Friday, April 15
Bloomington, Ind.
6:05 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Iowa
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Setting the Scene
• Indiana closes out its seven-game homestand as it hosts the Iowa Hawkeyes beginning on Friday for a 6:05 p.m. matchup.
• The Hoosiers, coming off a 4-3 victory over Ball State on Wednesday, have won six games in a row, including four-straight Big Ten games.
• Indiana has a 67-20 (.772) record at Bart Kaufman Field since the stadium opened in 2013. The Hoosiers have posted an astounding record of 32-7 record in their own ballpark in Big Ten games.
Notables
• Indiana pitching ranks tied for first in the Big Ten in fewest walks allowed (78), second in team ERA (2.86), second in fewest earned runs allowed (90), third in fewest runs allowed (121), third in opponent batting average (.233), fourth in batters struck out (250), and fourth in fewest hits allowed (246).
• Indiana's pitching staff entered this week ranked sixth nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (2.5), 8th in strikeout to walk ratio (3.14), 11th in team ERA (2.82), 16th in WHIP (1.15) and 32nd in hits allowed per nine innings (7.8).
• Hoosier pitchers have given up one earned run or less eight times this season, all of which have happened in a 20-game span.
• Over the last 12 games, Indiana's pitching staff has given up 74 hits in its last 89 innings.
• Indiana pitching has posted double-figure strikeouts in 10 games this season.
• The Hoosiers have given up two walks or less in 18 games this season, including 10 of the last 15 games.
• Indiana's starting pitching has been strong through the first seven weekends of action. In 24 combined starts from LHP Kyle Hart, RHP Evan Bell and LHP Caleb Baragar, the trio has posted a 2.71 ERA, allowing just 121 hits over 146.0 innings of work, striking out 115 batters while walking only 34. Teams are hitting a combined .225 off Hart, Bell and Baragar so far.
• Entering this weekend, IU is ranked third in the Big Ten in triples (8) and fourth in home runs (23).
Player Notes
• Sophomore outfielder Logan Sowers ranks tied for fifth in the Big Ten in home runs with six. Sowers' six long balls have come in just 19 games, as he missed 12 games due to injury. Sowers is averaging one home run per 11.2 at-bats.
• In conference games only, Sowers is tied for third in the Big Ten in home runs (2), fourth in slugging percentage (.792), tied for sixth in total bases (19), tied for ninth in RBI (7), 12th in batting average (.375) and 13th in on base percentage (.464).
• Sowers, entering the weekend is hitting .328, has 22 hits on the season with nine of them coming for extra-bases. He currently has posted a 1.101 OPS.
• In the 11 games this season that Sowers has recorded at least one hit, seven of those games have included a hit that has gone for extra bases.
• Junior Craig Dedelow stands tied for fifth in the conference in triples (2), tied for 11th in doubles (9), and 12th in RBI (24).
• Dedelow has driven in at least one run in five of his last eight games.
• Dedelow's three doubles against Butler on March 23 are tied for a Big Ten season-high. His five RBI against the Bulldogs were a career high.
• Dedelow reached base safely in his first 17 games this season, and dating back to last year, his last 22 games. That streak came to a halt on March 20 against Toledo.
• Dedelow, for the second-straight year, was the overall individual champion of IU's annual Omaha
Challenge, logging 253 total points.
• Senior Brian Wilhite is tied for fourth in the Big Ten in RBI (27) and tied for 11th in home runs (5).
• On March 23 against Butler, Wilhite had a career-high six RBI and two home runs, which included a grand slam. He followed that performance up with another grand slam in a second consecutive game on March 25 at Indiana State.
• For his efforts against Butler and Indiana State, Wilhite earned Big Ten Player of the Week for the week of March 28, marking his first career conference honor. Wilhite hit .562 on the week with three home runs, while driving in 10 and scoring seven runs on nine hits.
• Junior second baseman Tony Butler has yet to make an error this season or in his entire career. Butler has started 28 games at his position this seasonand has appeared in all 31 games. Butler has a total of 125 chances this season, including 73 assists and 42 putouts. He has turned 21 double plays this year as well. In total, Butler has played in 40 career games at Indiana and Virginia (2014) and has yet to make an error.
