New IU Coach Chris Lemonis collected his first win as a Hoosier, and senior second baseman Casey Rodrigue hit his first career home run to lead the IU baseball team to a 4-2 win at Stanford in the season opener Friday night.
Junior Scott Effross got the start and picked up the win, while senior Ryan Halstead made his first appearance after missing almost all of last season with an ACL injury, and got the save. It was his 24th career save, extending his school record.
Effross went six innings, giving up just one run on five hits and struck out three. Senior Luke Harrison pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth to build the gap to Halstead.
Rodrigue and junior shortstop Nick Ramos each had two RBIs to lead the way for the offense.
Senior catcher Brad Hartong, senior left fielder Scott Donely and freshman right fielder Logan Sowers each collected two hits for the Hoosiers.
Stanford infielder Tommy Edman, who hit the game winning home run in the NCAA Tournament last year against IU was hitless.
Sophomore starter Cal Quantrill pitched 5.2 innings and gave up one run on six hits while striking out six. Junior Logan James got the loss after allowing two runs in 1.1 innings.
IU will play Stanford in game two of the series Saturday night at 9 p.m. The game can be seen on the Pac-12 Network or on the radio at iuhoosiers.com.
