Indiana University Athletics
Tuesday, March 8
Bloomington, Ind.
4 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Cincinnati
Baseball Gameday: host Cincinnati/Purdue Fort Wayne
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Hoosiers will host Bearcats, Mastodons in 4 p.m. first pitches at Bart Kaufman Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Coming off its first series win of the season, the Indiana baseball program will make a quick stop at home for a pair of midweek games at Bart Kaufman Stadium. The Hoosiers will host Cincinnati on Tuesday (March 8) and Purdue Fort Wayne (March 9) in 4 p.m. first pitches.
It will be just the second and third home games for the Hoosiers, with 12 of the first 15 games scheduled on the road. For Cincinnati (6-4), the Bearcats are coming off a win over Ohio State and a series victory over Northwestern over the last seven days. Purdue Fort Wayne (0-11) dropped all three games on the road at Tennessee Tech last weekend and will be playing the first midweek game of the season.
Gameday Info
Tuesday, March 8 (4 p.m. ET)
Probable Starters
IU: Luke Hayden, RHP, Fr.
UC: Luke Shea, LHP, R-So.
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Wednesday, March 9 (4 p.m. ET)
Probable Starters
IU: Jack Walker, RHP, R-So.
PFW: TBA
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Quick Hitters
Scouting the Opponent
Cincinnati
Series Notes
Cincinnati
It will be just the second and third home games for the Hoosiers, with 12 of the first 15 games scheduled on the road. For Cincinnati (6-4), the Bearcats are coming off a win over Ohio State and a series victory over Northwestern over the last seven days. Purdue Fort Wayne (0-11) dropped all three games on the road at Tennessee Tech last weekend and will be playing the first midweek game of the season.
Gameday Info
Tuesday, March 8 (4 p.m. ET)
Probable Starters
IU: Luke Hayden, RHP, Fr.
UC: Luke Shea, LHP, R-So.
Live Video: bit.ly/3MpLdLz
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/IUStatbroadcast
Wednesday, March 9 (4 p.m. ET)
Probable Starters
IU: Jack Walker, RHP, R-So.
PFW: TBA
Live Video: bit.ly/35w20fr
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/IUStatbroadcast
Quick Hitters
- According to the NCAA's latest RPI data, Indiana enters the week with a non-conference strength of schedule at No. 30 nationally and sits No. 56 in the RPI.
MORE ON PAGE 7 - The pitching staff ended the weekend series at Missouri State on a high note, as Jack Perkins and Bradley Brehmer each posted quality starts versus the Bears.
MORE ON PAGE 7 - Head coach Jeff Mercer owns 76 victories as the Indiana frontman and is poised to become the eighth IU skipper to reach 100 victories in the cream and crimson.
FULL BIO ON PAGE 4 - Three Hoosiers earned All-Tournament honors at the Round Rock Classic after IU picked up its first win of the season in the event.
MORE ON PAGE 6 - Redshirt-sophomores Morgan Colopy and Bobby Whalen have each reached base in all 10 games in 2022, while senior Phillip Glasser is riding a nine-game stretch on base.
MORE ON PAGE 7 - Freshman Brock Tibbitts took a pair of pitches out of the park in the IU's season opener versus Miami (Ohio), but you don't have to look far in the record books for the last rookie to hit multiple home runs in a game.
MORE ON PAGE 7 - Indiana matched a school standard with four student-athletes selected in the first 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft in 2021.
MORE ON PAGE 7
Scouting the Opponent
Cincinnati
- Cincinnati took three of four games from Northwestern over the weekend at home. The Bearcats also beat Ohio State in a midweek tilt.
- Paul Komistek (.410) and Griffin Merrit (.400) are each hitting .400 or better on the season, with Merritt (12), JP Sponseller (11) and Ryan Nicholson (10) each driving in double-digit RBIs through 10 games.
- UC has hit 20 home runs over the first 10 games and allowed just seven.
- Purdue Fort Wayne enters with a 0-11 record after falling in all three games at Tennessee Tech over the weekend.
- The Mastodons leading hitter is Jack Lang with a .286 average and 12 hits. Braedon Blackford leads the team with eight RBIs and three home runs..
Series Notes
Cincinnati
- Indiana owns an all-time mark of 20-12 against Cincinnati in a series that began in 1900.
- The two teams met just 21 times between 1900-2008 but have met 11 times since the 2009 season.
- The two programs have split the last 12 meetings, including four wins by UC in Bloomington.
- IU owns the longest winning streak in the series at four games from 1997-98, while UC has won consecutive games just once (2015-16).
- Indiana owns an unblemished mark of 7-0 all-time against Purdue Fort Wayne.
- The first meeting came in a doubleheader on May 14, 1980 and the two in-state programs went nearly 20 years between meetings. The two teams next met on Feb. 15, 2000.
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