• Butlers's 83 assists rank 11th in the Big Ten and is tied for fourth in fielding double plays with 21.
• Butler hit a walk-off home run on March 27 at Bart Kaufman Field, giving the Hoosiers a 5-3 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores.
• Before Butler's walk-off homer, the last extra-inning walk off home run for the Hoosiers dates back to the 2013 NCAA Regional when Chad Clark hit one against Valparaiso in NCAA Regionals.
• Freshman catcher Ryan Fineman is second amongst Indiana hitters with a .313 batting average in 29 games and 25 starts.
• Fineman enthers the weekend having reached base in 17-straight games while also carrying an 12-game hitting streak, both career highs.
• Junior relief RHP Jake Kelzer has struck out 27 batters in 23 innings while allowing just 17 hits, as opposing batters are hitting just .202 off him.
• Kelzer had a streak of seven appearances where he didn't allow an earned run snapped against Purdue on April 8. The last earned run Kelzer surrendered prior to Purdue was March 5 against Seton Hall.
• For his career in Big Ten games, Kelzer has posted a 3.06 ERA, which ranks eighth in school history.
• Along with Kelzer in the back end of the Indiana bullpen, junior Thomas Belcher has not allowed a run in his last 10 appearances. Over those last 10 appearances, Belcher has tossed 16.2 innings, surrendering just five hits, walking three and striking out 13.
• Belcher, who has thrown 103.0 career innings in a Hoosier uniform, currently ranks seventh all-time at Indiana with a 2.18 ERA (50 inning minimum).
Weekend Rotation
SENIOR RHP KYLE HART
• Indiana's Friday night starter, LHP Kyle Hart will be making his 53nd career start on the mound in his Hoosier career on Friday.
• Hart enters this week ranked first in the Big Ten and ninth nationally in victories (6).
• Coming into the weekend, Hart is first in the Big Ten in wins (6), eighth in innings pitched (50.2) and 10th in batters struck out (41).
• Hart's 52 career starts rank second on the nation's active career leaders list, trailing Florida State's Mike Compton by two. In addition, Hart ranks tied for fourth nationally on the active career list in wins (27), seventh in innings pitched (291.0) and 29th in strikeouts (199).
• Dating back to last season, in his last 11 starts, Hart has thrown 69.2 innings, allowing 63 hits, 17 earned runs and striking out 53 batters while walking just 10.
• Entering the weekend, the Ohio native has 27 career wins, which ranks third all-time in school history. Hart trails Brian Partenheimer (1994-97) by two wins for second all-time in the IU record books.
• In addition, his 291.0 career innings currently fourth fifth all-time at Indiana while the 199 career strikeouts puts him in a tie for eigth place in the school annals with Larry Rosin (1975-78).
• Hart ranks third in IU history with 13 career wins in Big Ten games, while his 3.45 ERA in conference action ranks ninth and his 93 strikeouts rank tied for eighth.
• Hart put together another strong starting performance on the mound against Toledo on March 18, going eight innings allowing one earned run while surrendering four hits, improving to 4-1 on the season.
• The senior captain tossed a complete game, six-strikeout effort in a 3-2 victory over Western Carolina on March 11, marking his second career complete game.
• Hart was named the Big Ten's Co-Pitcher of the Week for his outing against Illinois State on March 4. He allowed three hits and no runs over six innings in a 14-1 victory over the Redbirds to improve to 2-1 on the year. The senior captain struck out a career-high 10 batters while walking none.
• In the season opener at Middle Tennessee, Hart put together a five-inning start where he struck out seven, walked one, and allowed just one hit in the early stages. Hart retired the final 15 batters he faced.
• Hart had a streak of 30.0 innings without allowing an earned run snapped on February 26 at Cal State Fullerton. Entering that start, the last time Hart had surrendered an earned run was May 9, 2015 in the first inning against Long Beach State in Bloomington.
SENIOR LHP CALEB BARAGAR
• Senior LHP Caleb Baragar has served as IU's Sunday starter through the first six weekends of the season and will be starting in the Saturday slot for the second time this sason. He has made 20 career starts in a Hoosier uniform, while his 12 starts in 2015 tied for the team lead.
