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May 18, 2009 12:37 pmA pair of juniors helped the Hoosiers to their second consecutive Big Ten tournament appearance last week.
A pair of juniors helped the Hoosiers to their second consecutive Big Ten tournament appearance last week.
IU wanted to maximize its conference standing and provide key players with rest heading into this week’s Big Ten Tournament, and it accomplished both goals by winning two of three games against Michigan State to end the regular season Saturday.
Hot with a four-game winning streak, the Hoosiers will welcome a Spartan team that has gone cold with three straight losses.
Kipp Schutz made a splash in his hometown of Evansville on Tuesday.
Three words define a baseball game: win, loss or rain.
When IU senior outfielder and New York native Chris Hervey stepped foot on the Bloomington campus for the first time, he described it as a “culture shock.” Four years later, there is no place he would rather be.
The 22-24 Hoosiers are placed fourth in conference and looking for a sweep to push them closer toward the top of the Big Ten pack.
Down 3-2 in the eighth inning Sunday against Purdue, junior outfielder Evan Crawford stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs.
Standing in a crouched position, his hands tickling the air, Evan Crawford’s eyes are fixed on the opposing pitcher.
Crawford takes off after he sees the pitcher’s high-arching leg, a sign
of an imminent thrust into his delivery. Within an instant, he safely
slides into another stolen base.
When the Hoosiers take the field this weekend against Purdue in West Lafayette, one thing will be on their minds: getting even. Not only are the Boilermakers major rivals, but they were also the team to end IU’s storied run in the Big Ten tournament last season.
Sometimes, teams are just overmatched; ask Western Illinois, which was dominated in all aspects of Wednesday’s 17-2 loss to the Hoosiers at Sembower Field.
Matt Carr made it into the fifth inning before the seams ripped off a makeshift midweek pitching lineup.
Visitors to the Indiana baseball locker room are greeted by a nearly bare casing – one in which only two teams are honored.
The more prominently placed of the two displays is the Hoosiers’ 1949
Co-Big Ten Champions, providing a window into IU’s past in more ways
than one.
Down 0-1 against Michigan, the IU baseball team seemed destined to relinquish a Big Ten series in Ann Arbor, Mich.
IU (18-20, 8-3) travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., on Friday for the beginning of a three-game series against the Wolverines (22-17, 5-7).
Not even two home runs by junior second baseman Tyler Rogers were enough for the Hoosiers on Wednesday as they fell 7-4 to Indiana State at Sembower Field.
The IU baseball team was unable to hold onto an 8-3 lead against Louisville on Tuesday, falling 10-8 to the Cardinals. The loss was the Hoosiers' second to Louisville in the month of April.
The Hoosiers will get another shot at the Cardinals at 4 p.m. today on Sembower Field at their most stable point in the season.
With team members’ fingers collectively waving a No. 1 in the air, the IU baseball team made its way down Fee Lane, halting traffic after a 2-1 series win against Penn State.
Jake Dunning stepped up to bat with the bases loaded, the tying and game-winning runs represented on first and second base. Dunning wasn’t able to convert and was struck out swinging to abruptly end IU’s 9-7 loss to Penn State.
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