Saturday, March 6
Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Bank Stadium)
9:00 PM
Indiana University
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Hoosiers Stop Rutgers, 4-2
3/7/2021 12:14:00 AM | Baseball
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Indiana University baseball team defeated the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 4-2, on Saturday night at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. With the victory, the Hoosiers improve to 2-1 on the season, while Rutgers falls to 2-1.
KEY MOMENTS
• RHP McCade Brown (1-0) was electric on Saturday night for the Hoosiers, earning the win with seven strong innings of work. Brown struck out 12 batters and allowed just one earned run on three hits.
• Brown's outing is even more impressive considering Rutgers beat Minnesota, 16-1, earlier on Saturday.
• After OF Hunter Jessee gave the Hoosiers an early, 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a bases-loaded walk, OF Grant Richardson doubled the IU advantage with a monstrous, solo home run over the center field fence to lead off the bottom of the third.
• INF Grant Macciocchi scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth to push the IU lead to 3-0.
• In his first collegiate game, OF Morgan Colopy made it memorable with a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning.
• RHP Matt Litwicki got the final four outs for the Hoosiers to earn his first save of the season, striking out two in 1.1 perfect innings of work.
NOTABLES
• Brown's 12 strikeouts and seven innings pitched were both career-bests.
• His 12 strikeouts were the most for an IU hurler since Andrew Saalfrank struck out 14 against Evansville on Apr. 13, 2019.
• Ashley extended his on-base streak to 28-games dating back to the 2019 season.
• Litwicki's save is the second of his career.
• Colopy earned his first career start for the Hoosiers.
UP NEXT
• The Indiana Hoosiers will face Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday, Mar. 7, with first pitch scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.
@INDIANABASE
For all the latest on Indiana University baseball, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaBase on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
KEY MOMENTS
• RHP McCade Brown (1-0) was electric on Saturday night for the Hoosiers, earning the win with seven strong innings of work. Brown struck out 12 batters and allowed just one earned run on three hits.
• Brown's outing is even more impressive considering Rutgers beat Minnesota, 16-1, earlier on Saturday.
• After OF Hunter Jessee gave the Hoosiers an early, 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a bases-loaded walk, OF Grant Richardson doubled the IU advantage with a monstrous, solo home run over the center field fence to lead off the bottom of the third.
• INF Grant Macciocchi scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth to push the IU lead to 3-0.
• In his first collegiate game, OF Morgan Colopy made it memorable with a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning.
• RHP Matt Litwicki got the final four outs for the Hoosiers to earn his first save of the season, striking out two in 1.1 perfect innings of work.
NOTABLES
• Brown's 12 strikeouts and seven innings pitched were both career-bests.
• His 12 strikeouts were the most for an IU hurler since Andrew Saalfrank struck out 14 against Evansville on Apr. 13, 2019.
• Ashley extended his on-base streak to 28-games dating back to the 2019 season.
• Litwicki's save is the second of his career.
• Colopy earned his first career start for the Hoosiers.
UP NEXT
• The Indiana Hoosiers will face Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday, Mar. 7, with first pitch scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.
@INDIANABASE
For all the latest on Indiana University baseball, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaBase on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brown, McCade (1-0)
L: Teller (0-1)
S: Litwicki, Matt (1)
Batting:
RBI: Sweeney 1 ; DiGeorgio 1
SF: Sweeney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brito 1 ; Shulman 1
HBP: Nyisztor 1 ; Schiekofer 1 ; Brito 1
Batting:
HR: Richardson, Grant 1 ; Colopy, Morgan 1
RBI: Richardson, Grant 1 ; Jessee, Hunter 1 ; Colopy, Morgan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ashley, Drew 1 ; Richardson, Grant 1 ; Colopy, Morgan 1 ; Macciocchi, Grant 1
HBP: Barr, Cole 1
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