Boilermakers smash IU 20-4

The IU baseball team took to the field Sunday against intrastate rival Purdue for a doubleheader. \nThe Hoosiers looked to this as a chance to earn points in the IU-Purdue Titan Series, as well as a boost before heading into the Big Ten Championships in two weeks. \nHowever, it was anything but a good day for the Hoosiers as the team dropped both games.\nAfter taking a 10-3 loss early in the day, freshman pitcher Ryan Parker stated the team would need to get better pitching and run support.\nInstead, Purdue picked up right where they left off by beating the Hoosiers 20-4. Things got off to a bad start for IU in the second inning when senior Daniel Underwood drove in his 11th homer of 2003. Purdue senior Nick McIntyre crushed his 10th homer of the season to start.\n"We didn't play well today, and the scoreboard shows it," junior Seth Bynum said. "We didn't pitch well, hit or play smart defense."\nIU tried to mount a comeback, but Purdue sophomore Scott Byrnes made sure that did not happen and struck out several batters over the next few innings.\nPurdue added to IU's miseries by scoring four runs in the fifth inning off errors and poor fielding. IU responded in the seventh as freshman Chris Hynes brought in two with an RBI double into left field. However, it was too late, as Purdue freshman Neal Gorka sealed a win for the Boilermakers.\nAfter the game, Coach Bob Morgan responded that everything that could go right for Purdue did. He said everything else went wrong for IU. Morgan said he will make some adjustments, and the team will be focused on their next game.\nIn the first game, IU got off to a quick start in the second when senior Nick Evans drove in an RBI off a triple into centerfield. That put the Hoosiers up 2-1.\nIn the third, Underwood hit a homerun off senior pitcher Jacob Carey to tie the game at 2-2. However, IU quickly responded at its next at bat when Bynum hit a homerun of his own to put the Hoosiers back on top 3-2.\nDuring the next two innings, the teams failed to put up any runs on the board as the game turned into a defensive duel. Senior third baseman Vasili Spanos made a couple of defensive gems while Carey caught a Purdue runner sleeping at first base.\nIn the sixth inning, IU fell apart as Purdue went on an offensive tear. Pitchers Jason Carey and Ryan Smith combined to give up eight unanswered runs on seven hits. Tyler Johnstone led the scoring barrage with a base-emptying triple that brought in two runners.\n"We played well until then," Morgan said. "But as soon as they got started, it was a snowball effect"