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(05/25/12 1:49am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>COLUMBUS, Ohio--Despite spotting the Michigan State Spartans (36-20, 13-12 Big Ten) to a three-run lead, Indiana battled back with a four-run eighth inning to win 6-4 and remain in the winners’ bracket of the Big Ten Conference Tournament.“These types of games show baseball is a crazy game,” IU Head Coach Tracy Smith said. “It’s never over until it’s over.”IU (31-26, 17-8 Big Ten) will take on in-state rival and top-seeded Purdue (43-12, 18-7 in conference) at 7:05 pm. Friday, May 25. Centerfielder Justin Cureton led off the eighth for the Hoosiers (31-26, 17-8 Big Ten) with a double to deep left-center field and advanced to third on a deep fly ball to center by Kyle Schwarber. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Sam Travis then drove Cureton in with a single to left, chasing Spartans starter Andrew Waszak from the game and pulling the Hoosiers within one at 4-3. Micah Johnson then singled to left, putting runners on first and second with one out.After a Dillon Dooney strikeout, Michael Basil drove a 3-2 pitch to deep right-center for a two-out double that scored Johnson and Travis, giving Indiana (36-20, 13-12 Big Ten) a 5-4 lead. Basil would score on a Dustin DeMuth single to make it 6-4. “We’ve had a lot of comeback victories lately,” Basil said. “We know we are never out of the game. We knew we could do it.” The Hoosiers offense started slowly against Waszak, who shut down IU earlier in the year. At Sembower Field on April 15, Waszak allowed no runs on three hits in seven innings of a 6-0 MSU win. His dominant pitching against IU continued in Columbus for much of the game.“I thought Michigan State’s starting pitcher did a good job shutting us down,” Smith said. “We felt like we were getting good swings, just making a lot of hard outs.” Waszak allowed no hits and just one runner through the first three innings. He had two, 1-2-3 innings during his first run through the lineup. The Hoosiers found themselves in a hole after just two innings. IU starter Joey DeNato pitched himself into trouble in the second, starting with a two-out walk to Michigan State’s Ryan Krill. MSU designated hitter Blaise Salter and catcher Joel Fisher then hit back-to-back home runs to left for a 3-0 Spartans lead. “In the first inning I knew I didn’t have my best fastball today, location wise,” DeNato said. “I knew I had to get them out with off-speed pitches and movement, so after that inning I focused on hitting my spots and changing speeds.”DeNato battled back and gave his offense a chance to get back in the game. He allowed just one additional run the rest of the way, in the fifth inning.“I knew eventually our offense would get to their pitcher,” DeNato said. “Our offense has been consistent all year doing that.”IU got on the board in the fourth. Schwarber led off the inning with a single to right and moved to third on a Travis double down the right field line. Schwarber then scored on a Johnson single to left that advanced Travis to third. Basil hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Travis and pulling IU within one, 3-2.In the top of the eighth, DeNato allowed runners to reach first and second with two outs, ending his day and bringing out First Team All-Big Ten reliever Jonny Hoffman (8-1) from the bullpen.DeNato lasted 7.2 innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits with 134 pitches. He walked five and struck out four.“I wanted to stay in as long as I could, it could be my last game pitching all season,” DeNato said. “I was surprised I threw that many pitches.”Hoffman closed the eighth by inducing a weak tapper back to the mound, stranding both inherited runners.The Spartans rallied against Hoffman in the ninth, loading the bases with no outs after a leadoff walk to Joel Fisher and back-to-back singles by Anthony Cheky and Ryan Jones. “What I liked there was, there was no panic and the guy we had on the mound, Jonny Hoffman, has been that guy all season,” Smith said. “Nothing rattles him.”But Hoffman battled back, forcing a fly out to center and striking out Spartans’ left fielder Jordan Keur. He sealed the win by snaring a line-shot back to the mound. “It’s a win; you got to have a game like this in the Big Ten Tournament to keep alive,” Smith said. “It’s a good win, both teams played well, (it was) a good baseball game and we’re very fortunate to be on the winning side.”
