Friday, May 10
Ann Arbor, MI
8 p.m.
Indiana University
at
Michigan
No. 25 Indiana Heads to No. 19 Michigan this Weekend
5/9/2019 2:46:00 PM | Baseball
• Twenty-fifth ranked Indiana travels to Ray Fisher Stadium this weekend, taking on No. 19 Michigan in a three-game series.
• Friday will be the 205th ever meeting between IU and Michigan. The two squads last met in Bloomington in 2017 during the Big Ten Tournament, with the Hoosiers taking the elimination game, 5-4, in 13 innings.
• Michigan leads the all-time series between the two schools, 132-72.
• 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 108-65 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.
• Michigan head coach Erik Bakich is in his seventh season at Michigan and ninth season overall as a head coach. He also was an assistant at Vanderbilt (2003-09) and Clemson (2002).
• Indiana is coming off a weekend where it dropped two of three games to the Illinois Fighting Illini, but winning the Sunday game in decisive fashion, 9-2, and outscored Illinois in the series, 10-9.
• The Hoosiers dropped their midweek game at Kentucky on Tuesday, 5-2.
• IU is ranked 25th in this week's Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll and is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA Poll.
• The Hoosiers entered this weekend as the nation's leader with 81 home runs and trail the single-season school record by four (85 in 2010). Arizona State and Tennessee Tech are second nationally with 76 home runs.
• Additionally, Indiana came into this week first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.477, 16th nationally), runs (324, 39th), RBI (294) and total bases (754), and is third in doubles (88).
• IU's pitching staff entered this week first in the Big Ten in strikeout to walk ratio (2.95, 13th), WHIP (1.20, 12th) and strikeouts (451), is second in ERA (3.39, 14th), strikeouts per nine innings (9.8, 21st), walks per nine innings (3.32, 28th) and fewest walks (154), and is third in hits allowed per nine innings (7.48, 15th) and opponent batting average (.224).
• Senior Matt Lloyd and sophomore Cole Barr pace the Big Ten with 14 home runs, while Gorski is fourth with 11.
• Lloyd also entered the week leading the Big Ten in RBI and is second in slugging percentage and total bases.
• Sophomore Elijah Dunham has recorded a hit in 10 of his last 11 games and has walked in eight of his last 10 games.
• Head coach Jeff Mercer won his first five conference series' as IU's head coach. Dating back to his two years at Wright State, he has lost just just two league series as a head coach (at Illinois in 2019, vs. UIC in 2017).
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (418) and conference wins (175). The Hoosiers have made six NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• Friday will be the 205th ever meeting between IU and Michigan. The two squads last met in Bloomington in 2017 during the Big Ten Tournament, with the Hoosiers taking the elimination game, 5-4, in 13 innings.
• Michigan leads the all-time series between the two schools, 132-72.
• 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 108-65 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.
• Michigan head coach Erik Bakich is in his seventh season at Michigan and ninth season overall as a head coach. He also was an assistant at Vanderbilt (2003-09) and Clemson (2002).
• Indiana is coming off a weekend where it dropped two of three games to the Illinois Fighting Illini, but winning the Sunday game in decisive fashion, 9-2, and outscored Illinois in the series, 10-9.
• The Hoosiers dropped their midweek game at Kentucky on Tuesday, 5-2.
• IU is ranked 25th in this week's Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll and is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA Poll.
• The Hoosiers entered this weekend as the nation's leader with 81 home runs and trail the single-season school record by four (85 in 2010). Arizona State and Tennessee Tech are second nationally with 76 home runs.
• Additionally, Indiana came into this week first in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.477, 16th nationally), runs (324, 39th), RBI (294) and total bases (754), and is third in doubles (88).
• IU's pitching staff entered this week first in the Big Ten in strikeout to walk ratio (2.95, 13th), WHIP (1.20, 12th) and strikeouts (451), is second in ERA (3.39, 14th), strikeouts per nine innings (9.8, 21st), walks per nine innings (3.32, 28th) and fewest walks (154), and is third in hits allowed per nine innings (7.48, 15th) and opponent batting average (.224).
• Senior Matt Lloyd and sophomore Cole Barr pace the Big Ten with 14 home runs, while Gorski is fourth with 11.
• Lloyd also entered the week leading the Big Ten in RBI and is second in slugging percentage and total bases.
• Sophomore Elijah Dunham has recorded a hit in 10 of his last 11 games and has walked in eight of his last 10 games.
• Head coach Jeff Mercer won his first five conference series' as IU's head coach. Dating back to his two years at Wright State, he has lost just just two league series as a head coach (at Illinois in 2019, vs. UIC in 2017).
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (418) and conference wins (175). The Hoosiers have made six NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
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