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IU tops Penn State for fifth straight series win

Members of the IU baseball team salute their fans after finishing the last game of the regular season against Illinois on May 15, 2016.

IU defeated Penn State 10-2 on Sunday to give the Hoosiers their fifth consecutive series win.

This was the fourth Big Ten series win for the team since they dropped series to rival Purdue in April.

IU entered this weekend series against Penn State following a 5-2 loss to Kentucky mid-week. The Hoosiers fell to the Nittany Lions in the opening game Friday by a final score of 5-2.

IU struggled to gain any momentum on offense for the second straight game. Sophomores Luke Miller and Ryan Fineman were responsible for the team’s two runs as they both drove a runner in.

The Hoosiers were able to flip the script Saturday, winning game two of series 5-2. Sophomore pitcher Pauly Milto was dealing on the mound as he did not

allow a run in his six innings of pitching.

Miller started things off in the fourth with double before he was brought home by junior outfielder Logan Sowers. IU gave up a single run in the seventh and eighth inning, but managed to hold on to a three-run lead in the ninth.

The third and deciding game of the series was a blowout. The Hoosiers scored three runs in the first and never looked back from there.

Each team scored a run in the fifth, but IU tallied on six more before closing things out in the ninth.

The Hoosiers get a day off and then will be host to Louisville at Bart Kaufman Field on Tuesday. Then, IU will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to take on Ohio State in the final series of the season.

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