Phillips Stifles No. 10 Cardinals

Tuesday, April 18

Bloomington, Ind.

6 P.M.

Indiana University

Louisville

4/18/2023 11:25:00 PM | Baseball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Sunshine splashed over Bart Kaufman Field and a national audience watched as the Indiana baseball program worked its way to a 7-3 victory over No. 10 Louisville on Tuesday (April 18) evening.

Louisville (26-10) opened the scoring with a single run in the third inning, but it was a five-run bottom of the third that set the tone for Indiana (26-11). The Hoosiers would add single runs in the fourth and sixth inning, before the Cardinals chipped away with unearned runs in both the seventh and eighth innings.

Sophomore Brock Tibbitts and freshman Devin Taylor each drove in two RBIs in the game to give them 12 and 10 multi-RBI games on the season, respectively. Tibbitts had a pair of hits, while Taylor singled and walked twice in the game. Taylor also moved his reached base streak to 26 games on the night.

Senior Peter Serruto set up the first run of the game with a sacrifice bunt that pushed two runners into scoring position, one of which was driven in by senior Phillip Glasser. The RBI single moved Glasser's reached base streak to 37 games and opened the five-run inning. Serruto added a second sacrifice bunt in the fourth inning that led to a run, then walked and came around to score in the sixth inning.

Junior Seti Manase made the start and allowed one run on three hits over 2 1/3 innings, before he handed the ball to freshman Ethan Phillips (2-0) with a runner on second and one out. Phillips got a strikeout and a groundout to stand the inherited runner and threw the next four innings.

In all, Phillips allowed one unearned run on one hit and three walks over a career-high 4 2/3 innings of work to earn the win. He struck out four batters. Redshirt senior Craig Yoho fired the last two innings and allowed one unearned run on two hits. He struck out four and did not walk a batter.

For Louisville, Noah Smith went 2-for-3 with one run scored and Will Vierling hit a solo home run in the third inning. Patrick Forbes drove in the other RBI for the Cardinals. Evan Webster (1-2) took the loss with three runs – two earned – allowed on two hits.

Scoring Recap
Top Third
Will Vierling hit a one-out solo home run.
Louisville 1, Indiana 0

Bottom Third
Hunter Jessee started the inning with a walk and moved to second on a base hit from Tyler Cerny. Peter Serruto moved the runners up a base with a sacrifice bunt and Phillip Glasser followed with a base hit to drive in the first run. Bobby Whalen followed with an RBI base hit and Devin Taylor plated two more with a single of his own. Brock Tibbitts capped the scoring with an RBI base knock.
Indiana 5, Louisville 1

Bottom Fourth
Cerny reached on a passed ball after striking out, moved to second on a Serruto sacrifice and came around to score on an errant throw by the UL catcher after a wild pitch advanced him to third.
Indiana 6, Louisville 1

Bottom Sixth
A walk to Serruto to start the inning was followed by a wild pitch to move him to second. With two outs, Tibbitts singled up the middle to bring Serruto around to score.
Indiana 7, Louisville 1

Top Seventh
A leadoff walk came all the way around to score on a base hit the right-center field that was misplayed off the bounce.
Indiana 7, Louisville 2

Top Eighth
Noah Smith singled to start the inning and worked his way around to third on a stolen base and failed back-pick attempt at second base. Patrick Forbes singled to plate the runner from third.
Indiana 7, Louisville 3

Up Next
Indiana will hit the road for a second midweek game on Wednesday (April 19) at Cincinnati. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. and will air on ESPN+ and can be heard on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.