• Baragar entered this week 17th nationally in WHIP (0.84), 21st in hits allowed/nine innings (5.1) and 30th in ERA (1.51).
• Coming into the weekend, Baragar is third in the Big Ten in ERA (1.51), third in opposing batting average (.160), tied for 11th in innings pitched (47.2) and tied for sixth in batters struck out (48).
• In his last five combined starts, Baragar has allowed 19 hits in 36.2 innings, striking out 37 and walking 10 while allowing just four earned runs, with three of them coming in his start against Indiana State on March 26.
•Baragar has a streak of 27.2 innings without surrendering an earned run snapped against Indiana State on March 26.
• In an 8-0 victory over Toledo on March 18, Baragar allowed just one hit in eight innings and struck out 11 in an 8-0 victory. He took a perfect game into the seventh inning and the 11 striekouts were a career-high.
• Baragar had a strong start against Butler on March 6, going seven innings where he allowed just three hits and matched his career-high in strikeouts with with eight while walking two.
• The senior allowed five hits and two earned runs in 5.2 innings of work at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 28. The southpaw struck out a career-high eight batters while allowing two walks.
SENIOR RHP EVAN BELL
• Indiana's Saturday starter is senior RHP Evan Bell. Bell has made 14 career starts, indluding seven this season.
• In his outing against Seton Hall on March 5, Bell went six innings, allowing seven hits, one earned run and struck out two in the no-decision.
• Bell had a strong start at Cal State Fullerton, as he went a career-high seven innings in his start, striking out six while allowing just two hits. Bell closed his final 4.1 innings of work allowing no hits and just two baserunners.
• Bell, who set career-highs with 21 appearances and 49.2 innings pitched in 2015, had an impressive outing vs. Notre Dame at Victory Field on April 21, retiring 12-straight batters with five strikeouts.
• He threw a then career-high 6.1 innings vs. Michigan on April 4, also notching a career-best eight strikeouts while limiting U-M to one run on four hits.
Ticket Prices (GENERAL ADMISSION ONLY)
- Adult - $5
- Youth - $3 (ages 3-18)
- Group - $2 (25+ tickets)
- Ages 2 and Under - FREE
- IU student w/ valid student ID - FREE
- IU faculty/staff w/ valid faculty/staff ID - FREE(+1)
Setting the Scene
• Indiana closes out its seven-game homestand as it hosts the Iowa Hawkeyes beginning on Friday for a 6:05 p.m. matchup.
• The Hoosiers, coming off a 4-3 victory over Ball State on Wednesday, have won six games in a row, including four-straight Big Ten games.
• Indiana has a 67-20 (.772) record at Bart Kaufman Field since the stadium opened in 2013. The Hoosiers have posted an astounding record of 32-7 record in their own ballpark in Big Ten games.
Notables
• Indiana pitching ranks tied for first in the Big Ten in fewest walks allowed (78), second in team ERA (2.86), second in fewest earned runs allowed (90), third in fewest runs allowed (121), third in opponent batting average (.233), fourth in batters struck out (250), and fourth in fewest hits allowed (246).
• Indiana's pitching staff entered this week ranked sixth nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (2.5), 8th in strikeout to walk ratio (3.14), 11th in team ERA (2.82), 16th in WHIP (1.15) and 32nd in hits allowed per nine innings (7.8).
• Hoosier pitchers have given up one earned run or less eight times this season, all of which have happened in a 20-game span.
• Over the last 12 games, Indiana's pitching staff has given up 74 hits in its last 89 innings.
• Indiana pitching has posted double-figure strikeouts in 10 games this season.
• The Hoosiers have given up two walks or less in 18 games this season, including 10 of the last 15 games.
• Indiana's starting pitching has been strong through the first seven weekends of action. In 24 combined starts from LHP Kyle Hart, RHP Evan Bell and LHP Caleb Baragar, the trio has posted a 2.71 ERA, allowing just 121 hits over 146.0 innings of work, striking out 115 batters while walking only 34. Teams are hitting a combined .225 off Hart, Bell and Baragar so far.
• Entering this weekend, IU is ranked third in the Big Ten in triples (8) and fourth in home runs (23).
