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Hoosiers Run Win Streak to Four Games
3/9/2022 7:15:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana baseball program moved its winning streak to four games with a 11-2 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday (March 9) evening at Bart Kaufman Field.
A second inning run for Indiana (6-6) got the scoring started and IU added two in the fourth and one in the fifth to build a 4-0 lead. Purdue Fort Wayne (0-12) got on the board with a single run in the sixth inning, but IU added three more in the bottom half of the inning and four more in the seventh inning to build an 11-1 lead. The Mastodons added one more in the eighth to account for the final margin.
The offense continued to put up runs with its fifth double-digit run output in the last eight games. IU out-hit PFW 14-5, with five of those hits going for extra bases, walked six times and reached via hit-by-pitch twice. On the mound, the Hoosiers struck out 10 batters to mark its seventh double-digit strikeout game of the season.
Redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis hit a pair of home runs and drove in three RBIs. It is the second multi-home run game of the season for the left-handed hitter and his fourth multi-RBI game of the season. Freshman Josh Pyne hit a home run for the second straight game and drove in three RBIs. Redshirt-sophomore Morgan Colopy and freshman Brock Tibbitts each chipped in three hits and scored three runs.
Redshirt-sophomore starting pitcher Jack Walker (1-0) earned his first career victory in his first career start with three scoreless innings of work. He allowed two hits, walked two and struck out one. Freshman Ryan Kraft tossed the next three innings and allowed one run with three strikeouts over three innings.
Redshirt-sophomore David Platt made his season debut with one scoreless inning and a pair of strikeouts. The right-hander was appearing in a game for the first time since March 11, 2020, marking 728 days between appearances.
For Purdue Fort Wayne, Brian Erbe and Jack Lang accounted for the lone RBIs and Braedon Blackford reached base three times for the Mastodons. Rex Sills (0-1) took the loss with one run allowed in two innings of work in the start. All seven PFW pitchers that appeared in the game allowed at least one run.
Scoring Recap
Bottom Second
Josh Pyne lined an RBI single into right field driving in Morgan Colopy for the first run of the game.
Indiana 1, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Bottom Fourth
Pyne hit a two-run home run over the left field wall, his second home run in as many games.
Indiana 3, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Bottom Fifth
Tyler Doanes walked with one out and Bobby Whalen doubled into left-center field to bring him around to score.
Indiana 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Top Sixth
Brian Erbe's RBI single scored Braedon Blackford, who walked to lead off the inning..
Indiana 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 1
Bottom Sixth
Colopy walked to start the inning, moved to second on a Brock Tibbitts single and third on a flyout by Pyne. An errant pick off attempt allowed him to score and moved Tibbitts to second. After Tibbitts moved to third on a wild pitch, Carter Mathison walked and Peter Serruto plated the second run of the inning with a sacrifice bunt. Mathison eventually stole third base and scored on a wild pitch.
Indiana 7, Purdue Fort Wayne 1
Bottom Seventh
Matthew Ellis hit a two-run home run to straight-away center field after Whalen started the inning with a walk. A Colopy single and Tibbitts hit-by-pitch came before the first out was recorded. Mathison followed with an RBI via an error that scored both Colopy and Tibbitts.
Indiana 11, Purdue Fort Wayne 1
Top Eighth
Reliever Ty Bothwell struck out three batters in the inning, but a pair of hit-by-pitches and two walks pushed PFW's second run across.
Indiana 11, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Bottom Eighth
Ellis hits a solo home run for his second of the game deep to right field.
Indiana 12, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Up Next
Indiana will then hit the road for a three-game series at Troy with first pitch of the series opener thrown at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 11.
A second inning run for Indiana (6-6) got the scoring started and IU added two in the fourth and one in the fifth to build a 4-0 lead. Purdue Fort Wayne (0-12) got on the board with a single run in the sixth inning, but IU added three more in the bottom half of the inning and four more in the seventh inning to build an 11-1 lead. The Mastodons added one more in the eighth to account for the final margin.
