No. 12 Indiana Heads to No. 19 Minnesota

No. 12 Indiana at No. 19 Minnesota \| May 4-6 \| Minneapolis, Minn.
Series Schedule	Coverage	Projected Starters
Indiana vs. Minnesota Friday - 7:35 p.m. ET	Watch \| Listen \| Stats	IU - RHP Jonathan Stiever (5-2, 2.62) UM - RHP Reggie Meyer (4-3, 3.22)
Indiana vs. Minnesota Saturday - 3 p.m. ET - BTN	Watch \| Listen \| Stats	IU - LHP Cam Beauchamp (4-0, 2.48) UM - RHP Patrick Fredrickson (6-0, 1.61)
Indiana vs. Minnesota Sunday - 2 p.m. ET - BTN	Watch \| Listen \| Stats	IU - LHP Tim Herrin (3-0, 2.92) UM - TBA
Social: Twitter \| Instagram // Game Notes: Indiana \| Minnesota

• Indiana (31-10, 9-5) travels to No. 19 Minnesota this weekend for a key Big Ten weekend series.

• Friday will be the 146th ever meeting between IU and Minnesota. The two squads last met in Bloomington in 2017, with the Hoosiers winning the regular season series, 2-1, but the Golden Gophers winning two matchups in the Big Ten Tournament.

• Minnesota leads the all-time series between the two schools, 100-45.

• Indiana Head Coach Chris Lemonis is in his fourth season leading the Hoosier baseball program
and his 24th overall year in coaching. He has posted a 132-82-2 record and has led the program to two regional at-large bids in his first three full seasons.

• Minnesota head coach John Anderson is in his 37th season as head coach at Minnesota . He ranks 29th all-time among Division I coaches in collegiate victories, and 10th among active head coaches.

• The Hoosiers are ranked in all five national polls. IU is ranked 12th by Perfect Game, 15th by D1 Baseball, 17th by the NCBWA and the ESPN/USA Today Coahes Poll, and 18th by Baseball America.

• The .756 winning percentage for IU currently stands seventh nationally. On top of that, the +3.4 scoring margin for the Hoosiers is good for ninth in the country.

• Of the 10 losses this season for Indiana, eight have been three runs or less and five have been by one run.

• The IU pitching staff leads the nation in ERA (2.40), is first in the Big Ten in shutouts (7, 3rd nationally), WHIP (1.20, 12th), walks per nine innings (3.02, 18th), and strikeout to walk ratio (2.57, 37th), and is third in hits per nine innings (7.8, 2nd) and opponent average (.235).

• Offensively, Indiana is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.454, 28th nationally), home runs (44, 36th), sac bunts (35, 27th), and total bases (631), is second in on base percentage (.390, 38th) and hit by pitch (53), and is third in batting average (.289, 44th), hits (405) and doubles (78).

• The Hoosiers are also second in the Big Ten with a .973 fielding percentage. After posting a school record fielding percentage of .975 in 2016, Lemonis' squad followed that up with another school record mark of .979 in 2017. In Lemonis' first three full seasons as head coach at Indiana, the Hoosiers own three of the top four fielding percentages in program history.

• Junior Friday Night starter Jonathan Stiever leads the Big Ten in in striekouts (75), strikeouts looking (33), and innings (72.0) and is second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.4).

• He now has eight consecutive quality starts (minimum 6 IP, 3 ER or less) and has allowed three runs in his last 25.2 innings pitched dating back to Purdue (4th inning).

• Junior right-hander Pauly Milto is third in the Big Ten in ERA (1.83, 31st nationally).

• Sophomore reliever Cal Krueger is second in the Big Ten in wins (7, 20th nationally) and is fourth in appearances (20).

• In 19.1 innings of relief and 15 appearances this season, senior LHP B.J. Sabol has allowed just eigth hits and no runs.

• This Sunday's starter, LHP Tim Herrin, in his last six appearances (four starts) has tossed 28.1 innings allowing 17 hits, five earned runs and has struck out 18 while walking seven. During that span, Herrin has held opponents to a .167 average with a 1.59 ERA.

• Junior catcher Ryan Fineman, a Johnny Bench Award Watch Lister for the third-straight season, is tied for the Big Ten lead with 16 runners caught stealing.

• Sophomore left fielder Matt Gorski is third in the Big Ten in stolen bases (18), eighth in batting average (.368), ninth in hits (56) and 10th in slugging percentage (.553).

• Junior center fielder Logan Kaletha paces the Big Ten in runs per game (13th nationally) and hit-by-pitch (18), is second in on-base percentage (.473, 43rd) and tied for third in walks (32).

• Joining Kaletha for third in walks in the Big Ten is Logan Sowers (32).

• Indiana's 28-6 start was its best 34-game start since 1987, when that squad also started 28-6 and was 31-6 through its first 37 games.

• In 22 games this season, an IU starter has gone at least five innings whille giving up two earned runs or less. Only twice has a starting pitcher given up more than three earned runs in a game.

• A strength this season has been Indiana's bullpen. The Hoosier bullpen has logged 168.1 innings allowing just 36 earned runs (1.92 ERA), while allowing 139 hits and striking out 157.

• The Hoosiers have reached the double-digit mark in runs eight times this season. IU hit the double-digit mark in 10 games last season.

• Dating back to the 2017 season, Indiana had a streak of winning its last 12 series that have consisted of at least three games against one team, snapped against Ohio State (April 20-22). This season, the Hoosiers have won series at No. 13 San Diego, and against Pacific, Northern Illinois, Butler, Purdue, Northwestern and Illinois.

• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (375) and conference wins (156). The Hoosiers have made five NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.

• Entering 2018, Indiana returned 100 percent of its starts, 94 percent of its wins, and 91 percent of its innings pitched and strikeouts. The Hoosiers also brought back 62 percent of its runs and hits, 61 percent of its RBIs, and 59 percent of its extra-base hits.

• IU was voted the preseason favorite to claim the 2018 Big Ten Baseball Championship as voted on by the conference coaches.

• Last season marked Indiana's seventh NCAA tournament appearance (1949, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017). Lemonis became the first coach in program history to make two regionals in his first three seasons as IU's skipper.

• Lemonis and his coaching staff (Associate head coach Kyle Bunn, assistant coach Kyle Cheesebrough, assistant coach Zach Lucas, director of operations Roger Rodeheaver) brings a wealth of postseason experience to the program. Overall, IU's staff as players and coaches have combined for nine College World Series appearances, 16 Super Regional appearances, and 42 Regional appearances.

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Players Mentioned

Ryan Fineman

Matt Gorski

Tim Herrin

Logan Kaletha

Cal Krueger

Pauly Milto

B.J. Sabol

Logan Sowers

Jonathan Stiever