Indiana University Athletics
Friday, April 5
Bloomington, Ind.
6:05 p.m.
Indiana University
vs
Penn State
Hoosiers Welcome Penn State this Weekend
4/4/2019 9:11:00 PM | Baseball
• Indiana continues a stretch of 9 of its next 10 games at home by hosting the Penn State Nittany Lions beginning on Friday at 6:05 p.m.
• Friday will be the 81st ever meeting between IU and Penn State. The two squads last met in May of 2017, as the Hoosiers took two of three games.
• Penn State leads the all-time series between the two schools, 41-39.
• 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 94-59 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.
• Penn State Head Coach Rob Cooper is in his sixth season as head coach with the Nittany Lions. Cooper was the head coach of the Wright State program from 2005 to 2013, where he coached Wright State alums Jeff Mercer and Justin Parker (IU pitching coach).
• 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 13 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 22-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 at least one Hoosier has won a Big Ten weekly award.
• Indiana leads the nation in home runs (55) and is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.492, 10th nationally) and runs (207, 29th).
• The Hoosier pitching staff is second in the Big Ten in WHIP (1.31), and third in ERA (3.68) and walks per nine innings (3.97).
• 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.
• Friday will be the 81st ever meeting between IU and Penn State. The two squads last met in May of 2017, as the Hoosiers took two of three games.
• Penn State leads the all-time series between the two schools, 41-39.
• 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 94-59 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.
• Penn State Head Coach Rob Cooper is in his sixth season as head coach with the Nittany Lions. Cooper was the head coach of the Wright State program from 2005 to 2013, where he coached Wright State alums Jeff Mercer and Justin Parker (IU pitching coach).
• 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 13 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 22-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 at least one Hoosier has won a Big Ten weekly award.
• Indiana leads the nation in home runs (55) and is first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.492, 10th nationally) and runs (207, 29th).
• The Hoosier pitching staff is second in the Big Ten in WHIP (1.31), and third in ERA (3.68) and walks per nine innings (3.97).
• 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.
Players Mentioned
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