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No. 10 Indiana Knocks Off Purdue, 14-1
4/7/2018 6:34:00 PM | Baseball
By: Andy Graham
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana starter Pauly Milto made sure the dam didn't burst.
Then the runs came in a crimson flood.
Purdue and host Indiana had combined to go 0-for-17 with runners in scoring position during Friday's 4-2 Boilermaker win. And with Milto masterfully defusing bases-loaded-nobody-out jams in the first two innings Saturday, the RISP figure reached a combined 0-for-27.
But IU's Ryan Fineman and Matt Gorski then clubbed back-to-back home runs leading off the Hoosier third, igniting a six-run frame that fueled a 14-1 Hoosier win to even a series that concludes today at 3:05 p.m.
"We got through those first two hard innings, nobody out, bases loaded twice, and Pauly just stood in there," junior catcher Fineman recalled. "He carried a lot of confidence and allowed us to be able to hit behind that."
Purdue (15-11 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) did manage to eke out a run in the first, but could have had much more.
After two walks and an error filled the bases with Boilermakers, all Milto surrendered was a run-scoring fielder's choice before inducing a lazy flyout and a pop-out.
A pop-out and 6-4-3 double-play thwarted Purdue's threat in the second.
IU (21-6, 2-2) then took the lead for good with a couple of cheaply manufactured runs in its half of the second. Gorski reached on an error, stole second, stole third and came home on a wild pitch. Scotty Bradley then scored on a bases loaded walk.
A great diving play and throw at second by IU's Matt Lloyd got an out to start the Purdue third. Milto capped it with a pretty slider for a big strikeout.
Then the IU bats took over to the tune of sending 11 men to the plate in the third. By game's end, Indiana's 15 hits featured two homers, a triple and five doubles.
"We really worked some counts," IU coach Chris Lemonis said. "That was our goal, to work some counts on their guys and get in some good spots.
"Overcoming the first two innings (defensively) for us was huge, then we were able to get some momentum going. It lets you relax, take some pitches, then we jumped on a couple."
Indeed they did.
FIneman's majestic clout cascaded over the left field fence just inside the foul pole, then Gorski followed with a screaming liner well over the fence in left. Both went against the wind. Scotty Bradley then barely missed a homer to right, smoking a liner foul, before walking.
That meant Bradley had reached base for the 12th straight at-bat, part of a 15 of 17 streak.
What followed were back-to-back RBI doubles by Justin Walker and Logan Kaletha.
"Hitting is contagious," said standout freshman shortstop Walker, "so when everyone is going up there putting up great at-bats, everyone is going to follow along. That's how baseball works."
It seemed redemptive and fitting that the first hit with a runner in scoring position in the series went to Walker. The Lafayette Jefferson product's error Friday had proved costly, but he spent much of Saturday wearing out his hometown team.
"It feels really good, especially being from Lafayette," Walker said after driving in a game-high three runs Saturday. "My dad (Chris) played at Purdue. It just means a lot and be able to bounce back from last night.
"Last night, I did think about it a lot, because it was me who ended up making the error and kind of losing the game. It's just one of those things, but it's baseball. Errors are going to happen. We had one error all day yesterday and it was the biggest thing of the game. You just got to be able to flush it."
By the time Purdue could flush the IU third Saturday, the Hoosiers had added another double by Logan Kaletha, singles from Logan Sowers and Fineman (his second hit of the frame) and sac flies by Lloyd and Cole Barr. It all added up to an 8-1 cushion.
IU made it 9-1 in the fifth on a leadoff double for Kaletha and a two-out RBI double by Fineman, both frozen ropes to left.
After a one-out single by Sam Crail and Barr getting hit by a pitch, Walker rocketed a 2-RBI triple to the corner in right to get the scoring started in a four-run IU sixth. A RBI single for Kaletha, who joined Fineman in having three hits on the day, and hits from Sam Crail and Lloyd all contributed.