Player Notes
• Sophomore outfielder Logan Sowers ranks tied for fifth in the Big Ten in home runs with six. Sowers' six long balls have come in just 19 games, as he missed 12 games due to injury. Sowers is averaging one home run per 11.2 at-bats.
• In conference games only, Sowers is tied for third in the Big Ten in home runs (2), fourth in slugging percentage (.792), tied for sixth in total bases (19), tied for ninth in RBI (7), 12th in batting average (.375) and 13th in on base percentage (.464).
• Sowers, entering the weekend is hitting .328, has 22 hits on the season with nine of them coming for extra-bases. He currently has posted a 1.101 OPS.
• In the 11 games this season that Sowers has recorded at least one hit, seven of those games have included a hit that has gone for extra bases.
• Junior Craig Dedelow stands tied for fifth in the conference in triples (2), tied for 11th in doubles (9), and 12th in RBI (24).
• Dedelow has driven in at least one run in five of his last eight games.
• Dedelow's three doubles against Butler on March 23 are tied for a Big Ten season-high. His five RBI against the Bulldogs were a career high.
• Dedelow reached base safely in his first 17 games this season, and dating back to last year, his last 22 games. That streak came to a halt on March 20 against Toledo.
• Dedelow, for the second-straight year, was the overall individual champion of IU's annual Omaha
Challenge, logging 253 total points.
• Senior Brian Wilhite is tied for fourth in the Big Ten in RBI (27) and tied for 11th in home runs (5).
• On March 23 against Butler, Wilhite had a career-high six RBI and two home runs, which included a grand slam. He followed that performance up with another grand slam in a second consecutive game on March 25 at Indiana State.
• For his efforts against Butler and Indiana State, Wilhite earned Big Ten Player of the Week for the week of March 28, marking his first career conference honor. Wilhite hit .562 on the week with three home runs, while driving in 10 and scoring seven runs on nine hits.
• Junior second baseman Tony Butler has yet to make an error this season or in his entire career. Butler has started 28 games at his position this seasonand has appeared in all 31 games. Butler has a total of 125 chances this season, including 73 assists and 42 putouts. He has turned 21 double plays this year as well. In total, Butler has played in 40 career games at Indiana and Virginia (2014) and has yet to make an error.
• Butlers's 83 assists rank 11th in the Big Ten and is tied for fourth in fielding double plays with 21.
• Butler hit a walk-off home run on March 27 at Bart Kaufman Field, giving the Hoosiers a 5-3 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores.
• Before Butler's walk-off homer, the last extra-inning walk off home run for the Hoosiers dates back to the 2013 NCAA Regional when Chad Clark hit one against Valparaiso in NCAA Regionals.
• Freshman catcher Ryan Fineman is second amongst Indiana hitters with a .313 batting average in 29 games and 25 starts.
• Fineman enthers the weekend having reached base in 17-straight games while also carrying an 12-game hitting streak, both career highs.
• Junior relief RHP Jake Kelzer has struck out 27 batters in 23 innings while allowing just 17 hits, as opposing batters are hitting just .202 off him.
• Kelzer had a streak of seven appearances where he didn't allow an earned run snapped against Purdue on April 8. The last earned run Kelzer surrendered prior to Purdue was March 5 against Seton Hall.
• For his career in Big Ten games, Kelzer has posted a 3.06 ERA, which ranks eighth in school history.
• Along with Kelzer in the back end of the Indiana bullpen, junior Thomas Belcher has not allowed a run in his last 10 appearances. Over those last 10 appearances, Belcher has tossed 16.2 innings, surrendering just five hits, walking three and striking out 13.
• Belcher, who has thrown 103.0 career innings in a Hoosier uniform, currently ranks seventh all-time at Indiana with a 2.18 ERA (50 inning minimum).
Weekend Rotation
SENIOR RHP KYLE HART
• Indiana's Friday night starter, LHP Kyle Hart will be making his 53nd career start on the mound in his Hoosier career on Friday.
• Hart enters this week ranked first in the Big Ten and ninth nationally in victories (6).
• Coming into the weekend, Hart is first in the Big Ten in wins (6), eighth in innings pitched (50.2) and 10th in batters struck out (41).
