Indiana Sweeps Ohio State to Close Season

Friday, May 15

Bloomington, Ind.

6:10 PM

Indiana University

32-20, 12-10

Ohio State

35-18, 13-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Ohio State	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	2
Indiana	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	X	6	6	2

5/16/2015 12:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Hoosiers have won six straight and nine of 10 heading into Big Ten Tournament

Game 52	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Ohio State	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	2
Indiana	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	X	6	6	2

Site: Bart Kaufman Field (Bloomington, Ind.)
Score: Indiana 6, Ohio State 4
Records: Indiana (32-20, 12-10), Ohio State (35-18, 13-11)
Up Next: Big Ten Tournament (May 20-24) | Minneapolis | B1G Tourney Central

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Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Halstead	3.0	3	0	0	0	5
L - Dempsey	1.0	2	2	2	1	0
S - None	--	--	--	--	--	--

Big Ten Tournament
When: May 20-24 Who: Opponent TBD Where: Target Field (Minneapolis) Tournament Central: Click Here

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Fittingly enough, seniors stepped up when Indiana needed them the most on Senior Day.

Brad Hartong's (senior) sacrifice bunt placed Nick Ramos in scoring position and Scott Donley (senior) blasted an RBI single up the middle to provide the go-ahead fifth run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Indiana secured a sweep vs. Ohio State on Friday evening at Bart Kaufman Field, winning the finale, 6-4.

Will Nolden (senior) added an RBI single in the frame to bring in Donley for an insurance run and the final score.

RHP Ryan Halstead (senior) entered the game in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and zero outs. Two runs scored, but Halstead only gave up three total hits and struck out five batters, finishing the game and earning his second win of the season.

All in all, Indiana recognized all eight of its seniors in between Friday's doubleheader for their contributions to the program. Ricky Alfonso, Donley, Halstead, Luke Harrison, Hartong, Nolden, Casey Rodrigue and Chris Sujka had a hand in Indiana's back-to-back Big Ten regular season and tournament championships, the Hoosiers' run to the College World Series in 2013 and IU's No. 4 national seed in last year's NCAA Tournament.

Friday night, those seniors kept on giving. And they weren't the only ones.

Logan Sowers crushed a grand slam in the third inning to bring in Indiana's first four runs, giving IU a 4-1 lead at the time.

Ohio State did the majority of its damage in the seventh, tying the game with three runs as Halstead weathered the storm. But for the weekend, Indiana was successful in disrupting the Buckeyes' success, stranding 30 total runners on base, including 14 in the series finale.

UP NEXT
Indiana travels to Minneapolis next week for the Big Ten Tournament, beginning on Wednesday, May 20. The Hoosiers' seed and opening opponent is yet to be determined, but should be finalized on Saturday upon the completion of all conference games.

For more on the 2015 Big Ten Tournament, click here.

GAME NOTES
••• With its sixth straight win and ninth in the last 10 games, Indiana improved to 32-20 overall and 12-10 in Big Ten play.

••• Indiana won its sixth series of the season, including its fourth series sweep. Since 2013, IU has swept 12 three-games series, including 11 vs. Big Ten opponents.

••• Indiana is now 56-16 (.778) at Bart Kaufman Field since the facility opened in 2013. The Hoosiers finish the 2015 regular season with a 17-8 mark at home.

••• IU has won the last nine meetings and 14 of the last 15 vs. OSU.

••• IU has struck out 10-plus batters on 18 occasions this season. The Hoosiers had 11 strikeouts, thanks to six from Christian Morris and five from Ryan Halstead.

••• Freshman OF Logan Sowers hit the first grand slam of his career, his fifth home run of the season and his second bomb of the series. Sowers' four RBI marked a career high. Craig Dedelow owns IU's only other grand slam this season (at Penn State - 3/22).

•••Sophomore OF Craig Dedelow has reached base in 15 straight games, matching IU's longest streak of the season.

••• Senior C Brad Hartong registered his fifth straight multi-hit game, his 20th overall and his 11th in the last 18. Hartong also owns IU's longest current hit streak at six games.

••• Junior RHP Christian Morris started for Indiana, striking out six and giving up just one run in 4.2 innings pitched.

••• Senior RHP Ryan Halstead made his 102nd career appearance, the most all-time at IU. Halstead earned his 13th carer win.

SERIES NOTES
••• Indiana has won the last five season series vs. Ohio State, including three series sweeps.

••• Indiana stranded 30 OSU runners on base this weekend, including 14 in the finale.

••• Brad Hartong led IU with a .600 batting average over the weekend, also recording a team-best six hits.

••• Logan Sowers tallied a team-best six RBI throughout the weekend, while Craig Dedelow clocked 10 total bases to lead IU.

••• IU doubled Ohio State in strikeouts, 34-17, led by seven from Jake Kelzer.