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Baseball Gameday: Big Ten Tournament
5/25/2022 7:30:00 PM | Baseball
Hoosiers meet Terrapins in first round of Big Ten Tournament
OMAHA, Neb. – Weather has forced schedule changes for the 2022 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, as first full day of games was pushed back due to rain. The Indiana baseball program will now open tournament play at approximately 6 p.m. ET on Thursday (May 26) against Maryland.
Indiana (25-30) is the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and are one of three teams to advance to the Big Ten Tournament each year since 2014 – the first season it was hosted in Omaha. Maryland (44-10) earned the top seed after winning its last six conference games and seven games overall to close out the regular season.
Game times for Thursday will be predicated on the previous games finish time. The opening game will start at 10 a.m. ET and each game thereafter will begin 40 minutes following.
Gameday Info
Thursday, May 26, 2022 – approx. 6 p.m. ET
IU: Ty Bothwell, LHP, R-Jr.
UMD: Jason Savacool, RHP, So.
TV: Big Ten Network
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/IUStatbroadcast
Quick Hitters
Scouting the Opponents
Series Notes
Indiana (25-30) is the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and are one of three teams to advance to the Big Ten Tournament each year since 2014 – the first season it was hosted in Omaha. Maryland (44-10) earned the top seed after winning its last six conference games and seven games overall to close out the regular season.
Game times for Thursday will be predicated on the previous games finish time. The opening game will start at 10 a.m. ET and each game thereafter will begin 40 minutes following.
Gameday Info
Thursday, May 26, 2022 – approx. 6 p.m. ET
IU: Ty Bothwell, LHP, R-Jr.
UMD: Jason Savacool, RHP, So.
TV: Big Ten Network
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/IUStatbroadcast
Quick Hitters
- Indiana and Maryland will meet for the fourth time at the Big Ten Tournament in program history and the 20th time overall.
MORE ON PAGE 3 - Indiana placed four student-athletes on the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis was named third-team All-B1G by the conference coaches.
MORE ON PAGE 6 - Freshman Carter Mathison became IU's freshman home run leader at Michigan and his 17 home runs are the second highest total in B1G history for a freshman.
MORE ON PAGE 7 - Mathison and fellow freshman Josh Pyne are the top two Big Ten freshmen in RBIs and teammate Brock Tibbitts joined them in the 40 RBI club against Minnesota to form the top freshman trio in program history.
MORE ON PAGE 8 - Redshirt-junior Matt Ellis is No. 4 on the Big Ten home run charts with 18 longballs. Of his 18 home runs, 13 have traveled 400 feet or more.
MORE ON PAGE 3 & 10 - Indiana's pitching staff ended the regular season as the top strikeout staff in the Big Ten with a school record mark. That mark is currently a B1G single season record.
MORE ON PAGE 7 - Freshman Grant Holderfield is tied for No. 9 nationally among rookies in pitching appearances and has not allowed an inherited runner to score on the year.
MORE ON PAGE 8 & 9 - Head coach Jeff Mercer owns 97 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
Scouting the Opponents
- Maryland clinched the Big Ten regular season title by winning six straight games to close out the conference season.
- The Terrapins finished 44-10 overall on the season and 18-5 in conference play. Maryland won seven straight games overall to close out the regular season.
- Seven of the nine everyday hitters own a batting average of .300 or better, led by Big Ten Player of the Year Chris Alleyne's .354 average and Big Ten-best 22 home runs and 73 RBIs.
- In all, Maryland had six hitters reach the 10-home run mark and four drive in 50-plus RBIs.
- No Maryland pitcher suffered more than two losses on the season, led by a 10-0 mark from Ryan Ramsey, who tossed a perfect game against Northwestern.
- Jason Savacool posted an 8-2 mark with a 2.72 ERA and a Big Ten-best 109 strikeouts.
Series Notes
- Indiana and Maryland will meet for the 20th time in program history and 19th as members of the Big Ten Conference.
- Indiana owns a 12-7 advantage on the all-time ledger; however, Maryland is 3-0 against the Hoosiers in the Big Ten Tournament.
- Indiana and Maryland met at the Big Ten Tournament in 2015 and 2016 in Minneapolis.
- It has been a series of spurts for each team, as IU won the first four games, before Maryland evened the series with four straight victories. IU won the next five, before the two teams have split the last six meetings.
- Three meetings have been decided by one run, while four have been double-digit victories, all by IU.
- The Hoosiers have outscored the Terps, 130-72, in the 19 previous meetings.
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