Baseball Gameday: at Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - Another early season test awaits the Indiana baseball program in week two with a trip to UFCU Disch-Falk Field and a three-game series with Texas is on deck. The Hoosiers and Longhorns will meet for just the second time in program history and the first since its 2018 NCAA Austin Regional matchup.

Gameday Info
Friday, February 24, 2023
IU: Ben Seiler, LHP, Sr.+
UT: Lucas Gordon, LHP, Jr.

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Saturday, February 25, 2023
IU: Seti Manase, RHP, Jr.
UT: Zane Morehouse, RHP, R-Jr.

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Sunday, February 26, 2023
IU: TBA
UT: TBA

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Quick Hitters

Indiana and Texas will meet for the second time in series history, with the UT getting the win in the only other meeting at the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional championship game. MORE ON PAGE 3
Indiana placed four student-athletes on the All-Big Ten Freshman Team in 2022 and redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis was named third-team All-B1G by the conference coaches.
Freshman Carter Mathison and redshirt-senior Matthew Ellis each hit home runs on opening weekend to bring their career totals to 20 and 19, respectively, for the Cream and Crimson. Mathison has played in 63 career games and has 63 career RBIs over that span to go along with his 20 home runs. MORE ON PAGE 7
Senior Hunter Jessee carries a 23-game reached base streak into the week, which dates back to the 2022 season, and marks a career long for the left-handed hitter. MORE ON PAGE 7
Jessee posted his second career multi home run game on Tuesday night versus Miami (Ohio) with a first inning home run to right field and a seventh inning shot to the opposite field.
Indiana's pitching staff posted a program record 600 strikeouts in 2022. That mark ranks No. 2 in Big Ten history, behind Iowa's 602 punchouts in 2022, as well. MORE ON PAGE 8
Head coach Jeff Mercer became the eighth IU skipper to reach 100 victories in the cream and crimson with a series finale win at Auburn on February 19, 2023. FULL BIO ON PAGE 17

Scouting the Opponent

Texas enters the weekend with a 1-3 overall record after opening the season 0-3 at the College Baseball Showdown before it won a midweek contest over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
The Longhorns dropped one-run decision to Arkansas and Missouri over the weekend, before Vanderbilt won the finale at the event, 12-2. UT rebounded with a 12-2 win in its home opener on Tuesday.
Leadoff hitter Eric Kennedy paces the team with a .333 average and is tied with Jack O'Dowd with a team-high four RBIs.
Dylan Campbell owns a .471 on-base percentage with four hits and four walks in 17 plate appearances. He has also stolen three bases in four starts.
On the mound, the Texas pitching staff has struck out 45 and walked just 11 over 35 1/3 innings of work.
Junior Lucas Gordon (0-0) fired five shutout innings against No. 8 Arkansas in the season opener. He struck out six, walked one and allowed just two hits..

Series Notes

Indiana and Texas will meet for the second time in program history, with the only other meeting coming in 2018 NCAA Austin Regional final, a 3-2 Longhorn victory.
In all, Indiana has matched up with the Big XII on 25 occasions and owns a 6-19 mark in those contests.
The last regular season meeting with the conference came in 2019 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when Indiana defeated Kansas State, 5-0, and lost to Oklahoma, 6-3.
The last true road games versus a Big XII opponent came in the Lone Star State on the form of a three-game, season-opening series at Texas Tech. Indiana won the opening game, but dropped the series, 2-1.

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Players Mentioned

Matthew Ellis

Hunter Jessee

Seti Manase

Carter Mathison

Ben Seiler

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