Hoosiers Host Butler this Weekend
3/29/2018 7:08:00 PM | Baseball
• Indiana (17-5) hosts the Butler Bulldogs (17-4) for a three-game series, beginning with a doubleheader on Friday at 2 p.m..
• Thursday will be the 119th ever meeting between IU and Butler as the two squads met last year, with the Bulldogs earning the victory in Bloomington.
• IU leads the all-time series between the two schools, 89-29.
• Indiana Head Coach Chris Lemonis is in his fourth season leading the Hoosier baseball program and his 24th overall year in coaching. He has posted a 118-77-2 record and has led the program to two regional at-large bids in his first three full seasons.
• Butler head coach Dave Schrage is in his second season at the helm of the Bulldogs baseball program. Schrage led the Bulldogs to a 31-20 mark in 2017, the first winning season for Butler in 13 years and the program's fifth, 30-plus win season.
• The Hoosiers entered the week ranked in all six polls. IU is ranked 11th by D1Baseball.com, 15th by the NCBWA, 16th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, 17th by Collegiate Baseball, and 18th by Perfect Game and Baseball America.
• On Thursday, IU will be playing its second game in a nine-game stretch against teams from the state of Indiana.
• Indiana has played just three games in the last 11 days entering Thursday's contest. The Hoosiers split a doubleheader at Iowa on Friday, before winning at Indiana State on Wednesday, 5-3.
• Entering Thursday junior Logan Kaletha has reached base in 20 straight games and junior Matt Lloyd has reached in 18 straight.
• Offensively, Indiana is second in the Big Ten in home runs (23) and slugging percentage (.446), fourth in on base percentage (.374) and doubles (44), and fifth in batting average (.278) and total bases (322).
• The IU pitching staff is first in the Big Ten in ERA (2.77), runs allowed (72), earned runs allowed (60) and fewest walks (63).
• The 17-5 start for the Hoosiers is their best 22-game start since 2013, when that squad opened the year going 19-3.
• Thursday will be the 119th ever meeting between IU and Butler as the two squads met last year, with the Bulldogs earning the victory in Bloomington.
• IU leads the all-time series between the two schools, 89-29.
• Indiana Head Coach Chris Lemonis is in his fourth season leading the Hoosier baseball program and his 24th overall year in coaching. He has posted a 118-77-2 record and has led the program to two regional at-large bids in his first three full seasons.
• Butler head coach Dave Schrage is in his second season at the helm of the Bulldogs baseball program. Schrage led the Bulldogs to a 31-20 mark in 2017, the first winning season for Butler in 13 years and the program's fifth, 30-plus win season.
• The Hoosiers entered the week ranked in all six polls. IU is ranked 11th by D1Baseball.com, 15th by the NCBWA, 16th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, 17th by Collegiate Baseball, and 18th by Perfect Game and Baseball America.
• On Thursday, IU will be playing its second game in a nine-game stretch against teams from the state of Indiana.
• Indiana has played just three games in the last 11 days entering Thursday's contest. The Hoosiers split a doubleheader at Iowa on Friday, before winning at Indiana State on Wednesday, 5-3.
• Entering Thursday junior Logan Kaletha has reached base in 20 straight games and junior Matt Lloyd has reached in 18 straight.
• Offensively, Indiana is second in the Big Ten in home runs (23) and slugging percentage (.446), fourth in on base percentage (.374) and doubles (44), and fifth in batting average (.278) and total bases (322).
• The IU pitching staff is first in the Big Ten in ERA (2.77), runs allowed (72), earned runs allowed (60) and fewest walks (63).
• The 17-5 start for the Hoosiers is their best 22-game start since 2013, when that squad opened the year going 19-3.
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