Friday, April 2
Columbus, Ohio
4:05 PM
Indiana University
at
Ohio State
NOTES: Indiana Baseball Heads to Ohio State
4/1/2021 5:12:00 PM | Baseball
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Indiana Hoosiers will head east to face Ohio State in a four-game, Big Ten series in Columbus starting on Friday at Bill Davis Stadium.
• Indiana has won 11 of its last 12 games and currently sits atop the Big Ten standings with a record of 11-2. Last weekend, the Hoosiers took two of three on the road at Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.
• Jeff Mercer is in his third season at the helm of the Indiana baseball program. He led the Hoosiers to a Big Ten regular season title in 2019, earning him Big Ten Coach of the Year honors.
INSIDE #IUBASE
• The Indiana pitching staff has been electric this season, posting a team ERA of 2.55 with 153 strikeouts in 120 innings pitched. IU has allowed just 34 earned runs on 68 hits and has limited opponents to a batting average of .162.
• The Hoosiers are ranked second in the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings (5.10) and WHIP (1.04), fifth in team ERA (2.55) and 11th in strikeouts per nine innings (11.5).
• INF/OF Drew Ashley has reached base in 39-straight games dating back to the 2019 season.
• INF Cole Barr (.400) and INF/OF Drew Ashley (.396) are currently ranked No. 4 and No. 6 in the Big Ten in batting average, while INF Paul Toetz ranks second in the league with seven doubles.
• Indiana is ranked No. 6 in the nation by Perfect Game and No. 27 in the Collegiate Baseball poll. IU is receiving votes in both the NCBWA and USA Today Coaches polls. IU is ranked No. 88 in the NCAA RPI poll.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (440) and conference wins (188). The Hoosiers have made seven NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
•RHP McCade Brown was named the D1Baseball/AstroTurf Player of the Week, the Perfect Game/Rawlings Pitcher of the Week, Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after a school-record performance against Penn State on Mar. 13.
• The sophomore hurler matched the Indiana school record with a career-high 16 strikeouts in seven, no-hit innings. He also broke the IU record for most strikeouts in a Big Ten game, eclipsing the previous record of 13.
• LHP Tommy Sommer was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 9. Sommer was outstanding for the Hoosiers this past weekend, helping the team defeat Minnesota, 5-2, on Mar. 5. The Carmel, Ind. native tossed eight shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just two hits, while matching his career-high with 10 strikeouts.
• Indiana OF Grant Richardson was named a First-Team Preseason All-American by both Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball. He was also named Third-Team Preseason All-American by D1Baseball.
• Before the season, Indiana was tabbed to win the Big Ten in 2021 by Perfect Game. OF Grant Richardson was named the Player of the Year and to the Preseason All-Big Ten team. He was joined on the preseason All-Big Ten team by RHP Gabe Bierman and RHP Connor Manous.
• RHP Gabe Bierman, OF Grant Richardson and LHP Tommy Sommer were all named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List. IU was picked to finish second in the Big Ten behind Michigan in a preseason poll conducted of the league's coaches.
• After leading the Hoosiers to the 2019 Big Ten regular season championship, Jeff Mercer was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Mercer became the first Big Ten head coach since 1982 (John Anderson, Minnesota) to win a regular season conference title in his first season as the skipper. He was just the second coach in IU history – in any sport, men's or women's – to win an outright Big Ten championship in his (or her) first year.
#GoIU
• The Indiana Hoosiers will head east to face Ohio State in a four-game, Big Ten series in Columbus starting on Friday at Bill Davis Stadium.
• Indiana has won 11 of its last 12 games and currently sits atop the Big Ten standings with a record of 11-2. Last weekend, the Hoosiers took two of three on the road at Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.
• Jeff Mercer is in his third season at the helm of the Indiana baseball program. He led the Hoosiers to a Big Ten regular season title in 2019, earning him Big Ten Coach of the Year honors.
INSIDE #IUBASE
• The Indiana pitching staff has been electric this season, posting a team ERA of 2.55 with 153 strikeouts in 120 innings pitched. IU has allowed just 34 earned runs on 68 hits and has limited opponents to a batting average of .162.
• The Hoosiers are ranked second in the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings (5.10) and WHIP (1.04), fifth in team ERA (2.55) and 11th in strikeouts per nine innings (11.5).
• INF/OF Drew Ashley has reached base in 39-straight games dating back to the 2019 season.
• INF Cole Barr (.400) and INF/OF Drew Ashley (.396) are currently ranked No. 4 and No. 6 in the Big Ten in batting average, while INF Paul Toetz ranks second in the league with seven doubles.
• Indiana is ranked No. 6 in the nation by Perfect Game and No. 27 in the Collegiate Baseball poll. IU is receiving votes in both the NCBWA and USA Today Coaches polls. IU is ranked No. 88 in the NCAA RPI poll.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (440) and conference wins (188). The Hoosiers have made seven NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
•RHP McCade Brown was named the D1Baseball/AstroTurf Player of the Week, the Perfect Game/Rawlings Pitcher of the Week, Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after a school-record performance against Penn State on Mar. 13.
• The sophomore hurler matched the Indiana school record with a career-high 16 strikeouts in seven, no-hit innings. He also broke the IU record for most strikeouts in a Big Ten game, eclipsing the previous record of 13.
• LHP Tommy Sommer was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 9. Sommer was outstanding for the Hoosiers this past weekend, helping the team defeat Minnesota, 5-2, on Mar. 5. The Carmel, Ind. native tossed eight shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just two hits, while matching his career-high with 10 strikeouts.
• Indiana OF Grant Richardson was named a First-Team Preseason All-American by both Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball. He was also named Third-Team Preseason All-American by D1Baseball.
• Before the season, Indiana was tabbed to win the Big Ten in 2021 by Perfect Game. OF Grant Richardson was named the Player of the Year and to the Preseason All-Big Ten team. He was joined on the preseason All-Big Ten team by RHP Gabe Bierman and RHP Connor Manous.
• RHP Gabe Bierman, OF Grant Richardson and LHP Tommy Sommer were all named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List. IU was picked to finish second in the Big Ten behind Michigan in a preseason poll conducted of the league's coaches.
• After leading the Hoosiers to the 2019 Big Ten regular season championship, Jeff Mercer was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Mercer became the first Big Ten head coach since 1982 (John Anderson, Minnesota) to win a regular season conference title in his first season as the skipper. He was just the second coach in IU history – in any sport, men's or women's – to win an outright Big Ten championship in his (or her) first year.
#GoIU
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