Indiana University
4-4
College of Charleston
5-3
Indiana Routs CofC in Game Two
2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Indiana set season highs in runs (15), hits (14) and runs batted in (15) to even its series at College of Charleston at one game apiece with a dominating 15-1 win Saturday afternoon at The Ballpark at Patriots Point.
Heading into Saturday, all seven of IU's games had been decided three runs or less, but the Hoosiers made sure that wasn't the case in their eighth outing.
The Hoosiers (4-4) took a 5-1 lead into the eighth inning before exploding with five runs in the each of the final two frames for the final score.
RHP Christian Morris (1-0) earned the win, pitching six innings and allowing just one run (unearned) on five hits while tossing three strikeouts.
Three Hoosiers had three or more RBI, with Casey Rodrigue batting in a career-high and team-best four. Craig Dedelow and Will Nolden each had three.
Six different Hoosiers combined for a season-best seven extra-base hits, the first of which were back-to-back RBI doubles from Logan Sowers and Nick Ramos to score IU's first two runs in the fourth inning.
Rodrigue became the fifth Hoosier (sixth time) to hit two triples in a game all-time at Indiana. His first gave IU a 3-0 lead in the fifth and the second scored IU's fifth run of the eighth inning for a 10-1 lead.
Three of IU's extra-base hits came in the eighth, with Austin Cangelosi and Nolden ringing up two-RBI doubles after Brad Hartong, Sowers and Ramos loaded the bases with one out. IU would score five runs on five hits and an error while still leaving three on base in the stanza.
It was a different story, but the same result in the ninth inning. IU quickly loaded the bases again on a hit by pitch, a fielder's choice and an error on the same play and a walk.
Nolden's fielder's choice gave him his third RBI in the ninth, leaving runners on the corners with an 11-1 lead after Chris Sujka scored.
After Brian Wilhite walked to load the bases again, Rodrigue's ground out scored IU's 12th run. Craig Dedelow hit IU's fifth double of the day to score Wilhite and Nolden before Demetrius Webb picked up an RBI single in his first career at bat to complete the scoring for the Hoosiers.
The series finale between Indiana and College of Charleston is pegged for Sunday, March 1, at Noon ET. The game can be listened to online at IUHoosiers.com.
NOTABLE
••• Indiana recorded season highs in total bases (23), runs (15), RBI (15), hits (14), doubles (5) and triples (2).
••• All seven of IU's games had been decided three runs or less, including four by a single run, before today's 14-run victory.
••• Indiana scored 15 runs for the first time since April 30, 2014 at Miami (Ohio), when IU scored 16.
••• IU's five runs in the eighth and ninth innings were a season high.
••• Ten different Hoosiers registered a hit, led by Casey Rodrigue and Logan Sowers with three.
••• Ten different Hoosiers scored, led by Will Nolden's three runs, which set a career high.
••• Senior IF Casey Rodrigue's two triples matched the best single-game mark in Indiana history, becoming the fifth Hoosier to ever do it (sixth time). Rodrigue's four RBI were a career high and he has now had three hits in a game six times.
••• Junior RHP Christian Morris
earned his first win of the season (1-0) and eighth of his career (8-4), throwing three strikeouts for the third consecutive start in a season-high six innings of work.
••• Freshman OF Logan Sowers had his second multi-hit game with a career-high three. Sowers is tied for the team lead with four extra-base hits in 2015, adding a double Saturday, while his 10 hits rank second.
••• Senior DH Scott Donley extended his reached base streak to 28 games dating back to last season with a single.
••• Sophomore RHP Thomas Belcher made his fourth appearance of 2015, dealing three strikes in two innings, allowing one hit and zero runs. His nine strikeouts on the season are tied for second on the team.
••• For the fourth time in eight games, Indiana allowed zero walks (3-1).
••• Freshman C Demetrius Webb recorded a RBI single in his first career at bat in the ninth inning for IU's 15th and final run.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morris, Christian (1-0)
L: Bauer, Eric (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Dedelow, Craig 1 ; Sowers, Logan 1 ; Ramos, Nick 1 ; Cangelosi, Austin 1 ; Nolden, Will 1
3B: Rodrigue, Casey 2
RBI: Rodrigue, Casey 4 ; Dedelow, Craig 3 ; Webb, Demetrius 1 ; Sowers, Logan 1 ; Ramos, Nick 1 ; Cangelosi, Austin 2 ; Nolden, Will 3
SH: Pasteur, Isaiah 1
SF: Dedelow, Craig 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodrigue, Casey 1 ; Dedelow, Craig 1 ; Hartong, Brad 2 ; Sowers, Logan 2 ; Sujka, Chris 1 ; Ramos, Nick 2 ; Cangelosi, Austin 1 ; Nolden, Will 3 ; Pasteur, Isaiah 1 ; Wilhite, Brian 1
SB: Rodrigue, Casey 1
HBP: Sujka, Chris 1
PO: Donley, Scott 1
Batting:
2B: Pappas, Nick 1 ; Wise, Carl 1 ; Richter, Tommy 1 ; Roper, Erven 1
RBI: Rowland, Champ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Richter, Tommy 1
CS: Butler, Blake 1
HBP: Rowland, Champ 1
