Six IU pitchers toss complete four-hit shutout
CINCINNATI — The Hoosier pitching was dominant from start to finish Wednesday, never giving an edge to the Xavier Musketeers on offense.
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CINCINNATI — The Hoosier pitching was dominant from start to finish Wednesday, never giving an edge to the Xavier Musketeers on offense.
Although the Hoosiers couldn’t complete the series sweep against Iowa last weekend, their level of play has increased significantly as of late.
IU saw its eight-game winning streak snap Sunday in extra innings against Iowa, but that didn’t take away from the Hoosiers’ positive weekend.
Senior starting pitcher Kyle Hart went the distance for the third time in his career Friday. He allowed just one unearned run while scattering four hits in the series opening 7-1 victory against Iowa.
Fighting for a shot to make the Big Ten Tournament, IU will have a chance to move up in the conference standings this weekend when Iowa visits Bloomington.
IU Coach Chris Lemonis said coming into Wednesday’s game against Ball State the Hoosiers would rely heavily on the bullpen once again in the mid-week matchup.
Coming off its first series sweep of the season against in-state rival Purdue, IU has won a season-high five games in a row.
In a rivalry almost anything can happen. When it’s IU and Purdue the list of what can happen becomes endless.
The rivalry between IU and Purdue has been restored on the diamond after neither team played last year.
Sophomore outfielder Logan Sowers has been able to make his presence felt on the diamond no matter where or when he has competed.
Just as the Hoosiers thought their fortunes had turned for the better, a three-game losing skid, including a conference series loss to Rutgers, has kept IU at .500 approaching the halfway point of the regular season.
IU snapped a three-game losing streak in game two of Saturday’s double header when the conference-opening series against Rutgers was salvaged.
The day after IU Coach Chris Lemonis called his teams performance “uninspired” following its first shutout loss of the season against Cincinnati, the lack of effort continued to show.
One week ago the Hoosier offense exploded for 27 runs in a convincing win against Butler at Bart Kaufman Field.
Focus at the plate was the issue for IU on Tuesday night. They were shut out for the first time this season.
After winning 10 of its last 13 games, IU will head into its busiest week of the season with back-to-back mid-week games at home before starting Big Ten play this weekend.
Junior second baseman Tony Butler attempted to bunt twice to move the runner over from first with no outs in the top of the 10th inning Sunday.
The 27-run performance by the Hoosiers in their previous outing against Butler have given the IU faithful complete confidence the team has finally recovered from its sluggish start.
The Hoosiers and Bulldogs met for the first time this season in Florida when IU scratched out a 2-1 victory from a misplayed fly ball to left field to walk off a winner in the ninth.
Dominant was the word IU Coach Chris Lemonis used when he was asked what he thought of senior starting pitcher Caleb Baragar’s last outing against Toledo. Domination could be used to classify the entire weekend starting staff as a whole.