Baseball

Carr, Squires hold off Northwestern

By Geoffrey Miller · Sunday, May 9,2010 8:41 p.m.

The Hoosiers (23-22, 9-9) won a pitchers’ duel 1-0 over Northwestern (21-27, 10-8) in the series finale and deciding game in their 3-game series at Rocky Miller Park Sunday.

Baseball looks to make move in conference at Northwestern

By Geoff Miller · Thursday, May 6,2010 9:56 p.m.

Smith hopes that the more focused approach will allow his Hoosiers (21-21, 7-8) to come away successful from this weekend’s conference series at Northwestern (20-25, 9-6)

IU loses 2 of 3 in dramatic Purdue series

By Geoffrey Miller · Sunday, May 2,2010 8:57 p.m.

A variety of weather conditions — including a near rainout in the series finale – couldn’t slow the offense from either side of the baseball diamond this weekend at Sembower Field.

Nearly 4 years after its approval, new baseball stadium remains on IU Athletics wishlist

By Geoffrey Miller · Sunday, May 2,2010 8:55 p.m.

Way back in September 2006, the board of trustees approved three major building projects for an athletics department riding a bit of a high at the time.

IU catcher Dylan Swift is never satisfied

By Natalie Avon · Thursday, April 29,2010 10 p.m.

Top of the third inning. As usual, junior Dylan Swift squats behind home plate.

Hoosiers ready for battle with Boilermakers

By IDS staff · Thursday, April 29,2010 9:47 p.m.

The Hoosiers play host to Purdue (24-16) heading into the fifth weekend of conference play with a 20-19 overall record. The Boilermakers are red-hot, winning eight of their last 10. IU, on the other hand, has lost four of its last five.

Sycamores trounce IU pitching

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, April 28,2010 11:54 p.m.

A rough day for most of IU’s mid-week pitchers and a sluggish offensive performance contributed to a blowout loss for IU baseball at the hands of an in-state foe and left the Hoosiers’ head coach displeased with the current competitiveness of his squad.

IU welcomes familiar in-state foe Indiana State

By IDS staff · Tuesday, April 27,2010 10:02 p.m.

The Hoosiers look to bounce back after losing two games to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, with a non-conference home game against Indiana State (25-12) at 3 p.m.

IU bats go quiet at Minnesota

By Geoffrey Miller · Sunday, April 25,2010 11:19 p.m.

Heading into the weekend Big Ten series at Minnesota, IU coach Tracy Smith noted the conference schedule was entering a pivotal phase for each club in the 10-team league.

Dickerson sees defensive improvement

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, April 22,2010 10:23 p.m.

Last season, outfielder Alex Dickerson had no trouble contributing with the bat in his hand. The freshman fielder’s glove, though, was a whole other story.

IU falls to Miami (OH), 8-6

By Pat Hickey · Wednesday, April 21,2010 12:04 a.m.

The Hoosiers' four-game winning streak was snapped Tuesday night after surrendering an early lead to Miami (OH).

Lyon emerges as IU's newest threat

By Geoffrey Miller · Monday, April 19,2010 10 p.m.

As the team watched the movie “61*” on the way back from last week’s game at Valparaiso, IU sophomore Josh Lyon jokingly compared himself to baseball legend and the film’s central character, Roger Maris.

Hoosiers complete conference sweep with wins against Iowa

By Pat Hickey · Sunday, April 18,2010 11:16 p.m.

The first Big Ten conference series sweep is in the books for the Hoosiers baseball team, as they took all three games from Iowa this weekend to improve to 19-15 and 5-4 in the Big Ten.

Club team transfer makes splash before Iowa series

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, April 15,2010 11:13 p.m.

IU returns home for a three-game, in-conference series Friday afternoon at Sembower Field with a new face in the bullpen. Alex Zerman, an IU junior who began the 2010 season playing for the University’s club baseball team, joined the Hoosiers officially Monday before making his first appearance on the mound in Tuesday’s contest at Valparaiso.

Marching to their own beat

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, April 14,2010 11:37 p.m.

IU coach Tracy Smith typically has a few more important things to think about during a game than what his players have chosen as their at-bat or pitching introduction music. But in between decisions about pitching changes, double switches or pinch hitters, Smith admits a select few of those songs booming through the Sembower Field public address system still manage to grab his attention.

IU rolls past Valparaiso, 11-2

By IDS staff · Wednesday, April 14,2010 12:29 a.m.

In between Big Ten series, the Hoosiers easily beat the Valparaiso Crusaders on the road.

Pitching biggest concern as IU faces Valparaiso

By Pat Hickey · Monday, April 12,2010 9:38 p.m.

The IU baseball team faces an early mid-week non conference test as it travels to Gary to face Valparaiso (11-18). The Hoosiers (15-15) were only able to take one of three from Ohio State, the preseason Big Ten favorites, last weekend. Valparaiso is coming off a weekend in which it took two out of three on the road against Youngstown State.

Monar looks to pitch after early season injury

By Geoffrey Miller · Monday, April 12,2010 9:33 p.m.

At this point in the 2010 season, the IU baseball team hoped to have its anticipated preseason pitching ace on the mound, winning games and leading an undermanned pitching staff. Instead, sophomore Blake Monar hasn’t started on the rubber since the season’s first game in February at San Diego due to a strained rotator cuff. He’s played sparingly since as a pinch hitter for the Hoosiers.

Top hitters slow down at OSU

Sunday, April 11,2010 11:39 p.m.

Two of the IU baseball team's best batters cooled off slightly from their blistering pace during the weekend in a losing series at Ohio State.

IU drops 2 of 3 at Ohio State

By Pat Hickey · Sunday, April 11,2010 11:37 p.m.

The Hoosiers had an opportunity to win the series on the road against Ohio State this weekend, even with the reigning co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Year on the mound for the Buckeyes.

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