IU baseball holds on to win game one against Purdue
The Hoosiers were up five runs in a game against a team with no conference wins and only four wins so far this year.
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The Hoosiers were up five runs in a game against a team with no conference wins and only four wins so far this year.
The rivalry between IU and Purdue has been restored on the diamond after neither team played last year.
The Hoosiers traveled to Cincinnati on Wednesday seeking to avenge its shutout loss against the Bearcats at home a week ago.
Sophomore outfielder Logan Sowers has been able to make his presence felt on the diamond no matter where or when he has competed.
A former IU baseball player started for the World Series favorite on opening day. Kyle Schwarber, a catcher at IU from 2012 to 2014, started in left field and batted sixth in the Chicago Cubs 9-0 win against the Los Angeles Angels.
Just as the Hoosiers thought their fortunes had turned for the better, a three-game losing skid, including a conference series loss to Rutgers, has kept IU at .500 approaching the halfway point of the regular season.
IU snapped a three-game losing streak in game two of Saturday’s double header when the conference-opening series against Rutgers was salvaged.
The day after IU Coach Chris Lemonis called his teams performance “uninspired” following its first shutout loss of the season against Cincinnati, the lack of effort continued to show.
One week ago the Hoosier offense exploded for 27 runs in a convincing win against Butler at Bart Kaufman Field.
Focus at the plate was the issue for IU on Tuesday night. They were shut out for the first time this season.
The Hoosiers weren’t focused Tuesday night, making repeated mistakes offensively and defensively.
After winning 10 of its last 13 games, IU will head into its busiest week of the season with back-to-back mid-week games at home before starting Big Ten play this weekend.
Senior shortstop Brian Wilhite powered his way to the Big Ten player of the week award Monday after leading the Hoosiers to three wins out of four games.
Junior second baseman Tony Butler attempted to bunt twice to move the runner over from first with no outs in the top of the 10th inning Sunday.
He might have been back from his wrist injury, but sophomore outfielder Logan Sowers wasn’t comfortable.
The 27-run performance by the Hoosiers in their previous outing against Butler have given the IU faithful complete confidence the team has finally recovered from its sluggish start.
The Hoosiers and Bulldogs met for the first time this season in Florida when IU scratched out a 2-1 victory from a misplayed fly ball to left field to walk off a winner in the ninth.
Dominant was the word IU Coach Chris Lemonis used when he was asked what he thought of senior starting pitcher Caleb Baragar’s last outing against Toledo. Domination could be used to classify the entire weekend starting staff as a whole.
Senior starting pitcher Caleb Baragar picked up Big Ten honors Monday, earning Co-Pitcher of the Week after flirting with a perfect game into the seventh inning Sunday against Toledo.
Starting pitching continued to be the strong suit for IU throughout the weekend as the Hoosiers (9-9) depended on the seniors who took the mound to carry them deep into the game.