Victory at Victory Field

Tuesday, April 26

Indianapolis, Ind. (Victory Field)

6:30 P.M.

Indiana University

17-23

Butler

18-23-1

Butler

Indiana

4/26/2022 10:42:00 PM | Baseball

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Doanes drives in four, Ellis hits 13th home run as part of a three-RBI night

INDIANAPOLIS –Two pitchers combined to scatter five hits and the offense produced at least nine runs for the 11th time in 2022 as the Indiana baseball program captured a 9-1 victory over Butler on Tuesday (March 26) evening at Victory Field, home of the Indianapolis Indians.

Indiana (17-23) opened the scoring with three runs in the second inning, added one in the fifth and one in the sixth inning, and capped the scoring a four-run seventh. Butler (18-23-1) scored their lone run in the ninth inning to break up the shutout.

Graduate student Tyler Doanes had his best night at the plate as a Hoosier and his most productive in terms of runs batted in in nearly four years. He drove in four RBIs on the night to tie a career high he set on April 29, 2018, against Texas while playing at West Virginia. On Tuesday, Doanes was 2-for-3 with one double and one triple. He added one run score and one sacrifice fly to his four-RBI stat line.

Junior Hunter Jessee led the way with a 4-for-4 night at the plate. He added one walk and one run scored, which came on a straight steal of home. Redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis posted a three-hit game with three RBIs. The left-handed hitter launched a 433-foot home run – his 13th of the season – for his ninth home run over 400 feet this season. Sophomore Samuel Murrison had the other RBI with a sacrifice fly.

The duo of senior Braydon Tucker and redshirt-junior Ty Bothwell combined to allow just one run on five hits over nine innings. Tucker got the start and threw four shutout innings with seven strikeouts, while Bothwell (1-1) collected the win with five innings of work and one run allowed on two hits. He walked two and struck out eight Bulldog batters.

For Butler, Kollyn All hit a solo home run as part of a 2-for-2 day at the plate. All replaced Garrett Gray in the sixth inning, as Gray was 2-for-2 on the night, as the eighth spot in the order delivered four of the Bulldogs five hits.

Scoring Recap
Bottom Second
Matthew Ellis led off the inning with a solo home run to right field and Carter Mathison followed with a base hit. Mathison stole second before a strikeout provided the first out of the inning. Tyler Doanes then tripled to drive in the second run of the frame and came in to score on a sacrifice fly from Samuel Murrison.
Indiana 3, Butler 0

Bottom Fifth
Hunter Jessee singled and moved to third on a Matthew Ellis base hit with two outs in the inning. Then, for the second time in three games for IU, Jessee stole home.
Indiana 4, Butler 0

Bottom Sixth
Brock Tibbitts singled to lead off the inning and moved to third on back-to-back wild pitches. Doanes brought him home with a flyout to center field.
Indiana 5, Butler 0

Bottom Seventh
After the first batter of the inning was retired, the next five of the next six batter reached base. After a walk, a hit-by-pitch and a wild pitch, Ellis singled to right field to score two runs. Mathison then singled before the second out was recorded. Doanes capped IU's scoring with a two-RBI double down the right field line.
Indiana 9, Butler 0

Top Ninth
Kollyn All broke up the shutout with a solo home run.
Indiana 9, Butler 1

Up Next
The busy week continues with a trip to Illinois State on Wednesday, April 27, in front of the second straight home weekend series. IU will welcome Illinois the three-game conference series beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 29.