IU disappointed with 'uninspired' effort against Cincinnati
Focus at the plate was the issue for IU on Tuesday night. They were shut out for the first time this season.
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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.
Starting pitching continued to be the strong suit for IU throughout the weekend as the Hoosiers (9-9) depended on the seniors who took the mound to carry them deep into the game.
Freshman infielder Scotty Bradley didn’t enter the game until the seventh inning.
IU broke through with nine runs in the final game of the series against Western Carolina after IU Coach Chris Lemonis made a few major changes to the batting order.
The slow start for the Hoosiers was not how IU Coach Chris Lemonis expected to start the season.
When IU left Florida with a .500 record this weekend, it was largely due to the presence the freshmen brought to the plate.
Plating 14 runs in a game for the second time this year snapped a six-game losing streak for IU, winning two of the final three games in the Snowbird Classic this weekend.
Just six games into the season the Hoosiers find themselves in an unfamiliar situation. With one win, IU is off to its worst start since 2006 when the team finished 10 games below .500.
IU hoped to bounce back after a disappointing opening weekend as they headed west to face Cal State Fullerton. Instead, it only got worse for the Hoosiers.
Starting below .500 after the first weekend of play was unexpected for two teams who have been postseason fixtures recently.
Dropping two of the first three matchups was not what IU had in mind for its opening weekend against Middle Tennessee State.
IU’s path to a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance starts Friday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as IU opens play against Middle Tennessee State in its first series of the season.
IU Coach Chris Lemonis relied substantially on his freshman class a season ago. At least three freshmen saw the field in 29 games.
The last time senior pitcher Kyle Hart took the mound for the Hoosiers, he tossed a gem.
Freshman sprinter Markevious Roach was 15 meters behind the pack of three runners ahead of him, including his teammate sophomore Daniel Kuhn.