Hoosiers Make it Eight-Straight with 8-2 Victory over Iowa

Saturday, April 16

Bloomington, Ind.

2:05 P.M.

Indiana University

Iowa

Hoosiers Make it Eight-Straight with 8-2 Victory over Iowa

4/16/2016 6:15:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Seven runs split between the first two innings was all Indiana baseball (19-13, 6-2 Big Ten) needed to up its winning-streak to eight games and dish the Iowa Hawkeyes an 8-2 loss on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Caleb Baragar got the start on the bump and went seven innings, scattering six hits with four strikeouts and allowed just one earned run in his third win of the season. Freshman Paul Milto closed out the final two innings surrendering just two hits and striking out three.

Junior Craig Dedelow provided the bulk of Indiana's scoring with three RBI, including a two-run home run in the first inning. The Hoosiers' three through six batters each chipped in an RBI in the win, with freshman Ryan Fineman going 2-for-4 with an RBI, while freshman Scotty Bradley tagged three hits and an RBI. Sophomore Logan Sowers added the Hoosiers' other home run, with freshman Luke Miller punching in RBI in a 1-for-3 day.

Baragar took six pitches to retire the side to open the game before Indiana's offense broke loose for four hits and three runs in the home half. Dedelow got the damage started with a two-run home run just shy of the 408-marker in right field, which also scored Alex Krupa, who singled to lead-off the inning. Back-to-back doubles by Fineman and Bradley put two in scoring position for Miller, who upped the lead to 3-0 with a sacrifice fly to straightaway center.

With two away in the bottom of the second, the Hoosiers upped their lead to 4-0 with Dedelow's third RBI of the game, a single through the right side, which scored senior Brian Wilhite, who walked. Fineman made it 6-0 with a single down the line in right, scoring Dedelow. A fielding error on the play on the Hawkeyes' right fielder granted Fineman second base and also scored Sowers. Bradley's RBI single to left field then added Indiana's fourth run of the frame.

Iowa connected for its first hit in the top of the third and trimmed the deficit to 7-1. The Hawkeyes fell in order in the fourth, with Baragar picking up his second strikeout of the day. A failed pickoff attempt in the top of the sixth led to Iowa scoring its second run of the day to make it 7-2.

Sowers connected on a pitch in the sixth and drove it over the wall in left center for a solo shot to boost the Hoosiers' lead to 8-2. Iowa tested Baragar in the seventh, eventually working runners onto the corners but sophomore Isaiah Pasteur finished a 5-3 putout to halt the threat.

Milto worked around two base runners in the eighth and closed it out for the Hoosiers in the ninth.

Indiana looks for the sweep tomorrow at 3 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

Game Notes: In the first inning, Craig Dedelow hit his third home run of the year and the 10^th of his career… With a double, Ryan Fineman extended his career-high and current team-high hit streak to 14 games and reached based streak to 19 games… Today marked the ninth time this season that the Hoosiers have scored in the first inning and they improve to 5-4 when doing so … Logan Sowers added on to his team-high home run total to seven on the season with a solo home run in the sixth inning…In his last six combined starts, Caleb Baragar has allowed 25 hits in 43.2 innings, striking out 41 and walking 10 while allowing just five earned runs… Baragar has now allowed one earned run or less in six of nine starts this season… Today's win marked the fourth-straight game in which the Hoosiers have tallied double-digit hits.