Indiana University Athletics
Tuesday, April 23
Victory Field (Indianapolis)
7 p.m.
Indiana University
vs
Ball State
Hoosiers Travel to Victory Field to Take on Ball State
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• For the fifth consecutive season, Indiana will head to Victory Field in Indianapolis, taking on the Ball State Cardinals on Tuesday night. Since 2015, the Hoosiers are 3-1 in Victory Field games.
• Tuesday will be the 61st ever meeting between IU and Ball State. The two squads met in Bloomington last Tuesday, with the Hoosiers earning a 14-3 victory.
• Indiana leads the all-time series between the two schools, 34-26.
• 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 104-61 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.
• Ball State head coach Rich Maloney is in his second stint and 14th season overall as head coach with the Cardinals. He led Ball State to its sixth-straight 30-win season in 2018 and has won four
MAC regular season titles with the program.
• Indiana is coming off a weekend where it took two of three games from the Michigan State Spartans, and are atop the Big Ten standings heading into this weekend's clash with Minnesota.
• IU has jumped into the national polls this week, ranking 23rd by D1Baseball.com, 24th by Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball, and 25th by Perfect Game.
• The Hoosiers come into Tuesday as the nation's leader with 71 home runs.
• Aditionally, Indiana enters the week leading the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.484, 9th nationally) and runs (288, 29th), and is third in doubles (79, 41st).
• IU's pitching staff is first in the Big Ten in WHIP (1.21, 16th nationally) and strikeout to walk ratio (2.63, 28th), is second in hits allowed per nine innings (7.27, 13th), ERA (3.38, 20th) and strikeouts per nine innings (9.5, 33rd), and is third in shutouts (3, 40th) and walks per nine innings (3.61).
• Senior utility player Matt Lloyd enters the week first in the Big Ten in home runs (13, 15th nationally), slugging percentage (.664, 38th) and RBI (40), and is third in total bases (97, 38th) and sacrifice flies (4).
• Sophomore Cole Barr paces the Big Ten with Lloyd in home runs (13, 15th nationally), and is fifth in slugging percentage (.580).
• Junior Matt Gorski is second in the Big Ten in runs (39), RBI (37) and stolen bases (14), and is fourth in home runs (10, 46th nationally) and total bases (87).
• Senior Pauly Milto is second in the Big Ten in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.67, 14th nationally), walks allowed per nine innings (1.15, 14th), WHIP (0.91, 31st), and wins (6, 36th), and is third in strikeouts (69, 61st).
• Junior Andrew Saalfrank paces the Big Ten in strikeouts per nine innings (13.6, 12th), is fourth in strikeout to walk ratio (4.86, 62nd) and strikeouits (68, 69th) and is fifth in wins (5). He has posted double-digit strikeouts in his last four starts.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (412) and conference wins (171). The Hoosiers have made six NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• Tuesday will be the 61st ever meeting between IU and Ball State. The two squads met in Bloomington last Tuesday, with the Hoosiers earning a 14-3 victory.
• Indiana leads the all-time series between the two schools, 34-26.
• 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 104-61 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.
• Ball State head coach Rich Maloney is in his second stint and 14th season overall as head coach with the Cardinals. He led Ball State to its sixth-straight 30-win season in 2018 and has won four
MAC regular season titles with the program.
• Indiana is coming off a weekend where it took two of three games from the Michigan State Spartans, and are atop the Big Ten standings heading into this weekend's clash with Minnesota.
• IU has jumped into the national polls this week, ranking 23rd by D1Baseball.com, 24th by Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball, and 25th by Perfect Game.
• The Hoosiers come into Tuesday as the nation's leader with 71 home runs.
• Aditionally, Indiana enters the week leading the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.484, 9th nationally) and runs (288, 29th), and is third in doubles (79, 41st).
• IU's pitching staff is first in the Big Ten in WHIP (1.21, 16th nationally) and strikeout to walk ratio (2.63, 28th), is second in hits allowed per nine innings (7.27, 13th), ERA (3.38, 20th) and strikeouts per nine innings (9.5, 33rd), and is third in shutouts (3, 40th) and walks per nine innings (3.61).
• Senior utility player Matt Lloyd enters the week first in the Big Ten in home runs (13, 15th nationally), slugging percentage (.664, 38th) and RBI (40), and is third in total bases (97, 38th) and sacrifice flies (4).
• Sophomore Cole Barr paces the Big Ten with Lloyd in home runs (13, 15th nationally), and is fifth in slugging percentage (.580).
• Junior Matt Gorski is second in the Big Ten in runs (39), RBI (37) and stolen bases (14), and is fourth in home runs (10, 46th nationally) and total bases (87).
• Senior Pauly Milto is second in the Big Ten in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.67, 14th nationally), walks allowed per nine innings (1.15, 14th), WHIP (0.91, 31st), and wins (6, 36th), and is third in strikeouts (69, 61st).
• Junior Andrew Saalfrank paces the Big Ten in strikeouts per nine innings (13.6, 12th), is fourth in strikeout to walk ratio (4.86, 62nd) and strikeouits (68, 69th) and is fifth in wins (5). He has posted double-digit strikeouts in his last four starts.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (412) and conference wins (171). The Hoosiers have made six NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
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