Milto pitched seven complete innings and gave up zero earned runs and just five hits before Timmy Herrin came on to close out the game with two scoreless frames.
"Just competing," Lemonis said of Milto's performance. "I don't even think he had his best stuff, but I told him it was his best day on the mound for us.
"I mean, we couldn't have goofed it up any more those first two innings, and it could've gone bad. We could've been down five or six runs, and you're not going to come back at that point. But it just shows you (how) a mature, older guy kept his composure and just kept pitching. I think he got his slider going … once he gets that slider going, he's pretty tough to hit."
Lemonis was also gratified to see a mature bounce-back from his freshman shortstop.
"He's a good player," Lemonis said of Walker. "That's what you have to realize. I grabbed him (to reassure him) last night, because he is from Lafayette. It's probably a little more magnified.
"Errors are errors. Sometimes they come at bad times. But he's played really well for us and happy for him to come out and play a good game."
Purdue freshman Trent Johnson, who sports a 1.02 earned-run-average and a 1-1 record, will open on the mound Sunday for the Boilermakers against IU sophomore Cam Beauchamp (1.96, 3-0.)
"I'm hoping we get a lot of fans out here for tomorrow's game," Lemonis said. "It should be a lot of fun. The rubber game. Weather will be pretty similar, but it's a 3:05 game and I'm hoping we can pack it out. It's a national Big Ten Network game, too."
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana starter Pauly Milto made sure the dam didn't burst.
Then the runs came in a crimson flood.
Purdue and host Indiana had combined to go 0-for-17 with runners in scoring position during Friday's 4-2 Boilermaker win. And with Milto masterfully defusing bases-loaded-nobody-out jams in the first two innings Saturday, the RISP figure reached a combined 0-for-27.
But IU's Ryan Fineman and Matt Gorski then clubbed back-to-back home runs leading off the Hoosier third, igniting a six-run frame that fueled a 14-1 Hoosier win to even a series that concludes today at 3:05 p.m.
"We got through those first two hard innings, nobody out, bases loaded twice, and Pauly just stood in there," junior catcher Fineman recalled. "He carried a lot of confidence and allowed us to be able to hit behind that."
Purdue (15-11 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) did manage to eke out a run in the first, but could have had much more.
After two walks and an error filled the bases with Boilermakers, all Milto surrendered was a run-scoring fielder's choice before inducing a lazy flyout and a pop-out.
A pop-out and 6-4-3 double-play thwarted Purdue's threat in the second.
IU (21-6, 2-2) then took the lead for good with a couple of cheaply manufactured runs in its half of the second. Gorski reached on an error, stole second, stole third and came home on a wild pitch. Scotty Bradley then scored on a bases loaded walk.
A great diving play and throw at second by IU's Matt Lloyd got an out to start the Purdue third. Milto capped it with a pretty slider for a big strikeout.
Then the IU bats took over to the tune of sending 11 men to the plate in the third. By game's end, Indiana's 15 hits featured two homers, a triple and five doubles.
"We really worked some counts," IU coach Chris Lemonis said. "That was our goal, to work some counts on their guys and get in some good spots.
"Overcoming the first two innings (defensively) for us was huge, then we were able to get some momentum going. It lets you relax, take some pitches, then we jumped on a couple."
Indeed they did.
FIneman's majestic clout cascaded over the left field fence just inside the foul pole, then Gorski followed with a screaming liner well over the fence in left. Both went against the wind. Scotty Bradley then barely missed a homer to right, smoking a liner foul, before walking.
That meant Bradley had reached base for the 12th straight at-bat, part of a 15 of 17 streak.
What followed were back-to-back RBI doubles by Justin Walker and Logan Kaletha.
"Hitting is contagious," said standout freshman shortstop Walker, "so when everyone is going up there putting up great at-bats, everyone is going to follow along. That's how baseball works."
