Friday, April 30
Bloomington, Ind.
5:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
Iowa
NOTES: Indiana Hosts Iowa in Three-Game, Big Ten Series
4/29/2021 9:27:00 AM | Baseball
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Indiana Hoosiers will host the Iowa Hawkeyes for three games in matchup of two of the top-four teams in the Big Ten at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind.
• This past weekend, Indiana swept a three-game series against Minnesota at Bart Kaufman Field, out-scoring the Golden Gophers in the three contests, 39-5. IU won the finale in emphatic fashion on Sunday, 23-1.
• 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
• Indiana's convincing sweep of Minnesota on April 23-25 was the first series sweep of the Golden Gophers since the 1962 season. In the 23-1 victory on April 25, Indiana scored a season-high 23 runs on a season-best 17 hits. The 23 runs were the most for the Hoosiers since scoring 27 against Butler on March 23, 2016 and the most in a Big Ten game since plating 26 against Michigan in a 26-6 win on April 4, 2010.
• Offensively, the Hoosiers have been led by OF Drew Ashley, who is hitting a team-best .330 on the year with four home runs, three doubles and 14 RBI. OF Grant Richardson is batting .323 on the year with four homers, eight doubles, 15 RBI and a team-best nine stolen bases. Both INF Cole Barr and OF Morgan Colopy each have four home runs and 17 RBI on the season.
• Indiana ranks second in the nation in ERA (.264) and hits allowed per nine innings (5.93) and fifth in the country in WHIP (1.13). The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in all three categories.
• Individually, RHP McCade Brown leads the Big Ten strikeouts per nine innings (15.19), ranks second in the league in both ERA (2.41) and hits allowed per nine innings (4.58) and is third in strikeouts (63). RHP Gabe Bierman leads the Big Ten in ERA (2.21) and ranks third in hits allowed per nine innings (5.31).
• Indiana is ranked No. 20 in the nation by Perfect Game. The Hoosiers are also receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA poll.
• Indiana has posted three shutouts on the season, allowed one run or less six times and surrendered two runs or less 11 times. The Hoosier pitching staff also posted five games this year allowing two hits or less.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (447) and conference wins (195). The Hoosiers have made seven NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• RHP McCade Brown and RHP Braydon Tucker combined to throw a no-hitter against Illinois on April 10 - the first no-hitter for the Hoosiers in nearly 37 years. The no-hitter was the first for Indiana since April 25, 1984, when Mark Gramer and the Hoosiers blanked Rose-Hulman, 6-0.
• For his efforts, RHP Braydon Tucker was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on April 13. Out of the bullpen, Tucker pitched four scoreless innings of relief to earn the save, striking out one, while issuing one walk.
• 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 host the Iowa Hawkeyes for three games in matchup of two of the top-four teams in the Big Ten at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind.
• This past weekend, Indiana swept a three-game series against Minnesota at Bart Kaufman Field, out-scoring the Golden Gophers in the three contests, 39-5. IU won the finale in emphatic fashion on Sunday, 23-1.
• 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
• Indiana's convincing sweep of Minnesota on April 23-25 was the first series sweep of the Golden Gophers since the 1962 season. In the 23-1 victory on April 25, Indiana scored a season-high 23 runs on a season-best 17 hits. The 23 runs were the most for the Hoosiers since scoring 27 against Butler on March 23, 2016 and the most in a Big Ten game since plating 26 against Michigan in a 26-6 win on April 4, 2010.
• Offensively, the Hoosiers have been led by OF Drew Ashley, who is hitting a team-best .330 on the year with four home runs, three doubles and 14 RBI. OF Grant Richardson is batting .323 on the year with four homers, eight doubles, 15 RBI and a team-best nine stolen bases. Both INF Cole Barr and OF Morgan Colopy each have four home runs and 17 RBI on the season.
• Indiana ranks second in the nation in ERA (.264) and hits allowed per nine innings (5.93) and fifth in the country in WHIP (1.13). The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in all three categories.
• Individually, RHP McCade Brown leads the Big Ten strikeouts per nine innings (15.19), ranks second in the league in both ERA (2.41) and hits allowed per nine innings (4.58) and is third in strikeouts (63). RHP Gabe Bierman leads the Big Ten in ERA (2.21) and ranks third in hits allowed per nine innings (5.31).
• Indiana is ranked No. 20 in the nation by Perfect Game. The Hoosiers are also receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA poll.
• Indiana has posted three shutouts on the season, allowed one run or less six times and surrendered two runs or less 11 times. The Hoosier pitching staff also posted five games this year allowing two hits or less.
• Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (447) and conference wins (195). The Hoosiers have made seven NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
• RHP McCade Brown and RHP Braydon Tucker combined to throw a no-hitter against Illinois on April 10 - the first no-hitter for the Hoosiers in nearly 37 years. The no-hitter was the first for Indiana since April 25, 1984, when Mark Gramer and the Hoosiers blanked Rose-Hulman, 6-0.
• For his efforts, RHP Braydon Tucker was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on April 13. Out of the bullpen, Tucker pitched four scoreless innings of relief to earn the save, striking out one, while issuing one walk.
• 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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