Indiana Baseball: host Louisville/at Cincinnati

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – There will be no rest for the weary, as the Indiana baseball program begins its busiest week of the season with two midweek contests in front of a home midweek series.

The week starts with Indiana (25-11) hosting No. 10/13 Louisville (26-9) on ESPNU at 6 p.m. on Tuesday (April 18). The Hoosiers will then hit the road on Wednesday (April 19) for a 6 p.m. first pitch at Cincinnati (15-22).

Gameday Info
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 6 p.m. ET
IU: Seti Manase, RHP, Jr.
UL: Evan Webster, LHP, Jr.

TV: ESPNU
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/IUStatbroadcast

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 6 p.m. ET
IU: TBA
UI: TBA

Live Video: es.pn/3KHkyd3
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/3AfJQKF

Quick Hitter

Indiana and Louisville will meet for the 55th time on Tuesday evening on ESPNU with IU holding a 28-26 edge in the all-time series. Against Cincinnati, the Hoosiers are 22-12 overall in the series that dates back to 1900.
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The Hoosiers have won 18 of 19 home games in 2023, including 15-straight to open the season. That marks the longest home winning streak in Bart Kaufman Field history and the second-longest streak in program history.
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Freshman Devin Taylor began his 25-game reached base streak in his first career start at Texas (2/25) and has 34 hits, 20 walks and four hit-by-pitch in that span for a .504 on-base percentage.
Taylor earned his third B1G Freshman of the Week award on April 17 and joined some exclusive company at IU in the process.
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Sophomore Luke Sinnard struck out 12 Iowa batters over six scoreless innings for his second career double-digit strikeout game of the season.
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Senior Phillip Glasser enters the weekend with a 36-game reached base and has 18 multi-hit games in that span. The 36-game reached base streak is the second-longest by a Hoosier since at least 2005.
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Glasser is also among the top-50 active hitters in a bevy of categories, including No. 6 with 245 career hits.
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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. He then won his 200th career game as a head coach at Illinois on April 15.
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Scouting the Opponents
Louisville

Louisville enters the weekend at 26-9 overall with an 8-7 record in ACC play. The Cardinals are 18-2 in non-conference play and own a 3-4 record on the road in 2023.
Jack Payton paces the team with a .390 batting average and 27 RBIs, while Christian Knapczyk is hitting .328 with a team-best 30 runs scored and 16 stolen bases.
As a team, Louisville is hitting .294, while opponents hit just .228 against the Cardinal pitching staff. The pitching staff has walked just 153 to 329 strikeouts on the year.

Cincinnati

Cincinnati owns a 15-22 overall record and sit at 3-6 in AAC action. The Bearcats were swept last weekend at ECU, after a midweek extra-inning win over Miami (Ohio).
Ryan Nicholson leads the team at the plate with a .290 batting average, 40 hits and nine home runs. His 23 RBIs are No. 2 on the squad behind Kameron Guidry's 25.
The pitching staff has walked 180 and hit 60 batters through 37 games to equate to 6.5 free base runners per game.

Inside the Series
Louisville

Tuesday's meeting marks the 55th meeting between the two programs, with Indiana holding the slip 28-26 edge all-time.
The first meeting came on March 1, 1937, a 6-2 victory for Indiana. The Hoosiers won a 14-3 contest later that season, as well.
IU has won eight of the last 13 meetings, spanning 2013 to present, while Louisville won 11 of 13 games from 2007-12

Cincinnati

Over 34 previous meetings, Indiana leads the all-time series, 22-12, with three straight wins entering Wednesday's matchup.
IU is 9-3 in games played at Cincinnati, with two of those coming in its last three trips to the Queen City.
Over the last six games between the two programs, six of those have been decided by five-or-more runs and each team has been shutout once over that span.

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