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Saturday, March 4

Greenville, N.C.

Noon

Indiana University

5-5

Georgetown

6-4

Georgetown

Indiana

3/4/2023 3:30:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Trailing 3-0 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning, the Indiana baseball team scored three in the sixth and one in the seventh to come from behind for the 4-3 victory over Georgetown in its second game at the LeClair Classic on Saturday (March 4) inside Clark-LeClair Stadium on the campus of East Carolina.

Georgetown (6-4) opened the scoring with an unearned run in the first inning and tacked on two more in the third to extend its lead. Indiana (5-5) got on the board in the sixth inning with three runs to tie the game and pushed the eventual game-winning across in the seventh.

Freshman Tyler Cerny posted his first career multi-hit game with three hits and two runs scored – including the go-ahead run in the seventh. He posted a pair of singles and doubled in the game. Senior Hunter Jessee drove in a pair of RBIs for his third multi-RBI game of the year and extended his reached base streak to 28 games in the process. Redshirt junior Bobby Whalen and sophomore Josh Pyne each singled and walked in the game, with Whalen adding one run scored.

Sophomore Luke Sinnard (2-0) continued his string of strong starts on the mound with three runs allowed – two earned – on four hits over six innings of work. He struck out six and walked two in a no decision. Redshirt senior Craig Yoho (1-0) entered and threw a scoreless inning with one walk and two strikeouts to earn his first career victory on the mound.

The save went to sophomore Ryan Kraft (2) after two scoreless innings of work to close out the game. He struck out three to post his second save of the season.

For Georgetown, Andrew Williams tossed 5 1/3 innings in a no decision. He allowed three runs on four hits, walked two and struck out four. Ubaldo Lopez doubled, had a sacrifice fly and drove in two RBIs in the game. Jake Hyde was on base twice with a walk and a hit and scored twice. Carson Frye (0-1) took the loss with one run allowed over one inning of relief work.

Scoring Recap
Top First
Jake Hyde reached on a fielding error to start the game and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. Ubaldo Lopez brought in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly.
Georgetown 1, Indiana 0

Top Third
A leadoff walk to Zaid Walker was followed by a stolen base. Hyde singled to move the runner to third base, but an error on the play allowed the run to score and moved him to third. Lopez doubled to score the second run of the inning.
Georgetown 3, Indiana 0

Bottom Sixth
Indiana loaded the bases with one out and Hunter Jessee delivered the breakthrough at-bat with a two-run single to left field. Josh Pyne followed with a walk to reload the bases and Carter Mathison grounded out to push the tying run across.
Georgetown 3, Indiana 3

Bottom Seventh
Tyler Cerny singled to start the inning, moved to second on a balk and third on a Peter Serruto base hit. Phillip Glasser's fielder's choice scored Cerny and gave IU the lead.
Indiana 4, Georgetown 3

Up Next
Indiana closes its stay at the Keith LeClair Classic against Long Beach State at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday (March 5). The contest will be available on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.