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IU head baseball coach Tracy Smith watches the Hoosiers 8-2 loss to Louisville unfold Friday evening at Patterson Stadium. Hoosier pitchers gave up only seven hits but three errors leading to four unearned runs for the Cardinals.

Hoosiers ready to defend title

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Coming off a 2009 season with arguably IU’s most talented baseball team in its century-old history, the Hoosiers are going to have to get creative. IU coach Tracy Smith enters 2010 trying to fill a void left from losing three first-round picks and seven total players in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.



IU sophomore Kipp Schutz slides into home during a game against Louisville on April 21st at Sembower Field.

Crawford, Schutz sign contracts

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Two more members of the IU baseball team have begun professional sports careers. Junior outfielders Evan Crawford and Kipp Schutz elected to sign last week with the San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles, respectively, ending on their IU careers and heading to the Minor Leagues.


Junior Eric Arnett delivers a pitch during the Hoosiers 8-2 loss against Louisville Friday evening at Patterson Field. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper announced its All-American list Friday naming Arnett as a second-team All-American.

Arnett agrees to contract terms

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Former IU pitcher Eric Arnett has agreed to contractual terms with the Milwaukee Brewers, the team that took him in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft on June 9.

IU sophomore pitcher Joey O'Gara throws to a Eastern Michigan batter during a game on March 4th at Sembower Field. O'Gara was chosen by the Florida Marlins Wednesday in the 31st round (938th overall) of the MLB draft.

O'Gara weighs options for future

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O’Gara said a regional scout for the Marlins had been in touch with him the day before regarding where Florida might take him. So he wasn’t all that surprised when the call came in, making him the sixth of seven IU Hoosiers picked in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.


Junior Eric Arnett delivers a pitch during the Hoosiers 8-2 loss against Louisville Friday evening at Patterson Field. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper announced its All-American list Friday naming Arnett as a second-team All-American.

Arnett agrees to contract terms

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Former IU pitcher Eric Arnett has agreed to contractual terms with the Milwaukee Brewers, the team that took him in the first round of the Major League Draft on June 9.


KIPP SCHUTZ

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Schutz actually only played two full seasons in Bloomington, after his freshman campaign was cut off after seven games by a shoulder injury


JOSH PHEGLEY

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Phegley came to IU with high expectations as the 2006 Indiana Mr. Baseball.


EVAN CRAWFORD

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Crawford is probably one of the highest-potential players in the draft. He’s got several tools – great speed, a strong arm and a solid bat.


MATT BASHORE

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Bashore had perhaps the best draft prospects of any Hoosier coming into this season, but a slow start in the non-conference schedule caused him to slip.


ERIC ARNETT

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Arnett’s draft stock soared after a senior season that saw him notch a 12-2 record with a 2.50 ERA. His long 6-5 frame and athleticism tantalized scouts, vaulting him into the first round.


Five Hoosiers, Eric Arnett, Josh Phegley, Matt Bashore, Evan Crawford and Kipp Schutz, were all picked in the MLB draft Tuesday through Wednesday. Arnett, Phegley and Bashore were all Top-50 recruits.

5 Hoosiers go on to minor-league play

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Three years ago, 19 freshmen came to Bloomington as members of IU baseball coach Tracy Smith’s first full recruiting class. They can leave IU knowing their business in Bloomington is finally finished.


IU's Matt Bashore throws to a Chicago State batter during a game in the rain March 31 at Sembower Field.

Five Hoosiers going to big leagues

Matt Bashore, Josh Phegley, Evan Crawford, Kipp Schutz and Eric Arnett were drafted to the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, San Fransisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers, respectively.


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IU's season makes prospects look bright

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After the Hoosiers’ 2009 Big Ten Championship and NCAA Louisville Regional appearance, two feats IU baseball had not accomplished since 1996, it’s safe to say IU coach Tracy Smith’s project has begun.  


Junior Jake Dunning swings at a pitch from Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray during the Hoosiers’ 10-0 loss to the Commodores on Saturday at Patterson Stadium in Louisville, Ky. Dunning went 2 for 6 for the weekend with one RBI.

Vanderbilt ends IU’s postseason

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Vanderbilt would go on to score five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, extending its lead beyond IU’s reach. The exchange led to a premature end to IU’s first trip to the NCAA Regional since 1996.






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Hoosiers headed to Louisville for NCAA Regional

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The Hoosiers will be a four-seed in the NCAA Regional in Louisville, far and away their closest possible destination. No. 1-seed Louisville will be IU’s first opponent, with games beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, according to Louisville’s Web site.