Baseball Gameday: host Ohio

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Taking a step out of conference play, the Indiana baseball program will host Ohio for a three-game series at Bart Kaufman Field. The series will open with a 6 p.m. first pitch on Friday (April 21).

Indiana (27-11) won a pair of midweek contests with a 7-3 home win over No. 10/13 Louisville and an 11-9 road victory over Cincinnati. Ohio (15-17) was off during the midweek and has won its last four weekend series, which includes three-game sweeps of Eastern Michigan and Toledo.

Gameday Info
Friday, April 21, 2023 | 6 p.m. ET
IU: Brooks Ey, RHP, Jr.
OU: Luke Olsen, RHP, Jr.

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Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 1 p.m. ET
IU: Luke Sinnard, RHP, So.
OU: Colin Sells, RHP, Gr.

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Sunday, April 23, 2023 | Noon ET
IU: Seti Manase, RHP, Jr.
OU: Zach Weber, RHP, So.

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Promotions

Retro Weekend: Celebrating the 80s, 90s and 2000s on the weekend. Anyone born in those years can receive $5 tickets on the day of the game with proof of age. (80s on Friday, 90s on Saturday, 2000s on Sunday)
Saturday is Bark In The Park: Fans are allowed to bring dogs into Bart Kaufman Field. Any fan who brings their dog is required to sign a waiver to allow their dog into the stadium. Waivers will be located and collected at the marketing table.
Sunday is Baseball Bingo and Kids Run the Bases/Postgame Autographs: Bingo cards are available at the marketing table with prizes from Bucceto's. After the game, all kids 12 and under are invited to come down to the field and run the bases.
Giveaways:
Friday - Script Indiana water bottles to the first 250 fans at the marketing table.
Saturday - Hoosier Hills Credit Union will be passing out IU-themed shirts to the first 250 fans.
Sunday - Script Indiana pennants to the first 250 fans at the marketing table.

Quick Hitter

Indiana and Ohio will meet for the fourth time in program history to open its three-game series on Friday. Indiana is 3-0 in those contests, including a win in the 2017 NCAA Lexington Regional.
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The Hoosiers have won 19 of 20 home games in 2023.Its 15-straight to open the season 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 27-game reached base streak in his first career start at Texas (2/25) and has 36 hits, 23 walks and four hit-by-pitch in that span for a .512 on-base percentage.
Taylor earned his third B1G Freshman of the Week award on April 17 and joined some exclusive company at IU and the Big Ten 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 38-game reached base and has 19 multi-hit games in that span. The 28-game reached base streak is the third-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. 5 with 248 career hits.
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Sophomore Ryan Kraft is riding a consecutive scoreless innings streak of 23 innings dating back to March 12.
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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

Ohio enters the weekend with a 15-17 overall record but sits No. 2 in the Mid-American Conference standings entering the final five weekends of the regular season at 13-5 in conference play.
Offense has been a major factor for Ohio as the Bobcats have scored eight-plus runs 14 times and 10-plus runs on nine occasions. They have scored three-or-fewer runs just five times on the year.
Alec Patino leads the team with a .364 average, 47 hits, 15 doubles and 41 RBIs on the season. He owns six home runs and has 11 walks with six hit-by-pitch to just 17 strikeouts.
The nine home runs for Mason Minzey leads the team, while his 32 runs, 33 RBIs and 22 walks all rank second on the squad.
Of the 14 pitchers with more than three appearances, just four have an ERA of under 5.00. Relievers Dillon Masters (2.76) and Jacob Tate (3.86) are a combined 5-1 with ERAs under 4.00 and back-end reliever Braxton Kelly has six saves with a 4.11 ERA with an 0-2 record.

Inside the Series

With just three previous meetings entering the weekend, Indiana is 3-0 all-time against Ohio in baseball since the two teams first met in a doubleheader in 1982.
The two teams first met in a Monday doubleheader in Bloomington, with Indiana winning 12-3 and 4-3 on May 3.
The last meeting between the programs came on June 3, 2017, at the NCAA Lexington Regional. The Hoosiers claimed an 11-2 victory in the elimination game of the regional.
Against the Mid-American Conference, Indiana is 140-91-1 all-time in 232 previous meetings. That includes a 3-0 record this season against the conference.
The most frequent opponent from the MAC has been Miami (Ohio) with 81 all-time meetings, followed by Ball State with 61 meetings.

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Players Mentioned

Brooks Ey

Phillip Glasser

Ryan Kraft

Seti Manase

Luke Sinnard

Devin Taylor