• Hart's 52 career starts rank second on the nation's active career leaders list, trailing Florida State's Mike Compton by two. In addition, Hart ranks tied for fourth nationally on the active career list in wins (27), seventh in innings pitched (291.0) and 29th in strikeouts (199).
• Dating back to last season, in his last 11 starts, Hart has thrown 69.2 innings, allowing 63 hits, 17 earned runs and striking out 53 batters while walking just 10.
• Entering the weekend, the Ohio native has 27 career wins, which ranks third all-time in school history. Hart trails Brian Partenheimer (1994-97) by two wins for second all-time in the IU record books.
• In addition, his 291.0 career innings currently fourth fifth all-time at Indiana while the 199 career strikeouts puts him in a tie for eigth place in the school annals with Larry Rosin (1975-78).
• Hart ranks third in IU history with 13 career wins in Big Ten games, while his 3.45 ERA in conference action ranks ninth and his 93 strikeouts rank tied for eighth.
• Hart put together another strong starting performance on the mound against Toledo on March 18, going eight innings allowing one earned run while surrendering four hits, improving to 4-1 on the season.
• The senior captain tossed a complete game, six-strikeout effort in a 3-2 victory over Western Carolina on March 11, marking his second career complete game.
• Hart was named the Big Ten's Co-Pitcher of the Week for his outing against Illinois State on March 4. He allowed three hits and no runs over six innings in a 14-1 victory over the Redbirds to improve to 2-1 on the year. The senior captain struck out a career-high 10 batters while walking none.
• In the season opener at Middle Tennessee, Hart put together a five-inning start where he struck out seven, walked one, and allowed just one hit in the early stages. Hart retired the final 15 batters he faced.
• Hart had a streak of 30.0 innings without allowing an earned run snapped on February 26 at Cal State Fullerton. Entering that start, the last time Hart had surrendered an earned run was May 9, 2015 in the first inning against Long Beach State in Bloomington.
SENIOR LHP CALEB BARAGAR
• Senior LHP Caleb Baragar has served as IU's Sunday starter through the first six weekends of the season and will be starting in the Saturday slot for the second time this sason. He has made 20 career starts in a Hoosier uniform, while his 12 starts in 2015 tied for the team lead.
• Baragar entered this week 17th nationally in WHIP (0.84), 21st in hits allowed/nine innings (5.1) and 30th in ERA (1.51).
• Coming into the weekend, Baragar is third in the Big Ten in ERA (1.51), third in opposing batting average (.160), tied for 11th in innings pitched (47.2) and tied for sixth in batters struck out (48).
• In his last five combined starts, Baragar has allowed 19 hits in 36.2 innings, striking out 37 and walking 10 while allowing just four earned runs, with three of them coming in his start against Indiana State on March 26.
•Baragar has a streak of 27.2 innings without surrendering an earned run snapped against Indiana State on March 26.
• In an 8-0 victory over Toledo on March 18, Baragar allowed just one hit in eight innings and struck out 11 in an 8-0 victory. He took a perfect game into the seventh inning and the 11 striekouts were a career-high.
• Baragar had a strong start against Butler on March 6, going seven innings where he allowed just three hits and matched his career-high in strikeouts with with eight while walking two.
• The senior allowed five hits and two earned runs in 5.2 innings of work at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 28. The southpaw struck out a career-high eight batters while allowing two walks.
SENIOR RHP EVAN BELL
• Indiana's Saturday starter is senior RHP Evan Bell. Bell has made 14 career starts, indluding seven this season.
• In his outing against Seton Hall on March 5, Bell went six innings, allowing seven hits, one earned run and struck out two in the no-decision.
• Bell had a strong start at Cal State Fullerton, as he went a career-high seven innings in his start, striking out six while allowing just two hits. Bell closed his final 4.1 innings of work allowing no hits and just two baserunners.
• Bell, who set career-highs with 21 appearances and 49.2 innings pitched in 2015, had an impressive outing vs. Notre Dame at Victory Field on April 21, retiring 12-straight batters with five strikeouts.
• He threw a then career-high 6.1 innings vs. Michigan on April 4, also notching a career-best eight strikeouts while limiting U-M to one run on four hits.
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