Tuesday, May 8
Bloomington, Ind.
6 p.m.
Indiana University
vs
#17 Kentucky
No. 19 Indiana Hosts No. 17 Kentucky on Tuesday
5/7/2018 10:47:00 PM | Baseball
• Nineteenth-ranked Indiana (31-13, 9-8) hosts the 17th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats at Bart Kaufman Field Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. on BTN.
• Tuesday will be the 41st ever meeting between IU and Kentucky. The two squads last met in Lexington in the NCAA Regionals and regular season in 2017, with the Wildcats winning the season series, 2-0.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series between the two schools, 22-18.
• 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 132-85-2 record and has led the program to two regional at-large bids in his first three full seasons.
• Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione is in his second season as head coach with the Wildcats. In his first season in 2017, the Cats' 43 wins were just two shy of the school record and the most for any first-year coach in the program's history.
• The Hoosiers are ranked 19th nationally by Perfect Game and 27th by the NCBWA this week.
• Of the 13 losses this season for Indiana, 10 have been three runs or less and six have been by one run.
• The IU pitching staff leads the Big Ten in ERA (2.69, 3rd nationally), shutouts (7, 3rd), walks per nine innings (3.12, 24th) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.51, 44th), is second in WHIP (1.23, 19th), and is third in hits per nine innings (8.0, 40th) and opposing batting average (.239).
• Offensively, Indiana is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.443, 34th) and sac bunts (36, 31st), is second in total bases (664) and home runs (2nd, 37th), and is third in on base percentage (.384, 49th), hit by pitch (55), batting average (.285) and hits (428).
• The Hoosiers are also second in the Big Ten with a .974 fielding percentage. After posting a school record fielding percentage of .975 in 2016, Lemonis' squad followed that up with another school record mark of .979 in 2017. In Lemonis' first three full seasons as head coach at Indiana, the Hoosiers own three of the top four fielding percentages in program history.
• In his last seven appearances, Tuesday night's starter Andrew Saalfrank has allowed just one hit and one earned run (0.82 ERA) in 11 innings (.029 BA) with 19 strikeouts and six walks.
• Junior Friday Night starter Jonathan Stiever leads the Big Ten in in striekouts (79), strikeouts looking (33), and innings (78.2).
• Junior right-hander Pauly Milto is third in the Big Ten in ERA (2.13, 39th nationally).
• Sophomore reliever Cal Krueger is second in the Big Ten in wins (7, 39th nationally) and is sixth in appearances (21).
• In 20.1 innings of relief and 16 appearances this season, senior LHP B.J. Sabol has allowed just nine hits and one run.
• LHP Tim Herrin, in his last six appearances (four starts) has tossed 28.1 innings allowing 17 hits, five earned runs and has struck out 18 while walking seven. During that span, Herrin has held opponents to a .167 average with a 1.59 ERA.
• Junior catcher Ryan Fineman, a Johnny Bench Award Watch Lister for the third-straight season, is second in the Big Ten lead with 16 runners caught stealing.
• Sophomore left fielder Matt Gorski is sixth in the Big Ten in stolen bases (18) and batting average (.379), eighth in hits (1.39 per game) and 10th in slugging percentage (.584).
• Junior center fielder Logan Kaletha paces the Big Ten in hit by pitches (18, 13th nationally), is second in walks (34), third in runs (1.14 per game), and is eighth in on base percentage (.459).
• Indiana's 28-6 start was its best 34-game start since 1987, when that squad also started 28-6 and was 31-6 through its first 37 games.
• In 22 games this season, an IU starter has gone at least five innings whille giving up two earned runs or less. Only four times has a starting pitcher given up more than three earned runs in a game.
• The Hoosiers have reached the double-digit mark in runs eight times this season. IU hit the double-digit mark in 10 games last season.
• Dating back to the 2017 season, Indiana had a streak of winning its last 12 series that have consisted of at least three games against one team, snapped against Ohio State (April 20-22). This season, the Hoosiers have won series at No. 13 San Diego, and against Pacific, Northern Illinois, Butler, Purdue, Northwestern and Illinois.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (375) and conference wins (156). The Hoosiers have made five NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• Entering 2018, Indiana returned 100 percent of its starts, 94 percent of its wins, and 91 percent of its innings pitched and strikeouts. The Hoosiers also brought back 62 percent of its runs and hits, 61 percent of its RBIs, and 59 percent of its extra-base hits.
• Last season marked Indiana's seventh NCAA tournament appearance (1949, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017). Lemonis became the first coach in program history to make two regionals in his first three seasons as IU's skipper.
