Pay back time for IU

The stage was set. Coach Bob Morgan stuck one win away from 1,000 with only the Wright State Raiders standing in the way. But on that March 26 afternoon, Wright State surprised the Hoosiers, capitalizing on IU's pitching and defensive mistakes to up-end IU 7-6.\nToday at 6:30 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio, IU (22-9, 7-5 Big Ten) will seek revenge over the Raiders (10-20) for costing Morgan his thousandth and for beating the Hoosiers on their home field.\nJunior Cody Wargo was disappointed for his coach when they couldn't capture the milestone win. Wargo said today is a revenge game.\n"Yeah, I think so especially when we lost it was for coach's thousandth win," Wargo said. "We had the game won and then we blew it in the last couple of innings. It's kind of bitter in our mouth so we're definitely ready to get out and play them."\nMorgan said if his team wants to win it has to show marked improvement defensively since the last time they faced the Raiders. In the 7-6 loss, IU had two errors with one leading to two Wright State runs that provided the winning margin.\n"I just hope we can go over there and play well," Morgan said. "We're going to try and look at some other kids and start with our young kids pitching wise."\nOne of those young kids is freshman pitcher Troy Ragle. Ragle (0-1) has started the last three non-conference games for IU while compiling a respectable 2.70 earned run average. \nThe 6-foot-5-inches, 190-pound southpaw will again get the nod Tuesday for IU. Ragle has struggled at times in the 2003 campaign while showing flashes of great promise. His most recent start against Valparaiso was perhaps Ragle's best outing. The Newburgh, Ind., prospect pitched 3.2 innings of one-run ball while striking out a pair.\nKeeping the ball down is every pitcher's goal, and Ragle said location is his number one priority.\n"I need to keep it down and change speeds a lot," Ragle said. "And I need to work on my curveball because that's the pitch that keeps them off-balance. Keeping the ball down is my main thing to focus on."\nWhile focusing on Wright State, improvement for Big Ten play is this team's top priority. In the next two weekends IU faces second place Ohio State in Columbus and returns home to face league leading Minnesota. \nBut if IU looks ahead like they did on March 26, the Raiders could sweep the season series. And Ragle thinks the Raiders will see the difference. \n"I think our team is vastly improved since then," Ragle said. "So hopefully we'll come out and show them how our hitting has improved and our pitching also"