Indiana University Athletics
Indiana University
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Evansville
23-18
Rodrigue Ties Career High in Loss
4/28/2015 10:36:00 AM | Baseball
Indiana hits 11 times to Evansville's eight, but falls short on road
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Indiana outhit Evansville but found itself on the losing end of an 8-4 mid-week contest on the road Tuesday evening, as six of UE's eight runs reached base on a hit by pitch or walk.
The top three Hoosiers in the lineup all went for multi-hit games, led by Casey Rodrigue (3), Craig Dedelow (2) and Brad Hartong (2).
Rodrigue's three hits, including a double, matched a career high, while the senior second baseman also posted two stolen bases, a run scored and a run batted in.
The Destrehan, La., native injected life into the Hoosiers early on, despite an early deficit.
After his lead-off double to open the game, Evansville retired eight consecutive Hoosier batters before Rodrigue stepped back up to the plate in the third frame to rejuvenate Indiana.
Rodrigue singled, stole second and scored on Dedelow's single and an infield error to even the score, 1-1.
Evansville responded with six runs over its next two frames, including four Purple Aces that were hit by pitch or walked, building a 7-1 lead. But Indiana wouldn't go quietly.
LHP Will Coursen-Carr entered the game in the bottom of the fifth inning for the Hoosiers. After giving up a single, Coursen-Carr retired nine consecutive batters, including four strikeouts, to push the game into the eighth, giving IU a chance to make up ground.
Indiana received a pair of singles from Dedelow and Hartong to open the sixth inning, but Scott Donley grounded into a double play and Logan Sowers struck out as IU came up empty.
Will Nolden's single and Isaiah Pasteur's double put runners in scoring position with one out in the top of the seventh. After Brian Wilhite's sacrifice fly scored Nolden, Rodrigue singled to bring home Pasteur and cut UE's lead to 7-3.
The Hoosiers continued to cut into the deficit in the eighth, scoring on Donley's sac fly. Pinch runner Laren Eustace came in for Brad Hartong, who singled, and reached third on a wild pitch before scoring IU's final run to make it 7-4.
Evansville added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth, disrupting IU's momentum to hold on for an 8-4 win.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers return home Wednesday, April 29, to host Indiana State at 6:05 p.m. ET at Bart Kaufman Field.
Single-game tickets are available and may be purchased via IUHoosiers.com or by calling 1-866-IUSPORTS.
GAME NOTES
••• Indiana fell to 23-18 overall and 17-8 in non-conference play.
••• Indiana leads the all-time series, 25-17, despite a pair of losses to Evansville this season.
••• Indiana is 6-4 in mid-week contests, including a 5-2 mark on Tuesdays. Since 2013, the Hoosiers are 24-8 in mid-week tilts (11-4 on Tuesday). IU's 24-8 mark in such contests includes a record of 6-5 on the road.
••• Playing in his 100th career game at Indiana, senior 2B Casey Rodrigue recorded his ninth double of the season and third in the last five games. Rodrigue's 16th extra-base hit tied Logan Sowers for IU's most in 2015.
••• Rodrigue matched a career high with an IU-best three hits, marking the 10th time in his career he's achieved that mark.
••• Sophomore OF Craig Dedelow tallied his team-best 17th multi-hit game, including his third in IU's last six outings. Dedelow posted a pair of singles.
••• Senior C Brad Hartong tallied a pair of hits for his 13th multi-hit game of the season, third in the last five games and fourth in the last seven games.
••• Junior SS Nick Ramos registered his first hit since returning from injury, a two-out double in the top of the fourth.
••• Junior LHP Will Coursen-Carr matched a career high with six strikeouts, giving up just two hits and one run in 3.2 innings pitched.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Billo, Ryan (6-1)
L: Morris, Christian (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Rodrigue, Casey 1 ; Ramos, Nick 1 ; Pasteur, Isaiah 1
RBI: Rodrigue, Casey 1 ; Donley, Scott 1 ; Wilhite, Brian 1
SF: Donley, Scott 1 ; Wilhite, Brian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodrigue, Casey 1 ; Eustace, Laren 1 ; Nolden, Will 1 ; Pasteur, Isaiah 1
SB: Rodrigue, Casey 2
Batting:
2B: Ramon, Jonathan 1
3B: Kaczmarski, Kevin 1
RBI: Kaczmarski, Kevin 3 ; Ramon, Jonathan 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Perry, Jarod 3 ; Jyawook, Josh 1 ; Kaczmarski, Kevin 1 ; Sullivan, Tyler 2 ; Nelson, Stewart 1
SB: Perry, Jarod 1
HBP: Perry, Jarod 2 ; Sullivan, Tyler 1
