Indiana University Athletics
Pyne Garners Big Ten Freshman of the Week
4/27/2022 11:30:00 AM | Baseball
Pyne leads all Big Ten freshmen in RBIs (39) through 10 weeks of the regular season
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After advancing his reached streak in each of the five games last week, Indiana baseball freshman Josh Pyne was tabbed as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week the conference office announced on Wednesday (April 27).
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Pyne was on base multiple times in each of his five starts last week to move his reached base streak to 29 games, the third longest single season streak at IU since at least 2005. The streak is tied for the fifth longest streak in the Big Ten in 2022 and the longest by a freshman.
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On the week, he hit .381 (8-of-21) with a .500 (7-of-14) average and five extra base hits in Indiana's series victory over Nebraska. In the series with the Cornhuskers, Pyne posted three straight multi-hit efforts and doubled once in each game. He added a three-run home run in the series opener and a triple in the series finale. He posted seven RBIs in the three games versus Nebraska, including three-RBI efforts in the first two games to help IU wrap up the series win on Saturday. He struck out just twice in 24 plate appearances and added six runs scored in five games on the week.
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It is the first Big Ten weekly honor for Pyne, who leads all Big Ten freshmen with 39 RBIs and is No. 2 in hits among the conference rookies. The last Big Ten Freshman of the Week for Indiana was Morgan Colopy on April 27, 2021.
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Indiana (17-23) continues its week with a midweek tilt at Illinois State on Wednesday, April 27 at 6 p.m. The Hoosiers will host Illinois at Bart Kaufman Field for a three-game series starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 29.
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Pyne was on base multiple times in each of his five starts last week to move his reached base streak to 29 games, the third longest single season streak at IU since at least 2005. The streak is tied for the fifth longest streak in the Big Ten in 2022 and the longest by a freshman.
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On the week, he hit .381 (8-of-21) with a .500 (7-of-14) average and five extra base hits in Indiana's series victory over Nebraska. In the series with the Cornhuskers, Pyne posted three straight multi-hit efforts and doubled once in each game. He added a three-run home run in the series opener and a triple in the series finale. He posted seven RBIs in the three games versus Nebraska, including three-RBI efforts in the first two games to help IU wrap up the series win on Saturday. He struck out just twice in 24 plate appearances and added six runs scored in five games on the week.
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It is the first Big Ten weekly honor for Pyne, who leads all Big Ten freshmen with 39 RBIs and is No. 2 in hits among the conference rookies. The last Big Ten Freshman of the Week for Indiana was Morgan Colopy on April 27, 2021.
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Indiana (17-23) continues its week with a midweek tilt at Illinois State on Wednesday, April 27 at 6 p.m. The Hoosiers will host Illinois at Bart Kaufman Field for a three-game series starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 29.
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