Hoosier bats come alive, beat Gophers 8-0
Big Ten outright winners IU beat Minnesota in the rubber match 8-0. The win gave the Hoosiers the series win against the Gophers. On the year, IU won all eight of its Big Ten series, sweeping five of them.
Big Ten outright winners IU beat Minnesota in the rubber match 8-0. The win gave the Hoosiers the series win against the Gophers. On the year, IU won all eight of its Big Ten series, sweeping five of them.
The slippery conditions caused a combined seven errors between IU (37-13, 20-3) and Minnesota (27-21, 13-10). The Hoosiers won 7-3 thanks to timely throwing errors by the Gophers.
Minnesota's Connor Schaefbauer hit a go ahead RBI double in the 10th inning to give the Gophers (27-20, 13-9) a lead against the Hoosiers (36-13, 19-3).
The three-run shot sealed No. 9 IU’s 7-2 victory against the No. 10 Louisville Cardinals and left his teammates in awe.
In a battle of top 10 teams, No. 9 IU defeated No. 10 Louisville 7-2 after Kyle Schwarber sealed the game in the top of the 9th with a three-run homerun that left his teammates speechless.
IU clinched a share of the conference title Sunday, giving them consecutive Big Ten titles for the first time in school history.
No. 9 IU (32-12, 16-2) travels to State College, Pa., to play Penn State (17-26, 5-12) in a three-game weekend stint starting tonight.
IU baseball swept Purdue over the weekend. The Hoosiers took the first game 6-0, the second game 7-3 and the third 12-3.
Before the IU offense recorded an out, the Hoosiers had given enough run support for senior starter Joey DeNato.
This weekend, the Boilermakers (12-29, 5-10) travel to Bloomington where they will face the No. 15 Hoosiers (29-12, 13-2) in a three-game series at Bart Kaufman Field.
Three runs in the top of the first inning were more than enough for the Hoosiers, who excelled both at the plate and on the mound en route to a 16-1 victory.
IU, Coach Tracy Smith’s home for the past nine seasons, takes on Miami (Ohio) today, which is his alma mater.
Junior outfielder and catcher Brad Hartong was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday.
After taking 2-of-3 from Illinois IU left Champaign, Ill. with a three-game lead over both Illinois and Nebraska — who are tied for second in the Big Ten.
The top team in the Big Ten will play the second place team this weekend when IU travels to Illinois.
By the end of the sixth, junior catcher Brad Hartong had five RBIs, and IU held a 10-1 lead.
After sweeping Michigan State, the IU baseball team looks to continue its hot play when it plays host to Ball State today.
Senior Joey DeNato won Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after setting another IU pitching record in his start against Michigan State last Friday.
Casey Rodrigue leads the team this year with 10 stolen bases. He has found success by perfecting the art of stealing a base.
The finale of the three-game series was tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth. With a win, IU would complete the sweep of Michigan State.