Hoosiers hammer Wright State

For about five games, the baseball team's final scores were starting to look like real baseball scores -- six runs, four runs, three runs. \nBut the Hoosiers must like awkward-looking scores. After all, they've been beaten 24-10, won 19-12 and tied 4-4. Wednesday at Sembower Field, IU went back to old tricks, lighting up the scoreboard -- and allowing the opponent to do the same -- in a 13-8 win against Wright State at Sembower Field. \nIU (6-5-1) scored eight runs in the first inning on six hits and two Raider errors. Freshman left fielder Ryan Donley's first collegiate hit was a bases-loaded two-run single that got the Hoosiers rolling. Donley, playing in his second game, finished two for three at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored. \n"I felt good at the plate, and I was seeing the ball well," Donley said. "I just wanted to take advantage of some playing time."\nThe Hoosiers' eight-run explosion answered the Raiders' two-run first inning that came via a two-run home run from first baseman Lance Links. Links hammered a pitch from Hoosier left-hander Matt Rice, a junior, over the center field wall. \nWright State (2-7) scored two more runs off Rice in the second inning that featured three hits. The Raiders scored their final runs of the afternoon off freshman Adam Pegg, who entered in the third and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. \nA steady Hoosier bullpen bailed out Rice and Pegg, tossing the final 4 1/3 innings without yielding a run. Sophomore Nick Vitielliss, junior Brad Edwards and senior Nick Otte held the Raiders to two hits during the final four innings. Edwards and Otte struck out three Raiders each, and Vitielliss (1-1) picked up the victory in just 1/3 inning of work. \n"We have some question marks (about the pitching staff)," coach Bob Morgan said. "We have to develop pitching on our spring trip. Everything will be OK if our younger guys step it up on the mound."\nThe Hoosiers' hitting isn't as shaky as their pitching. The Hoosiers have scored 10 or more runs six times this season and slammed 17 hits Wednesday. Six Hoosiers had multi-hit days Wednesday. Senior Dan Haegele led the way with four hits, including a double. Senior Blake St. Clair and sophomore Nick Evans each had three hits and three RBIs, and junior Gibran Hamdan was two for three with a double. \n"We had good bats all through the lineup," Hamdan said. "We answered back with eight runs when they scored, and that's college baseball. We scored 13 runs, so we did well"