Another test looms for IU
Another big conference test awaits the IU baseball team this weekend.
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Another big conference test awaits the IU baseball team this weekend.
Junior outfielder Laren Eustace didn’t enter IU’s matchup with Ball State on Tuesday night until the ninth inning. After IU took the lead on a Tony Butler RBI single in the seventh inning, the Hoosiers shifted to defense at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
There was a duck walking around in front of IU’s dugout at Victory Field early in Tuesday night’s ballgame, but 10 more ducks were left on the pond by the Hoosiers.
For the third consecutive year, the Hoosiers will head to Indianapolis to play a game at Victory Field, the home of the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians.
After losing two of their first three Big Ten series, the Hoosiers needed to build on the upset series victory against Minnesota last weekend, but the next opponent was the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The IU baseball team faces an uphill battle this weekend when it travels to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to take on the No. 13 Michigan Wolverines in a three-game series.
IU and Butler came into Wednesday’s mid-week matchup in the midst of opposite streaks — IU had won four of its last five games while Butler had lost its last four. The starting pitchers, though, were in similar positions and making their second starts of the season.
IU baseball answered strongly to a 2-series skid that featured just one victory against Purdue. Minnesota visited Bloomington and left Bart Kaufman Field with a series loss last weekend.
Fans looking for consistency at Bart Kaufman Field this weekend were in the wrong place. Three games wound up with three completely different outcomes.
It’s safe to say that IU’s offensive lull Friday night did not carry into Saturday afternoon’s outing.
One game after shutting out Indiana State, the IU baseball team got a taste of its own medicine as it was kept off the scoreboard Friday night against Minnesota.
Following IU baseball’s winless series against Nebraska two weekends ago, the Hoosiers appeared to be headed into a slump comparable to their February slide that included back-to-back series losses.
On a day where IU’s bats were rather silent, its pitchers picked up the slack.
IU baseball enters its mid-week matchup against Indiana State on Tuesday night in Terre Haute, Indiana, with an opportunity to bounce back from a tough stretch where the Hoosiers went 2-5-1.
After struggling to find much offense throughout the three-game weekend series against Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana, IU had already lost the series going into Sunday afternoon's series finale.
IU dropped its fourth Big Ten game in the last five outings after a 7-3 loss Saturday evening at Purdue.
Going into the eighth inning in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday night, all IU needed to preserve its 5-2 lead against Purdue was solid bullpen pitching and maybe a run or two for insurance.
After six straight games at home, IU baseball is headed back out on the road for its next four.
In three of IU’s last four mid-week games, there’s been one starting pitcher the Hoosiers have been able to lean on the most — sophomore Tim Herrin.
Sophomore utility player Matt Lloyd had gone five games without driving in a run for the Hoosiers.