting 2 Iowa runners on base.

We've hit into 7 rally killing double plays in this Iowa series.  4 of them already today and it's just the 4th inning.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

 Minny leads 1-0 after 6 complete.

In the Minny 5th a failed IU double play attempt put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out who then advanced on a wild pitch.  Yoho got a strikeout and a ground out to end the inning with no damage done. 

We loaded the bases with 2 outs in the 6th but a Pyne ground out ended the inning.   We're 0-11 with runners on base today and we've left 7 on base.