It seemed redemptive and fitting that the first hit with a runner in scoring position in the series went to Walker. The Lafayette Jefferson product's error Friday had proved costly, but he spent much of Saturday wearing out his hometown team.
"It feels really good, especially being from Lafayette," Walker said after driving in a game-high three runs Saturday. "My dad (Chris) played at Purdue. It just means a lot and be able to bounce back from last night.
"Last night, I did think about it a lot, because it was me who ended up making the error and kind of losing the game. It's just one of those things, but it's baseball. Errors are going to happen. We had one error all day yesterday and it was the biggest thing of the game. You just got to be able to flush it."
By the time Purdue could flush the IU third Saturday, the Hoosiers had added another double by Logan Kaletha, singles from Logan Sowers and Fineman (his second hit of the frame) and sac flies by Lloyd and Cole Barr. It all added up to an 8-1 cushion.
IU made it 9-1 in the fifth on a leadoff double for Kaletha and a two-out RBI double by Fineman, both frozen ropes to left.
After a one-out single by Sam Crail and Barr getting hit by a pitch, Walker rocketed a 2-RBI triple to the corner in right to get the scoring started in a four-run IU sixth. A RBI single for Kaletha, who joined Fineman in having three hits on the day, and hits from Sam Crail and Lloyd all contributed.
Milto pitched seven complete innings and gave up zero earned runs and just five hits before Timmy Herrin came on to close out the game with two scoreless frames.
"Just competing," Lemonis said of Milto's performance. "I don't even think he had his best stuff, but I told him it was his best day on the mound for us.
"I mean, we couldn't have goofed it up any more those first two innings, and it could've gone bad. We could've been down five or six runs, and you're not going to come back at that point. But it just shows you (how) a mature, older guy kept his composure and just kept pitching. I think he got his slider going … once he gets that slider going, he's pretty tough to hit."
Lemonis was also gratified to see a mature bounce-back from his freshman shortstop.
"He's a good player," Lemonis said of Walker. "That's what you have to realize. I grabbed him (to reassure him) last night, because he is from Lafayette. It's probably a little more magnified.
"Errors are errors. Sometimes they come at bad times. But he's played really well for us and happy for him to come out and play a good game."
Purdue freshman Trent Johnson, who sports a 1.02 earned-run-average and a 1-1 record, will open on the mound Sunday for the Boilermakers against IU sophomore Cam Beauchamp (1.96, 3-0.)
"I'm hoping we get a lot of fans out here for tomorrow's game," Lemonis said. "It should be a lot of fun. The rubber game. Weather will be pretty similar, but it's a 3:05 game and I'm hoping we can pack it out. It's a national Big Ten Network game, too."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Milto, Pauly (5-2)
L: STROH, Gareth (4-1)
Batting:
2B: SHIPLEY, Harry 1 ; WARDEN, Evan 1
RBI: DALESANDRO, Nick 1
SH: POWERS, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SHIPLEY, Harry 1
SB: SHIPLEY, Harry 1 ; OLUND, Alec 1
Batting:
2B: Kaletha, Logan 2 ; Fineman , Ryan 1 ; Ashley, Drew 1 ; Walker, Justin 1
3B: Walker, Justin 1
HR: Fineman , Ryan 1 ; Gorski, Matt 1
RBI: Kaletha, Logan 2 ; Lloyd, Matt 2 ; Fineman , Ryan 2 ; Gorski, Matt 1 ; Barr, Cole 1 ; Walker, Justin 3
SF: Lloyd, Matt 1 ; Barr, Cole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kaletha, Logan 3 ; Fineman , Ryan 1 ; Gorski, Matt 2 ; Bradley, Scotty 2 ; Ashley, Drew 1 ; Crail, Sam 1 ; Dunham, Elijah 1 ; Barr, Cole 1 ; Walker, Justin 2
SB: Gorski, Matt 1
HBP: Barr, Cole 2
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2
RBI
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