After starting the year with 20 consecutive road games — including a stretch of 12 games in 10 days — the IU baseball team will play its first home game of the season at Sembower Field on Wednesday against Eastern Kentucky.
Despite surrendering early unearned runs, freshman left fielder Chris Sujka and junior short stop Michael Basil combined for four hits, a home run, three RBIs and three runs to rally the IU baseball team past Eastern Kentucky, 6-4.
The home-and-home series today and tomorrow against Eastern Kentucky marks the Hoosiers’ final two opportunities to improve before Big Ten play begins this weekend.
The Hoosiers won game one of their weekend series against Loyola Marymount, 3-1, but LMU swept them in a doubleheader.
The Hoosiers earned three wins in eight games during their spring break trip to Southern California, and sophomore starter Joey DeNato earned two of those wins.
Southern California is well-represented on the IU baseball team’s roster. Of the 35 Hoosiers, nine players hail from the region. IU Coach Tracy Smith said it’s not a coincidence that during spring break, the Hoosiers will play eight games against southern California foes.
Mere inches prevented the Hoosiers from escaping the fourth inning unscathed.
Instead, Indiana State scored four runs in the frame on its way to a 13-8 win.
In what will be the 95th meeting of a series that dates back to 1898, the IU baseball team will travel to Bob Warn Field in Terre Haute to play the Indiana State Sycamores.
The Big Ten’s only Pre-season All-American — IU junior second baseman Micah Johnson — will have possible season-ending elbow surgery Wednesday.
Two big innings doomed the Indiana baseball team as they lost to No. 14 Louisville, 13-4, Tuesday at Patterson Stadium in Louisville, Ky.
After dropping a pair of one-run games against East Tennessee State, the
Hoosiers travel to Louisville, Ky., to take on the No. 14 Cardinals
today.
The Hoosiers could only muster one win during their weekend in Johnson City, Tenn. against East Tennessee State.
After being swept by Tulane last weekend, the IU baseball team has one bright spot for this weekend’s series against Eastern Tennessee State University — the performance of freshman left fielder Chris Sujka.
New Orleans might be called the “Big Easy,” but nothing came easy for the IU baseball team this weekend when they were swept by the Tulane Green Wave in three excruciatingly close games (3-2, 9-8, 6-2).
With the explosive Tulane Green Wave (4-1) on the schedule this weekend, the Hoosiers need to keep their concentration to eliminate physical mistakes because Tulane averages 5.8 runs per game this season. Let’s take a quick look at some of the numbers IU needs to clean up.
Through three games, IU’s and its opponents’ run totals each stand at 19. However, IU committed seven errors that led to opponents scoring eight unearned runs against UConn, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
Sophomore shortstop Dustin DeMuth sprained his ankle against the
University of Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday, but he was on the field
for all eight innings of Sunday’s 12-7 win against the University of
Pittsburgh Panthers.
For senior pitcher Chad Martin, maturity has been the biggest difference between this year’s offseason training and how he prepared for a season in previous years.
There's more to these players than what they will do on the field this season. Look into a few interesting tidbits about this year's squad.
Junior Micah Johnson’s offseason focus was simple: Become a great base stealer.
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