Sunday Win Deep in the Heart of Texas

Sunday, February 26

Austin, Texas

1 P.M.

Indiana University

3-4

Texas

3-4

Indiana

Texas

2/26/2023 4:00:00 PM | Baseball

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AUSTIN, Texas – For the second straight Sunday, sophomore starting pitcher Luke Sinnard tossed five strong innings and the Indiana baseball program used a four-run sixth inning on its way to a 4-2 victory in the series finale at Disch-Falk Field.

Texas (3-4) opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning and added one run in the third inning. Indiana (3-4) took the lead with four runs – all coming with two outs – in the sixth inning and sophomore Ryan Kraft closed out the game with three scoreless innings.

The pitching staff held the Texas offense to just two runs on six hits in the series finale, with Sinnard (2-0) throwing five innings with two runs allowed on five hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out a career-high seven batters to earn his second straight Sunday victory.

After sophomore Cooper Hellman tossed a scoreless sixth inning, Kraft (1) entered and fanned two batters over three scoreless innings with one hit allowed to earn his first career save.

Eight different hitters account for IU's eight hits, with sophomore Brock Tibbitts two-RBI double providing the different in the game. Senior Hunter Jessee pushed his reached base streak to 26 games with a single. Senior Peter Serruto got the first hit of the sixth inning and came around to score but made his mark behind the plate with three potential base stealers thrown out.

Porter Brown hit a solo home run for Texas and Mitchell Daly posted the lone multi-hit game of the afternoon with a 2-for-3 afternoon at the plate with one run scored. Travis Sthele (0-2) took the loss with three runs allowed on five hits. He struck out six and did not walk a batter in 5 2/3 innings of work.

Scoring Recap
Bottom First
Porter Brown hit a solo home run with two outs.
at Texas 1, Indiana 0

Bottom Third
Mitchell Daly doubled to start the inning and moved to third on a Jared Thomas hit. Dylan Campbell grounded out to push the lone run across.
at Texas 2, Indiana 0

Top Sixth
Two-out hitting was the key in the four-run fourth inning. After Peter Serruto singled to start the inning, Texas got two quick outs. Josh Pyne singled up the middle to drive in Serruto and Bobby Whalen's base hit put two runners on base. Carter Mathison pushed a base hit into right center field for an RBI and Brock Tibbitts doubled to score two more runs and give IU the lead.
Indiana 4, at Texas 2

Up Next
Indiana will return home for a midweek contest against Butler on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. The game will be available on B1G+ and the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.