No. 8 Hoosiers Travel to Ohio State

No. 8 Indiana at Ohio State \| April 20-22 \| Bloomington, Ind.
Series Schedule	Coverage	Projected Starters
Indiana vs. Ohio State Friday - 6:35 p.m. ET	Watch \| Listen \| Stats	IU - RHP Jonathan Stiever (4-1, 2.78) OSU - LHP Connor Curlis (5-1, 2.91)
Indiana vs. Ohio State Saturday - 3:05 p.m. ET	Watch \| Listen \| Stats	IU - LHP Cam Beauchamp (4-0, 2.70) OSU - RHP Ryan Feltner (4-2, 4.50)
Indiana vs. Ohio State Sunday - 1:05 p.m. ET	Watch \| Listen \| Stats	IU - TBA OSU - RHP Adam Niemeyer (3-2, 5.53)
Social: Twitter \| Instagram // Game Notes: Indiana \| Ohio State

• Indiana (28-6, 6-2) hits the road this weekend for a three-game series with the Ohio State Buckeyes (25-10, 6-3) at Bill Davis Stadium

• Friday will be the 277th ever meeting between IU and Ohio State. The two squads last met in 2017 at Bill Davis Stadium, with the Hoosiers earning the series win, 2-1.

• Ohio State leads the all-time series between the two schools, 160-116.

• 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 129-78-2 record and has led the program to two regional at-large bids in his first three full seasons.

• Ohio State head coach Greg Beals is in his eighth season as head coach of the Buckeyes. In 2016, he guided the Buckeyes to a 44-20-1 overall record and won the program's ninth Big Ten tournament before making its 20th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance.

• The Hoosiers are ranked in all six polls. IU is ranked 8th by D1Baseball, 10th by Perfect Game and in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, 12th by Baseball America, and 17th by Collegiate Baseball.

• During IU's eight-game winning streak, it is hitting .343 as a team and averaging 9.9 runs per game. to go along with a 1.030 OPS.

• The Hoosiers are 19-2 in their last 21 games and have not lost more than two games in a row so far this season.

• The IU pitching staff leads the nation in ERA (2.39), is first in the Big Ten in shutouts (6, T-5th nationally), walks per nine innings (2.94, 12th), WHIP (1.22, 14th), and strikeout to walk ratio (2.73, 25th), and is thrid in hits allowed per nine innings (8.02, 48th), opposing average (.239) and strikouts (278).

• Offensively, Indiana is first in the Big Ten in sac bunts (26, T-38th nationally), tied for first in home runs (39, T-24th), is second in slugging percentage (.468, 18th), on base percentage (.401, 22nd), doubles per game (2.1, 36th) and total bases (544), and is third in batting average (.298, 29th) and runs per game (7.0, 42nd).

• The 28-6 start for IU is its best 34-game start since 1987, when that squad also started 28-6 and was 31-6 through its first 37 games.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Jonathan Stiever