Hoosiers Fall on Friday Night at Texas

Friday, February 24

Austin, Texas

7:30 P.M.

Indiana University

2-3

Texas

2-3

Indiana

Texas

2/24/2023 10:35:00 PM | Baseball

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AUSTIN, Texas – An eight-inning home run was the difference in a tough 4-2 loss in Indiana baseball's series opener at Texas on Friday (Feb. 24) inside UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Indiana (2-3) opened the scoring with one run in the fifth inning, before Texas (2-3) evened the game with a single run in the sixth. The Hoosiers tacked on one in the seventh to recapture the lead, but a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference.

Senior starting pitcher Ben Seiler held the Longhorn offense in check with five shutout innings in his second start of the year. He scattered four hits, walked two and struck out two in the no decision. Graduate student Gabe Levy (0-1) took the loss with three runs allowed on three hits in 1 1/3 innings.

Senior Phillip Glasser continued his hot start with his fourth multi-hit game of the young season. He had a pair of singles, drove in one RBI and one run scored. Senior Hunter Jessee moved his reached base streak to 24 games with a two-out base hit that led to IU's second run of the game in the seventh inning.

Sophomore Josh Pyne had a pair of hits in the game, including IU's only extra base hit, and drove in one RBI. Sophomore Brock Tibbitts and redshirt senior Matthew Ellis each walked twice in the contest.

Porter Brown did most of the damage for the Longhorns with three hits and three RBIs, while Eric Kennedy had a pair of hits in the contest. Dylan Campbell walked twice and scored two runs in the contest. Chris Stuart (1-0) picked up the win in relief, as he worked 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Scoring Recap
Top Fifth
Matthew Ellis beat the shift to get the inning started with an infield single and Morgan Colopy was hit by a pitch in the next at bat to put two on with no outs. A sacrifice bunt from Evan Goforth advanced both runners and Phillip Glasser's sacrifice fly put IU on the scoreboard first.
Indiana 1, at Texas 0

Bottom Sixth
A leadoff walk and a base hit put runners on the corners in front of a Garret Guillemette's sacrifice fly to left-center field.
Indiana 1, at Texas 1

Top Seventh
With two outs, Glasser and Hunter Jessee each singled to put runners on the corners for Josh Pyne. The sophomore hit one back up the middle that ricocheted off the pitcher and stayed in the infield but pushed Glasser across.
Indiana 2, at Texas 1

Bottom Eighth
Eric Kennedy doubled to start the inning and Dylan Campbell walked in front of Porter Brown's three-run home run to right-center field.
at Texas 4, Indiana 2

Up Next
The middle game of the three-game slate will start at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 25 from UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The game will be televised on the Longhorn Network and the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.