Wednesday, April 3
Bloomington, Ind.
4:05 p.m.
Indiana University
vs
Wright State
Hoosiers Host Wright State in Midweek Reunion on Wednesday
4/2/2019 10:48:00 PM | Baseball
• Indiana begins a stretch of 9 of its next 10 games at home beginning with the Wright State Raiders on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
• Wednesday will be the 25th ever meeting between IU and Wright State. The two squads last met on March 27, 2004, an 8-1 victory for the Hoosiers.
• Indiana leads the all-time series between the two schools, 17-7.
• Indiana Head Coach Jeff Mercer is in his first season with the Hoosiers and his 10th overall year in coaching collegiately. He has posted an 94-58 career record after leading Wright State to winning seasons in each of his two years with the Raiders, including a 2018 Horizon League title and NCAA Regional appearance.
• Wright State Head Coach Alex Sogard is in his first season as head coach with the Raiders. He was a two-year assistant under Mercer at Wright State, where he was on the staff that won the 2018 Horizon League regular-season and tournament titles and a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
• Indiana is coming off a successful weekend in which it took two of three games from the Maryland Terrapins to improve to 5-1 in Big Ten play.
• The Hoosiers, who outscored the Terrapins 39-11 this past weekend, have outscored their Big Ten oppoenents, 62-15, and have won 10 of their last 12 games in a dating back to March 23.
• Senior Matt Lloyd was named the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week for his performance at Maryland. The senior hit .412 on the week (7-for-17) with five home runs, 11 RBI, two doubles and eight runs scored. He posted a 1.412 slugging percentage and a .545 on base percentage, giving him a 1.957 OPS
• Lloyd, who has reach base in 21-straight games, went 3-for-5 with two home runs, seven RBI (career-high) a double and three runs scored in Sunday's win..The previous day on Saturday in the win, was 3-for-4 with three RBI, two home runs, a double and four runs scored.
• Freshman Grant Richardson earned his second-straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after he .316 on the week with three home runs, six RBI and six runs scored.
• In Saturday's win over Maryland, Richardson set new career-highs in hits (5), home runs (3), RBI (6) and runs (4). The three home runs are a freshman record at Indiana.
• He is the first Hoosier to get three home runs in a game since Logan Sowers had three vs. Ohio on June 3, 2017 in the Lexington, Ky. NCAA Regional. He now has four, three-plus hit games just 13 games into his freshman campaign.
• This marks the fifth straight week a Hoosier has won a Big Ten weekly award.
• Indiana leads the nation in home runs (52) and is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.493, 9th nationally) and runs (203, 24th).
• The Hoosier pitching staff is second in the Big Ten in ERA (3.25, 28th nationally), and is third in WHIP (1.26, 34th) and walks per nine innings.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (402) and conference wins (167). The Hoosiers have made six NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• Wednesday will be the 25th ever meeting between IU and Wright State. The two squads last met on March 27, 2004, an 8-1 victory for the Hoosiers.
• Indiana leads the all-time series between the two schools, 17-7.
• Indiana Head Coach Jeff Mercer is in his first season with the Hoosiers and his 10th overall year in coaching collegiately. He has posted an 94-58 career record after leading Wright State to winning seasons in each of his two years with the Raiders, including a 2018 Horizon League title and NCAA Regional appearance.
• Wright State Head Coach Alex Sogard is in his first season as head coach with the Raiders. He was a two-year assistant under Mercer at Wright State, where he was on the staff that won the 2018 Horizon League regular-season and tournament titles and a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
• Indiana is coming off a successful weekend in which it took two of three games from the Maryland Terrapins to improve to 5-1 in Big Ten play.
• The Hoosiers, who outscored the Terrapins 39-11 this past weekend, have outscored their Big Ten oppoenents, 62-15, and have won 10 of their last 12 games in a dating back to March 23.
• Senior Matt Lloyd was named the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week for his performance at Maryland. The senior hit .412 on the week (7-for-17) with five home runs, 11 RBI, two doubles and eight runs scored. He posted a 1.412 slugging percentage and a .545 on base percentage, giving him a 1.957 OPS
• Lloyd, who has reach base in 21-straight games, went 3-for-5 with two home runs, seven RBI (career-high) a double and three runs scored in Sunday's win..The previous day on Saturday in the win, was 3-for-4 with three RBI, two home runs, a double and four runs scored.
• Freshman Grant Richardson earned his second-straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after he .316 on the week with three home runs, six RBI and six runs scored.
• In Saturday's win over Maryland, Richardson set new career-highs in hits (5), home runs (3), RBI (6) and runs (4). The three home runs are a freshman record at Indiana.
• He is the first Hoosier to get three home runs in a game since Logan Sowers had three vs. Ohio on June 3, 2017 in the Lexington, Ky. NCAA Regional. He now has four, three-plus hit games just 13 games into his freshman campaign.
• This marks the fifth straight week a Hoosier has won a Big Ten weekly award.
• Indiana leads the nation in home runs (52) and is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.493, 9th nationally) and runs (203, 24th).
• The Hoosier pitching staff is second in the Big Ten in ERA (3.25, 28th nationally), and is third in WHIP (1.26, 34th) and walks per nine innings.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (402) and conference wins (167). The Hoosiers have made six NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
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