Ninth-Inning Rally Leads Baseball Past Indiana State

Tuesday, April 12

Terre Haute, Ind.

6 P.M.

Indiana University

13-18

Indiana State

19-9

Indiana

Indiana State

Ninth-Inning Rally Leads Baseball Past Indiana State

4/12/2022 10:24:00 PM | Baseball

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Hoosiers score five times with two outs in the ninth to rally for the midweek win

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – In the midst of a long road swing, the Indiana baseball program showed some grit in a 6-5 come-from-behind win at Indiana State on Tuesday (April 12) evening on Bob Warn Field.

With just one hit entering the ninth inning, junior Hunter Jessee, freshman Carter Mathison and graduate student Tyler Doanes provided the three biggest hits of the season for Indiana (13-18) to this point. Jessee drove in one RBI with a two-out single and Mathison followed it with a full-count three-run home run to tie the game. Doanes – on his birthday – hit the go-ahead home run to left-center field three pitches later.

Indiana State (19-9) opened the scoring three runs in the second inning and added solo home runs in the fourth and eighth innings to make it a 5-1 game. The Hoosiers scored one in the third inning, before the five-run ninth capped the comeback.

Doanes led the offense with a 1-for-2 day at the plate, two walks and two runs scored. Freshman Brock Tibbitts provided the first hit of the game, a double in the fourth inning, while Mathison provided three of the six RBIs in the game. Senior Peter Serruto plated the first run with an RBI groundout.

Junior John-Biagio Modugno (ND) got the start for IU and allowed three runs on five hits over his two innings of work in the no decision. The right-hander struck out three before handing the ball to junior Ty Bothwell for the next four innings. He allowed one run on three hits and struck out three.

Freshman Ryan Kraft (2-1) earned his second victory of the season with 1 1/3 innings of one-run work and senior Braydon Tucker (3) earned the save with a scoreless ninth inning.

Randall Diaz led all players with three hits and added two hits and two RBIs, and Aaron Beck hit a home run as part of a two-hit game. Jordan Schaffer doubled, drove in one RBI and walked twice in the contest. On the mound, Joey Hurth (4-2) took the loss with five runs allowed on three hits. He walked two and struck out two in 1 2/3 innings of work.

Scoring Recap
Bottom Second
Back-to-back doubles started the inning, the second from Randall Diaz to plate the first run of the game. Diego Gines followed with a run-scoring base hit. With two outs, Jordan Schaffer doubled to plate the third run of the frame.
Indiana State 3, Indiana 0

Top Third
Tyler Doanes walked to start the inning, stole second base, moved to third on a wild pitch and came in to score on a Peter Serruto groundout.
Indiana State 3, Indiana 1

Bottom Fourth
Diaz hit a solo home run to left field to lead off the inning.
Indiana State 4, Indiana 1

Bottom Eighth
Sean Ross hit a solo home run to left field to lead off the inning.
Indiana State 5, Indiana 1

Top Ninth
Glasser and Matthew Ellis walked to start the inning before two quick outs. Hunter Jessee singled on a 1-2 pitch to push across Glasser and close the gap. Carter Mathison pinch hit and ran the count full before hitting a three-run home run to left-center field to tie the game. Doanes followed with a home run to nearly the exact same spot on the field to give IU its only lead of the game.
Indiana 6, Indiana State 5

Up Next
Indiana heads to Big Ten-leading Rutgers for a three-game series that begins at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 15. The series continues a 10-game road swing for the Hoosiers.