The offense continued to put up runs with its fifth double-digit run output in the last eight games. IU out-hit PFW 14-5, with five of those hits going for extra bases, walked six times and reached via hit-by-pitch twice. On the mound, the Hoosiers struck out 10 batters to mark its seventh double-digit strikeout game of the season.
Redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis hit a pair of home runs and drove in three RBIs. It is the second multi-home run game of the season for the left-handed hitter and his fourth multi-RBI game of the season. Freshman Josh Pyne hit a home run for the second straight game and drove in three RBIs. Redshirt-sophomore Morgan Colopy and freshman Brock Tibbitts each chipped in three hits and scored three runs.
Redshirt-sophomore starting pitcher Jack Walker (1-0) earned his first career victory in his first career start with three scoreless innings of work. He allowed two hits, walked two and struck out one. Freshman Ryan Kraft tossed the next three innings and allowed one run with three strikeouts over three innings.
Redshirt-sophomore David Platt made his season debut with one scoreless inning and a pair of strikeouts. The right-hander was appearing in a game for the first time since March 11, 2020, marking 728 days between appearances.
For Purdue Fort Wayne, Brian Erbe and Jack Lang accounted for the lone RBIs and Braedon Blackford reached base three times for the Mastodons. Rex Sills (0-1) took the loss with one run allowed in two innings of work in the start. All seven PFW pitchers that appeared in the game allowed at least one run.
Scoring Recap
Bottom Second
Josh Pyne lined an RBI single into right field driving in Morgan Colopy for the first run of the game.
Indiana 1, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Bottom Fourth
Pyne hit a two-run home run over the left field wall, his second home run in as many games.
Indiana 3, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Bottom Fifth
Tyler Doanes walked with one out and Bobby Whalen doubled into left-center field to bring him around to score.
Indiana 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Top Sixth
Brian Erbe's RBI single scored Braedon Blackford, who walked to lead off the inning..
Indiana 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 1
Bottom Sixth
Colopy walked to start the inning, moved to second on a Brock Tibbitts single and third on a flyout by Pyne. An errant pick off attempt allowed him to score and moved Tibbitts to second. After Tibbitts moved to third on a wild pitch, Carter Mathison walked and Peter Serruto plated the second run of the inning with a sacrifice bunt. Mathison eventually stole third base and scored on a wild pitch.
Indiana 7, Purdue Fort Wayne 1
Bottom Seventh
Matthew Ellis hit a two-run home run to straight-away center field after Whalen started the inning with a walk. A Colopy single and Tibbitts hit-by-pitch came before the first out was recorded. Mathison followed with an RBI via an error that scored both Colopy and Tibbitts.
Indiana 11, Purdue Fort Wayne 1
Top Eighth
Reliever Ty Bothwell struck out three batters in the inning, but a pair of hit-by-pitches and two walks pushed PFW's second run across.
Indiana 11, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Bottom Eighth
Ellis hits a solo home run for his second of the game deep to right field.
Indiana 12, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Up Next
Indiana will then hit the road for a three-game series at Troy with first pitch of the series opener thrown at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 11.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Walker, Jack (1-0)
L: Rex Stills (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Jack Lang 1 ; Jarrett Bickel 1
RBI: Jack Lang 1 ; Brian Erbe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Braedon Blackford 1 ; Karter Hann 1
SB: Jack Lang 1 ; Brian Erbe 1
HBP: Karter Hann 1 ; Luke Miles 1
Batting:
2B: Whalen, Bobby 1 ; Colopy, Morgan 1
HR: Ellis, Matthew 2 ; Pyne, Josh 1
RBI: Whalen, Bobby 1 ; Ellis, Matthew 3 ; Pyne, Josh 3 ; Mathison, Carter 1 ; Serruto, Peter 1
SH: Serruto, Peter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Doanes, Tyler 1 ; Whalen, Bobby 1 ; Ellis, Matthew 2 ; Colopy, Morgan 3 ; Tibbitts, Brock 3 ; Pyne, Josh 1 ; Mathison, Carter 1
SB: Whalen, Bobby 1 ; Mathison, Carter 1
CS: Glasser, Phillip 1
HBP: Doanes, Tyler 1 ; Tibbitts, Brock 1
PO: Doanes, Tyler 1
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