Indiana University Athletics
#IUBase Central: Big Ten Play Begins
3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
| No. 21 Indiana at Penn State | March 22 | University Park, Pa. | Medlar Field | ||
| Series Schedule | Coverage | Projected Starters |
| Game 1 | Sunday, March 22 11 a.m. ET |
Listen Live | Stats | Twitter | IU - RHP Christian Morris (2-0) PSU - LHP Nick Hedge (0-3) |
| Game 2 | Sunday, March 22 Following Game One |
Listen Live | Stats | Twitter | IU - LHP Caleb Baragar (0-0) PSU - LHP Taylor Lehman (0-2) |
Social: Twitter | Instagram //  Never Daunted // Notes: Indiana |
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SCHEDULE UPDATE: No. 21 Indiana will officially open Big Ten play on Sunday, March 22, with a doubleheader at Penn State beginning at 11 a.m. ET at Medlar Field.
The two schools were scheduled to play a three-game weekend series with one game each day beginning Friday, March 20, before winter weather cancelled Friday's contest and postponed Saturday's tilt.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- No. 21 Indiana begins its defense of back-to-back Big Ten regular season and tournament championships when the Hoosiers open league play, March 22, at Penn State.
IU is 14-4 overall and has won 11 consecutive games, the second-longest winning streak in the nation and tied for the sixth-longest in school history. IU's 11-game win streak is the 11th such spurt of 10 games or more all-time at IU and one of nine that have gone 11 or longer.
Indiana is coming off a perfect 6-0 homestand at Bart Kaufman Field, including a weekend sweep of then-No. 12 Cal State Fullerton (5-4 [10], 2-0, 10-4).
A LOOK AT PENN STATE...
••• Penn State leads the all-time series, 39-36, in 75 meetings with Indiana, but the Hoosiers have won the last seven and 10 of the last 11 in a series that dates back to 1992.
••• The last time Indiana swept a Big Ten series was at Penn State last season (5/9-5/11/2014) with 10-0, 8-1 and 9-2 wins. IU also swept PSU in 2013 in Bloomington.
••• During IU's seven-game winning streak in the series, the Hoosiers have outscored Penn State, 51-10.
••• Indiana has swept eight Big Ten series since 2013, including three on the road.
••• Penn State: Home | Roster | Results | Stats | Twitter
BACK IN THE RANKINGS
••• For the second time in 2015, the Hoosiers are ranked in at least one of the NCAA's five recognized polls. The Hoosiers were ranked as high as No. 22 on Feb. 16 by Collegiate Baseball.
••• Indiana has achieved its highest ranking of the season, tabbed 21st by D1Baseball. Below are IU's current rankings:
D1Baseball: 21 | Collegiate Baseball: 23 | Baseball America: 24 | NCBWA: 28 | USA Today Coaches' Poll: 31
••• Since 2013, Indiana has been ranked in at least one poll in 34 of 44 possible weeks. IU has been a Top 25 team on 34 occasions, a Top 20 team in 28 weeks, a Top 15 team 16 times and has reached the Top 10 nine times.
A LOOK AT THE HOOSIERS
••• In the Big Ten, IU ranks first with 31 walks allowed and nine triples, third in home runs (11), batting average (.288), team ERA (2.36), strikeouts (151), runs scored (108) and RBI (102) and fourth in hits (179) and total bases (254).
••• Thirteen of Indiana's 18 games have been decided by three runs or less, but four of the last seven have been decided by four runs or more, all Indiana wins.
••• Casey Rodrigue leads Indiana with 40 total bases and 17 RBI, which rank tied for third and sixth, respectively, in the Big Ten. Craig Dedelow leads IU with a .338 batting average and 23 hits. Three Hoosiers have at least seven extra-base hits, led by Rodrigue's nine. Austin Cangelosi and Logan Sowers each have seven.
••• Christian Morris (2-0) has pitched a team-high 26.2 innings, Thomas Belcher leads IU with 22 strikeouts and Luke Harrison and Ryan Halstead each own three saves.
••• IU players have been honored five times this season by the Big Ten, the most selections in the league, with Nick Ramos (Feb. 16) and Austin Cangelosi (March 16) earning Big Ten Player of the Week and Logan Sowers (March 2 and 9) and Brian Hobbie (March 16) picking up Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors.
••• Indiana has recorded 10 or more hits in 11 of its last 14 games.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
••• Indiana is 36-20 in true road games over the last two-plus seasons, including 3-3 this season and an 18-8 mark in 2014.
••• Dating back to last season Indiana has won 16 of its last 21 true road contests.
••• IU's first 12 games of the 2015 season were away from home (six road; six neutral). Indiana is 3-3 on the road and 5-1 in neutral site games, good for 8-4 overall outside the friendly confines of Bart Kaufman Field, where IU is 6-0.
