
Indiana Drops Regional Opener to Texas A&M, 10-3
6/1/2018 10:44:00 PM | Baseball
AUSTIN, Texas – Indiana baseball dropped its NCAA Regional opener to Texas A&M by a score of 10-3 on Friday evening. The Aggies scored seven runs in the fourth inning to pull away.
The Hoosiers were limited to just five hits, with junior Luke Miller accounting for two of them on a pair of solo home runs. Junior Matt Lloyd also added two hits in the loss.
In the top of the fourth, the first two Texas A&M hitters reached on a pair of singles. After junior Jonathan Stiever forced a flyout and a strikeout, the Aggies strung together seven runs with two outs. It started with a an RBI single from Logan Foster followed by a two run double from Will Frizzell. After a walk and an infield single loaded the bases, the Aggies took a 4-0 lead on a bases loaded walk. Zach DeLoach capped off the seven-run inning with a bases clearing double.
The Aggies added some insurance in the top of the fifth when Foster tripled to score Braden Schewmake.
Back-to-back walks with one out by sophomore Jeremy Houston and junior Logan Kaletha eventually led to a run, when sophomore Matt Gorski's hard ground ball was muffed to score Houston from third.
After the Aggies manufactured a run in the top of the seventh, Miller knocked out his 12th home run of the season to make it a 9-2 game.
Texas A&M's run in the eighth inning gave it 10 runs for the game, the first time the Hoosiers have allowed double digits in runs this season.
Miller hit another solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to trim the deficit to 10-3.
Indiana will face the loser of Texas and Texas Southern on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The Hoosiers were limited to just five hits, with junior Luke Miller accounting for two of them on a pair of solo home runs. Junior Matt Lloyd also added two hits in the loss.
In the top of the fourth, the first two Texas A&M hitters reached on a pair of singles. After junior Jonathan Stiever forced a flyout and a strikeout, the Aggies strung together seven runs with two outs. It started with a an RBI single from Logan Foster followed by a two run double from Will Frizzell. After a walk and an infield single loaded the bases, the Aggies took a 4-0 lead on a bases loaded walk. Zach DeLoach capped off the seven-run inning with a bases clearing double.
The Aggies added some insurance in the top of the fifth when Foster tripled to score Braden Schewmake.
Back-to-back walks with one out by sophomore Jeremy Houston and junior Logan Kaletha eventually led to a run, when sophomore Matt Gorski's hard ground ball was muffed to score Houston from third.
After the Aggies manufactured a run in the top of the seventh, Miller knocked out his 12th home run of the season to make it a 9-2 game.
Texas A&M's run in the eighth inning gave it 10 runs for the game, the first time the Hoosiers have allowed double digits in runs this season.
Miller hit another solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to trim the deficit to 10-3.
Indiana will face the loser of Texas and Texas Southern on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Doxakis, John (8-5)
L: Stiever, Jonathan (5-6)
Batting:
2B: DeLoach, Zach 1 ; Frizzell, Will 1 ; Morris, Chandler 1
3B: Helman, Michael 1 ; Foster, Logan 1
RBI: DeLoach, Zach 3 ; Andritsos, Chris 1 ; Foster, Logan 2 ; Frizzell, Will 2 ; Janca, George 2
Base Running:
RUNS: DeLoach, Zach 1 ; Helman, Michael 2 ; Shewmake, Braden 1 ; Foster, Logan 1 ; Frizzell, Will 1 ; Morris, Chandler 1 ; Wingate, Allonte 1 ; Bedford, Cole 1 ; Janca, George 1

Batting:
2B: Lloyd, Matt 1
HR: Miller, Luke 2
RBI: Miller, Luke 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Miller, Luke 2 ; Houston, Jeremy 1
CS: Houston, Jeremy 1
HBP: Houston, Jeremy 1
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