No. 15 Indiana Travels to No. 13 San Diego for Four Games this Weekend
3/1/2018 2:27:00 PM | Baseball
No. 15 Indiana at No. 13 San Diego | March 2-4 | San Diego, Calif. | ||
Series Schedule | Coverage | Projected Starters |
Indiana vs. San Diego Friday - 9 p.m. ET |
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | IU - RHP Jonathan Stiever (0-1, 7.59 ERA) USD - RHP Paul Richan (1-1, 0.61 ERA) |
Indiana vs. San Diego Saturday - 4 p.m. ET |
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | IU - RHP Pauly Milto (2-0, 0.00 ERA) USD - LHP Chris Murphy (0-0, 9.00 ERA) |
Indiana vs. San Diego Saturday - 8 p.m. ET |
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | IU - LHP Tommy Sommer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) USD - LHP Nick Sprengel (0-0, 6.75 ERA) |
Indiana vs. San Diego Sunday - 2 p.m. ET |
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | IU - TBA USD - TBA |
Social: Twitter | Instagram // Game Notes: Indiana |
• Indiana closes out an 11-game road trip to open the 2018 campaign as it heads to San Diego to take on the San Diego Toreros in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 9 p.m. ET.
• The Hoosiers enter the weekend ranked in five polls. IU is ranked 15th by Perfect Game, 16th by the NCBWA, 17th by D1Baseball.com, 20th by Baseball America and 22nd by Collegiate Baseball.
• IU is coming off a clean sweep this past weekend at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Hoosiers knocked off Rutgers (7-6), Boston College (4-0) and Chicago State (7-2) to extend its winning streak to six games.
• The 6-1 start for the Indiana is its best start since 2001, when the Hoosiers also opened that season winning six of its first seven (started 10-1 in their first 11 games).
• Junior starting pitcher Pauly Milto was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, as the Greenwood, Ind, native tossed his first complete game in a 4-0 victory over Boston College at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. last Saturday.
• Indiana kicked off the 2018 season by going 3-1 at Baseball at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C. After dropping the opener to No. 18 Oklahoma, the Hoosiers won the next three over Kansas State (5-0), No. 17 South Alabama (8-4) and Coastal Carolina (6-5).
• Two of IU's first four opponents in Myrtle Beach were ranked in at least one preseason poll (Oklahoma and South Alabama), while Coastal Carolina was the 2016 National Champion.
• IU was voted the preseason favorite to claim the 2018 Big Ten Baseball Championship as voted on by the conference coaches.
• Junior Matt Lloyd, junior Luke Miller and senior Logan Sowers were named Indiana's three Players to Watch by the Big Ten.
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