Indiana University Athletics

Indiana Travels to Purdue for the First Time Since 2011
4/6/2017 5:47:00 PM | Baseball
Indiana (15-11-2, 3-2-1 Big Ten) vs. Purdue (15-13, 3-3 Big Ten) April 7-9 | West Lafayette, Ind. | Alexander Field |
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Series Schedule | Coverage | Projected Starters |
Indiana vs. Purdue Friday - 6 p.m. ET |
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | IU - RHP Jonathan Stiever (1-1, 5.40) PU - RHP Tanner Andrews (4-2, 4.61) |
Indiana vs. Purdue Saturday - 6 p.m. |
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | IU - RHP Brian Hobbie (2-2, 4.29) PU - LHP Gareth Stroh (2-2, 5.60) |
Indiana vs. Purdue Saturday - 1 p.m. ET |
Listen | Live Stats | IU - RHP Pauly Milto (1-2, 3.38) PU - RHP Mike Kornacker (1-0, 4.30) |
Social: Twitter | Instagram // Notes: Indiana | Purdue |
• For the first time since 2011, Indiana travels upstate to face the Purdue Boilermakers in its third weekend of conference action. The Hoosiers will be playing at Alexander Field for the first time ever.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (325) and conference wins (138). The Hoosiers have made four NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• Offensively, Indiana is second in the Big Ten in home runs (29), fourth in slugging percentage (.415), hits (256), triples (7) and total bases (407), fifth in RBI (143) and doubles (50), and sixth in runs (152),
• Sophomore infielder Luke Miller has reached base in 19-straight games and is tied for fourth in the Big Ten in runs (23) and tied for 14th in slugging percentage (.515),
• In conference games only, the Muncie, Ind. native is first in doubles (4), second in hits (11), third in runs (8), sixth in batting average (.458), eighth in total bases (15), tied for ninth in on base percentage (.519) and 15th in slugging percentage (.625).
• Senior Craig Dedelow is tied for fifth in the Big Ten in home runs (6) and tied for ninth in total bases (55).
• Senior Alex Krupa is tied for eighth in the Big Ten in doubles (8) and ninth in slugging percentage (.535). He is tied for 11th in conference games only for hits (8) and total bases (13).
• Sophomore Matt Lloyd is tied for fifth in the Big Ten with five home runs (6). In league games only, the Canada native is first in hits (13) and total bases (28), tied for first in home runs (4), second in RBI (10), tied for second in doubles (13), third in batting average (1.077), fifth in batting average (.500), tied for ninth in on base percentage (.519) and tied for 10th in runs (6).
• Lloyd was named the National Player of the Week by Perfect Game, National Hitter of the Week by NCBWA, and one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week last week, while also earning B1G Player of the Week after last weekend's series sweep at Northwestern.
• Lloyd hit .643 on the week with nine hits, four home runs, two doubles, 10 RBI and six runs scored. He also made three relief appearances, striking out four while tallying two saves.
• Indiana's pitching staff has allowed two earned runs or less in each of its last three games and has allowed three earned runs or less in four of its last six.
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