• Lemonis and his coaching staff (Associate head coach Kyle Bunn, assistant coach Kyle Cheesebrough, assistant coach Zach Lucas, director of operations Roger Rodeheaver) brings a wealth of postseason experience to the program. Overall, IU's staff as players and coaches have combined for nine College World Series appearances, 16 Super Regional appearances, and 42 Regional appearances.
• Tuesday will be the 41st ever meeting between IU and Kentucky. The two squads last met in Lexington in the NCAA Regionals and regular season in 2017, with the Wildcats winning the season series, 2-0.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series between the two schools, 22-18.
• 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 132-85-2 record and has led the program to two regional at-large bids in his first three full seasons.
• Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione is in his second season as head coach with the Wildcats. In his first season in 2017, the Cats' 43 wins were just two shy of the school record and the most for any first-year coach in the program's history.
• The Hoosiers are ranked 19th nationally by Perfect Game and 27th by the NCBWA this week.
• Of the 13 losses this season for Indiana, 10 have been three runs or less and six have been by one run.
• The IU pitching staff leads the Big Ten in ERA (2.69, 3rd nationally), shutouts (7, 3rd), walks per nine innings (3.12, 24th) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.51, 44th), is second in WHIP (1.23, 19th), and is third in hits per nine innings (8.0, 40th) and opposing batting average (.239).
• Offensively, Indiana is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.443, 34th) and sac bunts (36, 31st), is second in total bases (664) and home runs (2nd, 37th), and is third in on base percentage (.384, 49th), hit by pitch (55), batting average (.285) and hits (428).
• The Hoosiers are also second in the Big Ten with a .974 fielding percentage. After posting a school record fielding percentage of .975 in 2016, Lemonis' squad followed that up with another school record mark of .979 in 2017. In Lemonis' first three full seasons as head coach at Indiana, the Hoosiers own three of the top four fielding percentages in program history.
• In his last seven appearances, Tuesday night's starter Andrew Saalfrank has allowed just one hit and one earned run (0.82 ERA) in 11 innings (.029 BA) with 19 strikeouts and six walks.
• Junior Friday Night starter Jonathan Stiever leads the Big Ten in in striekouts (79), strikeouts looking (33), and innings (78.2).
• Junior right-hander Pauly Milto is third in the Big Ten in ERA (2.13, 39th nationally).
• Sophomore reliever Cal Krueger is second in the Big Ten in wins (7, 39th nationally) and is sixth in appearances (21).
• In 20.1 innings of relief and 16 appearances this season, senior LHP B.J. Sabol has allowed just nine hits and one run.
• LHP Tim Herrin, in his last six appearances (four starts) has tossed 28.1 innings allowing 17 hits, five earned runs and has struck out 18 while walking seven. During that span, Herrin has held opponents to a .167 average with a 1.59 ERA.
• Junior catcher Ryan Fineman, a Johnny Bench Award Watch Lister for the third-straight season, is second in the Big Ten lead with 16 runners caught stealing.
• Sophomore left fielder Matt Gorski is sixth in the Big Ten in stolen bases (18) and batting average (.379), eighth in hits (1.39 per game) and 10th in slugging percentage (.584).
• Junior center fielder Logan Kaletha paces the Big Ten in hit by pitches (18, 13th nationally), is second in walks (34), third in runs (1.14 per game), and is eighth in on base percentage (.459).
• Indiana's 28-6 start was its best 34-game start since 1987, when that squad also started 28-6 and was 31-6 through its first 37 games.
• In 22 games this season, an IU starter has gone at least five innings whille giving up two earned runs or less. Only four times has a starting pitcher given up more than three earned runs in a game.
• The Hoosiers have reached the double-digit mark in runs eight times this season. IU hit the double-digit mark in 10 games last season.
• Dating back to the 2017 season, Indiana had a streak of winning its last 12 series that have consisted of at least three games against one team, snapped against Ohio State (April 20-22). This season, the Hoosiers have won series at No. 13 San Diego, and against Pacific, Northern Illinois, Butler, Purdue, Northwestern and Illinois.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (375) and conference wins (156). The Hoosiers have made five NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• Entering 2018, Indiana returned 100 percent of its starts, 94 percent of its wins, and 91 percent of its innings pitched and strikeouts. The Hoosiers also brought back 62 percent of its runs and hits, 61 percent of its RBIs, and 59 percent of its extra-base hits.
• Last season marked Indiana's seventh NCAA tournament appearance (1949, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017). Lemonis became the first coach in program history to make two regionals in his first three seasons as IU's skipper.
• Lemonis and his coaching staff (Associate head coach Kyle Bunn, assistant coach Kyle Cheesebrough, assistant coach Zach Lucas, director of operations Roger Rodeheaver) brings a wealth of postseason experience to the program. Overall, IU's staff as players and coaches have combined for nine College World Series appearances, 16 Super Regional appearances, and 42 Regional appearances.
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