(05/22/12 6:47pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU catcher Kyle Schwarber was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time Monday, giving the Hoosiers a conference-leading twelve weekly conference awards. During the three game sweep of Ohio State, Schwarber played a key role for IU in securing the number two seed in the Big Ten Tournament. For the series, Schwarber hit .600 (6-10) with an on base percentage of .667 and a slugging percentage of .700. He had his best game of the series in IU’s dramatic 10-8 comeback win Thursday, going 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs and a walk. One of those hits was a bases clearing double in the bottom of the eighth that at the time cut Ohio State’s lead to 8-5. Against Evansville May 15 Schwarber went 2-for-5, scored two runs and stole a base. Overall, Schwarber hit .533 (8-15) for the week and scored five runs while driving in four. For the season, Schwarber is hitting .318 with eight home runs and 47 RBI. First baseman Sam Travis is the only other IU freshman to win the award three times this season. Outfielder Chris Sujka and pitcher Kyle Hart have each won it once.
(05/22/12 6:44pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU catcher Kyle Schwarber was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time Monday, giving the Hoosiers a conference-leading twelve weekly conference awards. During the three game sweep of Ohio State, Schwarber played a key role for IU in securing the number two seed in the Big Ten Tournament. For the series, Schwarber hit .600 (6-10) with an on base percentage of .667 and a slugging percentage of .700. He had his best game of the series in IU’s dramatic 10-8 comeback win Thursday, going 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs and a walk. One of those hits was a bases clearing double in the bottom of the eighth that at the time cut Ohio State’s lead to 8-5. In a mid-week game against Evansville, Schwarber went 2-for-5, scored two runs and stole a base. Overall, Schwarber hit .533 (8-15) for the week and scored five runs while driving in four. For the season, Schwarber is hitting .318 with eight homeruns and 47 RBI. First baseman Sam Travis is the only other IU freshman to win the award three times this season. Outfielder Chris Sujka and pitcher Kyle Hart each won it once.
(05/20/12 11:38pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU men’s golf team’s postseason tournament run came to an end at the NCAA Central Regional tournament Saturday, as the Hoosiers posted a 303 in the final round, 15 shots over par. Competition took place at the Grandover Resort and Conference Center East Course in Greensboro, N.C.Entering the final round, IU remained in the hunt for a top-five finish. The Hoosiers posted a combined round one and two score of 591, good for eighth place and three strokes out of fourth place. But it was the closest the Hoosiers would get to advancing to the five-team NCAA golf finals. “We knew in the third round we’d have to get off to a good start,” Head Coach Mike Mayer said. “We kind of didn’t do it early. We really had our backs against the wall.”Mayer said the team struggled to make adjustments to the course because the players are better suited to open courses that allow for long tee shots. “We had too many penalties,” Mayer said. “But at the same time, you have to be able to make adjustments and adjust to the situations you’re in. I thought we did a good job of that in the second round.” IU’s team of five played a total of 15 rounds during the three-day tournament. Junior Corey Ziedonis posted IU’s lowest score, 71, in the opening round. “We needed a low round each day and never really got any low rounds except Corey’s opening 71,” Mayer said. “We knew we needed someone in the 60s each round, and we didn’t get it in any round. If we would have had that we would have been right where we wanted to be.”The Hoosiers were led by juniors Brant Peaper (rounds of 76, 73 and 73) and Ziedonis (rounds of 71, 73 and 78), who tied each other for 23rd with a six-over 222.“I did not do that well the first two rounds,” Peaper said. “Making a nine on my fourth hole of the tournament was not very good, but I thought I did a pretty good job hanging in there and battling back throughout the tournament.”With their solid performances, Peaper and Ziedonis look to lead next year’s team. “I think we have a solid group coming back with Corey and myself being seniors, and we have a lot of experience with David Mills being a junior next year,” Peaper said. “I feel that a couple people will have to step up, which they will, and the three of us will have a lot of work to do. But I think we can get it done to make it to nationals next year.”The end of the tournament marked the end of seniors David Erdy and Chase Wright’s collegiate golf careers. Erdy finished the tournament tied for 61st place with a 16-over 232, while Wright shot an eight-over 224 to tie for 28th.“I couldn’t have any better student-athletes at Indiana University than David Erdy and Chase Wright,” Mayer said. “Outstanding students, outstanding athletes, Hoosier through and through. It has been my pleasure and honor to be able to coach them for four years.” Next year, the Hoosiers will return nine members from the team, including three of the five that competed in this year’s NCAA Central Regional tournament.“We bring back the core of the team, who are very competent, can play very well and are developing into better and better players,” Mayer said. “With the recruits we have coming in next year I don’t think we are going to miss a beat, and I think these kids will be up for the challenge.”
