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Despite a three-run ninth inning rally, IU committed two crucial errors to lose the first game of a home-and-home series with the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks 8-7 Tuesday at Sembower Field.
After a weekend series victory against Georgia Southern, the IU baseball team will begin a midweek home-and-home series Tuesday against Miami (Ohio).
Wild pitching and three errors doomed the baseball team to its 21-4 loss to No. 22 Louisville on Tuesday at Sembower Field.
Coming off a weekend that ended with IU getting swept in Sunday’s doubleheader with Michigan State, the Hoosier baseball team will be back in action Tuesday against the Louisville Cardinals.
In this video, IU manager Tracy Smith talks about the Hoosiers ability to rally in the bottom ninth inning after Will Nolden threw out Michigan State's Anthony Cheky at home plate in the top half to keep the score tied at two. Also, Smith talks about starter Joey DeNato's impressive seven-inning performance and why he left the submarine-throwing Jonny Hoffman on the mound in the ninth inning.
In this video, IU designated hitter Dillon Dooney talks about his fourth inning home run, the Hoosiers' ninth inning rally and about IU's approach at the plate. The home run, Dooney's second of the year, opened the scoring and was one of only four extra base hits in the game.
In his ninth start of the year, IU's Joey DeNato went toe-to-toe with Michigan State's starter Tony Buccifero in a matchup of two of the Big Ten's best pitchers. In seven strong innings, DeNato allowed two runs on seven hits, while striking out three and walking one. Throughout the contest, DeNato worked in a variety of breaking balls to complement the command he had on his fast ball.
With the game tied and one out in the ninth inning, Michael Basil fell behind in the count 0-2 very quickly and looked a bit overmatched by the first two pitches. Falling behind didn't phase the junior shortstop from Cincinnati, Ohio as he would drill a hard single through the left side of the infield. The single would start a rally for the Hoosiers that culminated with Basil scoring from third on a bases-loaded, two-out wild pitch from MSU's Tony Weiber.
With one out and the bases loaded with Spartans in the top of the ninth inning, Will Nolden made what might have been the defensive play of the year thus far for the Hoosiers. After catching a hard-hit line drive in left field to record the second out, Nolden threw out Michigan State's Anthony Cheky at home plate to complete the inning-ending double-play and to help keep the game knotted at two entering the bottom half. Nolden would be at the plate in the game's final play, when shortstop Michael Basil, who led the inning off with a single, scored on a wild pitch from MSU's Tony Weiber.
After trailing by four runs, the IU baseball team completed the comeback against the Indiana State University Sycamores behind a freshman Chris Sujka walk-off base-hit bunt in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 8-7 victory.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, IU manager Tracy Smith inserted speedster Micah Johnson into the game to pitch run for Ricky Alfonso who drew a walk. On the very first pitch, Johnson took off for second and slid in just underneath the ISU tag. After moving to third on a ground out, Johnson would score on a walk-off base-hit bunt by freshman Chris Sujka.
Heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Hoosiers were trailing 6-2 and it did not look good for the Crimson and Cream. But in the sixth, the Hoosiers exploded for a five-run inning. The rally was sparked by Michael Basil's second hit of the day, a one-out double. Basil, who finished the game a home run away from the cycle with a 3-for-4 day, a run and two RBI.
In the first matchup against the Sycamores of Indiana State University, the Hoosiers scored eight runs on 14 hits but lost 13-8 in a slugfest.
Let's take a quick look at the Indiana Hoosiers' 6-5 15-inning victory over in-state rival Ball State. (Note: this recap will be the only quick thing about this game. In actual time, the game took four hours and thirty minutes and was played after a thirty minute rain delay.)
IU manager Tracy Smith talks about balancing the Hoosiers' bullpen in a 15 inning game and the Hoosiers' weekend series against the Illinois Fighting Illini this weekend. Smith talks about how the Hoosiers' struck out 19 Ball State batters en route to the victory and what how the Hoosiers will prepare for the Illini.
In this video, shortstop Michael Basil, who went 4-for-7 with a run in the Hoosiers' 6-5 victory, talks about winning in the 15-inning marathon. Also, Basil talks about IU's three-game weekend matchup with the Illinois Fighting Illini. Last year, the Illini ended the Hooisers' season with a walk-off homer.
After battling for 15 innings and four and a half hours, junior center fielder Justin Cureton ended the game with a RBI walk-off single to right to give the Hoosiers the 6-5 victory against Ball State at Sembower Field.
In this video, IU's Walker Stadler talks about how the Hoosiers' pitching staff was able to grind through 15 innings to beat the Ball State Cardinals 6-5. Stadler entered the game in the 14th inning and didn't allow a hit, while striking out three Cardinals. With a three-game weekend series coming up this weekend against the Illinois Fighting Illini, Stadler talks about how the Hoosiers' bullpen may be affected by this 15 inning game.
Entering the bottom of the 15th, Justin Cureton already had a long day. IU's center fielder was 0-for-5 with a walk, run and a hit-by-pitch. So with two outs, the bases loaded and the sun setting at Sembower Field, Cureton was locked in and crushed a walk-off RBI single to give the Hoosiers a 6-5 victory over Ball State in a 15 inning, four and a half hour long marathon of a contest.
Youth, and the decision for junior second baseman Micah Johnson to undergo surgery, has caused IU Coach Tracy Smith to shuffle his lineup. The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in errors committed with 61. However, Smith said he played the lineup Saturday that gave his team the best chance to win. There was a small change in the lineup for Sunday’s game, as redshirt freshman Tim O’Conner replaced fellow redshirt freshman Will Nolden at right field.
