Indiana State Escapes with Win in Bloomington

Wednesday, April 29

Bloomington, Ind.

6:05 PM

Indiana University

23-19

Indiana State

20-21

Indiana State

Indiana

4/29/2015 10:40:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Sycamores hit two-out home run to tie game in ninth.

Game 42	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Indiana State	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	12	0
Indiana	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0

Site: Bart Kaufman Field (Bloomington, Ind.)
Score: Indiana State 6, Indiana 5 (10 innings)
Records: Indiana (23-19), Indiana State (20-21)
Next Game: Fri., May 1 -- at Maryland at 6:30 p.m. ET (College Park, Md.)

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Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Conway	3.0	0	0	0	1	5
L - Halstead	3.0	4	3	3	0	5
S - None	--	--	--	--	--	--

Up Next
When: May 1-3 Who: Maryland Where: College Park, Md.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- One out away. That's what Indiana was from taking a 5-3 win and a dose of momentum to No. 20 Maryland this weekend.

But as things haven't gone as planned recently for the Hoosiers, neither did IU's final out in the top of what was supposed to be the final inning.

ISU's Landon Curry smashed a 2-run home run to tie the game, 5-5, in the ninth frame, ultimately forcing a 10th inning where Indiana State would steal a 6-5 win on Wednesday evening at Bart Kaufman Field.

Scott Donley and Nick Ramos each tallied three hits to lead Indiana, while Logan Sowers recorded two and Casey Rodrigue posted one.

Following a 43-minute first inning, where the teams combined for seven of the game's 11 runs and each made pitching changes, the game was largely uneventful leading up to the final two stanzas.

The Sycamores scored three runs in the top of the first, but Indiana responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame to take a lead it would hold until the ninth.

ISU took a 1-0 lead and loaded the bases with just one out, quickly prompting a pitching change on the mound.

Senior RHP Luke Harrison, making his 83rd career appearance, gave up a 2-RBI single as the Sycamores built a 3-0 advantage. but was terrific for the remainder of his day, tossing five strikeouts and holding the Sycamores scoreless for 3.2 innings.

ISU walked Indiana's first three batters to load the bases in the bottom of the first, setting up runs batted in from Donley (single), Sowers (fielder's choice) and Ramos (single).

Will Nolden walked to load the bases again, before Isaiah Pasteur's groundout RBI gave IU a 4-3 lead.

Nolden's groundout RBI in the third gave IU a 5-3 lead and the Hoosiers were in the driver's seat for the next five frames.

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers travel to College Park, Md., to take on No. 20 Maryland in a weekend series beginning Friday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Sunday's series finale at 11 a.m. ET will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

GAME NOTES
••• Indiana fell to 23-19 overall and 17-9 in non-conference play.

••• Indiana played its sixth extra-innings game of the season, falling to 3-3 in such contests.

••• Indiana has limited its error total to one or less 28 times this season, including 11 occasions with zero.

••• Despite the loss, Indiana leads the all-time series with Indiana State, 57-44-1.

••• Indiana is 6-5 in mid-week contests, including a 1-3 mark on Wednesdays. Since 2013, the Hoosiers are 24-9 in mid-week tilts (12-6 on Wednesday). IU's 24-9 mark in such contests includes a record of 14-4 at home.

••• Senior 1B Scott Donley recorded his 16th multi-hit game of 2015, second-most for Indiana, and the 67th of his career. Donley, who notched three hits for the fourth time this season, has a hit in 16 of the last 19 games and leads IU with 55.

••• Senior RHP Luke Harrison tossed 3.2 scoreless innings, slinging a season-high five strikeouts for the second consecutive game. Harrison owns 24 strikeouts in his last 17.2 innings pitched across eight appearances.

••• Junior SS Nick Ramos had his first multi-hit game since returning from injury, registering three for the first time in his career.

••• Freshman OF Logan Sowers matched a career high with two runs scored to lead IU, marking the sixth time he's scored twice in a game in 2015. Sowers notched his first multi-hit game since April 8 with a pair.