(05/17/12 12:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The final midweek, single-game series played at Sembower Field ended in dramatic fashion Tuesday as the Hoosiers (27-26, 13-8 Big Ten) got a come-from-behind victory against the Evansville Purple Aces (30-23, 9-9 MVC), winning 5-4.“I wouldn’t say our minds were on today,” Head Coach Tracy Smith said. “They were probably more thinking about what’s going on Thursday (the Ohio State series). We’re going to have to play better and more focused baseball than we have the last three or four games.”The Purple Aces would jump out to a three-run lead off the Hoosiers’ starting pitcher and junior Hunter Brown. Brown, appearing in just his fourth game of the season, would allow the lead-off hitter to get on base and score in the second, third and fourth innings. Coach Smith brought in sophomore Brian Korte to pitch in relief for Brown, after Brown gave up a run scoring double to Evansville’s Jake Mahon, a freshman.“It would have been nice to get three or more,” Smith said when asked about getting more innings out of Brown. “We felt the only way we hurt ourselves is we walked people.”Korte, a sophomore, closed out the fourth inning, not allowing a run.“I was just trying to hold and keep us in the game, Korte said. “I had pretty good command of my fastball and just tried to get that across to keep runners off base.”Korte pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits, while walking one and striking out one.“Brian was big,” Smith said. “That was good what he did today. Not only did it save our pen, but it gave him a little confidence, and we got the win.”Offensively, IU continues to struggle scoring runs when runners get on. In the first four innings Tuesday, IU left seven runners on base. In the three-game series May 11-13 against Northwestern, IU left 30 runners on.The Hoosiers finally capitalized on a scoring chance in the fifth inning against Evansville as they loaded the bases with no outs off Evansville’s starting pitcher and freshman Ryan Billo. Freshman Kyle Schwarber scored as junior Michael Basil reached on a fielder’s choice. With runners at first and third, a wild pitch by Billo allowed sophomore Dillon Dooney to score. First baseman and junior Trace Knoblauch, who later became the hero of the game, collected an infield single to score Basil. The score was knotted up at 3.After Evansville scored one run in the eighth to take a 4-3 lead, IU rallied in the ninth.Schwarber led off the inning by reaching base for the third time on an error. He then advanced to second base as the ball got by Evansville junior Jason Hockemeyer. After advancing to third base on a fly ball out, Schwarber scored the game-tying run on a single by junior Micah Johnson. With Knoblauch at the plate, Johnson stole second, putting the game-winning run in scoring position. With a one-two count, he drove the ball to right center field for a single, scoring Johnson and giving the Hoosiers a 5-4 win.“I was taking a few pitches to allow Micah to get to second so a hit can score him,” Knoblauch said. “And then with two strikes I was just trying to put the bat on the ball and get a hit. It is good to get a solid win, a good comeback win. We did not play our best, but it shows when we don’t play our best we can still come and get wins.”