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Season Ends in B1G Semifinals
5/29/2022 3:15:00 AM | Baseball
Mathison clubs 19th home run of the season to cap freshman season
OMAHA, Neb. – In its second game of the day at the Big Ten Tournament, the Indiana baseball program saw its season end in a 14-2 defeat at the hands of second-seeded Rutgers in a game that ended at 3:10 a.m. on Charles Schwab Field.
Rutgers (44-14) opened the scoring with four runs in the first inning, two in the second and three in the third to stake to a 9-0 lead. Indiana (27-32) got on the board in the sixth inning with two runs, but Rutgers added five in the seventh to enact the run rule.
The Hoosier pitching staff fanned five batters to push its season total to a school-record 600. The 600 strikeouts mark the second time in Big Ten history that a pitching staff fanned 600-plus batters in a season (Iowa; 2022). IU fanned at least five batters in 57 of 58 games and reached the double-digit mark 34 times.
Freshman Carter Mathison hit his 19th home run of the season to move into a tie for No. 5 on the Indiana single season charts with Craig Dedelow (2017) and Doug DeVore (1999). He drove in two RBIs to tie for the most RBIs by a freshman in a single season, equaling the total of Phil Dauphin (1998). The home run moved his reached base streak to 26 games, which is the second longest of the season, and enxtended his IU freshman home run record.
Freshman Josh Pyne singled and walked in the game, while redshirt-sophomore Bobby Whalen walked and scored a run.
Junior John-Biagio Modugno (0-4) took the loss with six runs allowed on five hits and three walks over one inning of work. Freshman Ryan Kraft allowed three runs – two earned – over three innings of work and junior Nathan Stahl surrendered five runs over two innings of work.
Seven of the nine Rutgers starters collected hits and drove in RBIs in the game, led by a two-hit, three RBI game from Nick Cimillo. Brian Fitzpatrick (3-1) tossed four scoreless innings and allowed a single and a walk with six strikeouts to earn the win.
Scoring Recap
Top First
A walk and a single started the night before Nick Cimillo singled to score the first run of the frame. Tony Santa Maria followed with an RBI single, Evan Sleight single to bring in a run and Chris Brito scored the fourth run of the inning on a double play.
Rutgers 4, Indiana 0
Top Second
Mike Nyistor walked, stole second and moved to third on an error on the catcher, before Ryan Lasko doubled down the left-field line to bring in the first run of the inning. A wild pitch moved the runner to third and Danny DiGeorgio pushed the second run of the inning across on a ground out.
Rutgers 6, Indiana 0
Top Third
Sleight singled and Brito singled in front of a sacrifice bunt. After a run was cut down at home, Nyistor tripled to score two runs and Lasko reached on an error to allow the third run to score in the inning.
Rutgers 9, Indiana 0
Bottom Sixth
Bobby Whalen led off the inning with a walk and Carter Mathison hit a two-run home run.
Rutgers 9, Indiana 2
Top Seventh
Two walks and a single loaded the bases with two outs before Cimillo singled to drive in a pair of runs. Santa Maria plated one with an RBI double and Brito added the final two RBIs with a base hit.
Rutgers 14, Indiana 2
Rutgers (44-14) opened the scoring with four runs in the first inning, two in the second and three in the third to stake to a 9-0 lead. Indiana (27-32) got on the board in the sixth inning with two runs, but Rutgers added five in the seventh to enact the run rule.
The Hoosier pitching staff fanned five batters to push its season total to a school-record 600. The 600 strikeouts mark the second time in Big Ten history that a pitching staff fanned 600-plus batters in a season (Iowa; 2022). IU fanned at least five batters in 57 of 58 games and reached the double-digit mark 34 times.
Freshman Carter Mathison hit his 19th home run of the season to move into a tie for No. 5 on the Indiana single season charts with Craig Dedelow (2017) and Doug DeVore (1999). He drove in two RBIs to tie for the most RBIs by a freshman in a single season, equaling the total of Phil Dauphin (1998). The home run moved his reached base streak to 26 games, which is the second longest of the season, and enxtended his IU freshman home run record.
Freshman Josh Pyne singled and walked in the game, while redshirt-sophomore Bobby Whalen walked and scored a run.
Junior John-Biagio Modugno (0-4) took the loss with six runs allowed on five hits and three walks over one inning of work. Freshman Ryan Kraft allowed three runs – two earned – over three innings of work and junior Nathan Stahl surrendered five runs over two innings of work.
Seven of the nine Rutgers starters collected hits and drove in RBIs in the game, led by a two-hit, three RBI game from Nick Cimillo. Brian Fitzpatrick (3-1) tossed four scoreless innings and allowed a single and a walk with six strikeouts to earn the win.
Scoring Recap
Top First
A walk and a single started the night before Nick Cimillo singled to score the first run of the frame. Tony Santa Maria followed with an RBI single, Evan Sleight single to bring in a run and Chris Brito scored the fourth run of the inning on a double play.
Rutgers 4, Indiana 0
Top Second
Mike Nyistor walked, stole second and moved to third on an error on the catcher, before Ryan Lasko doubled down the left-field line to bring in the first run of the inning. A wild pitch moved the runner to third and Danny DiGeorgio pushed the second run of the inning across on a ground out.
Rutgers 6, Indiana 0
Top Third
Sleight singled and Brito singled in front of a sacrifice bunt. After a run was cut down at home, Nyistor tripled to score two runs and Lasko reached on an error to allow the third run to score in the inning.
Rutgers 9, Indiana 0
Bottom Sixth
Bobby Whalen led off the inning with a walk and Carter Mathison hit a two-run home run.
Rutgers 9, Indiana 2
Top Seventh
Two walks and a single loaded the bases with two outs before Cimillo singled to drive in a pair of runs. Santa Maria plated one with an RBI double and Brito added the final two RBIs with a base hit.
Rutgers 14, Indiana 2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fitzpatrick, Brian (3-1)
L: Modugno, John-Biagio (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Lasko, Ryan 1 ; Santa Maria, Tony 1
3B: Nyisztor, Mike 1
RBI: Lasko, Ryan 1 ; DiGeorgio, Danny 1 ; Cimillo, Nick 3 ; Santa Maria, Tony 2 ; Sleight, Evan 1 ; Brito, Chris 2 ; Nyisztor, Mike 2
SH: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lasko, Ryan 2 ; DiGeorgio, Danny 2 ; Cimillo, Nick 2 ; Santa Maria, Tony 2 ; Brito, Chris 1 ; Schiekofer, Richie 2 ; Nyisztor, Mike 3
SB: Nyisztor, Mike 1
HBP: Sleight, Evan 1
Batting:
HR: Mathison, Carter 1
RBI: Mathison, Carter 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Whalen, Bobby 1 ; Mathison, Carter 1
SB: Pyne, Josh 1
Game Leaders
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