Baseball Gameday: at Indiana State

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – A second meeting between the Indiana baseball program and Indiana State will commence on Tuesday (April 4) on Bob Warn Field at 5 p.m. The Hoosiers and Sycamores will meet for the 115th time in series history with IU in search of its sixth midweek win in seven tries this season.

Indiana (20-8, 5-1 B1G) is fresh off its second straight Big Ten series win, winning two of three games at Penn State. Indiana State (14-12, 5-1 MVC) defeated Purdue in a midweek contest last week and won two of three games at UIC over the weekend.

Gameday Info
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Quick Hitter

Indiana and Indiana State will meet for the second time this season and 115th overall on Tuesday in Terre Haute. IU won the first meeting, 15-5, and owns a 67-46-1 edge on the all-time ledger.
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The Hoosiers have won 16 straight games at home, including a 15-game winning streak in 2023. It marks the longest home winning streak in Bart Kaufman Field history and the second-longest streak in program history.
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Over the last 10 games, sophomore Brock Tibbitts is hitting .488 with 16 RBIs, 16 runs scored and a .540 on-base percentage. Of his 20 hits, seven have gone for extra bases.
Sophomore Luke Sinnard struck out 13 Morehead State batters on March 17 to earn his third win of the season and earn national honors for his outing.
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Senior Hunter Jessee carried a 34-game reached base streak between the 2022 and 2023 seasons, which marked a career long for the left-handed hitter and the second longest such streak since at least 2005.
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Senior Phillip Glasser enters the weekend with a 28-game reached base and has 15 multi-hit games in that span.
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Glasser is also among the top-50 active hitters in a bevy of categories, including No. 5 with 235 career hits.
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After its first Big Ten series sweep since 2021, sophomore Brock Tibbitts and freshman Devin Taylor were honored by the Big Ten with Player and Co-Freshman of the Week accolades, respectively.
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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.
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Scouting the Opponent

Indiana State owns a 14-12 overall record and is 5-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play through two conference weekends. ISU sits at No. 27 in the latest RPI report.
The Sycamores have won six of seven games since dropping the March 21 contest at Indiana, with a 4-0 mark at Bob Warn Field that includes a series sweep of Valparaiso and a midweek win over Purdue.
Indiana State sits No. 8 nationally in fielding percentage at .984 on the season.
Seth Gergley has bounced around the batting order but continues to lead the team in batting average at .360 to go along with a team-best 20 runs scored.
Nine home runs from Mike Sears ranks No. 2 in the Missouri Valley Conference and his 24 RBIs lead the team and are among the top 10 in the conference.
The pitching staff has used 16 different arms this season, with Jared Spencer its top option out of the bullpen with a 4.08 ERA in 13 appearances. He has 28 strikeouts over 17 2/3 innings of work.

Inside the Series

Indiana will meet Indiana State for the second time in 2023 and 115th time in program history on Tuesday at Bob Warn Field.
The Hoosiers are 67-46-1 all-time against the Sycamores with a 25-23-1 record in games played in Terre Haute.
Over the last 25 meetings, the Hoosiers are 14-11 against the Sycamores, but have won five straight.
Four of the last five meetings have come at Bob Warn Field, with IU winning each of those games.
The Hoosiers own a five-game winning streak in road games versus Indiana State, with the Sycamores last winning at home during the 2015 season.
Five of the last eight meetings have been decided by two-or-fewer runs, including Indiana's 6-5 come-from-behind win in Terra Haute in 2022.
Of the 113 meetings, IU and ISU have produced at least 10 runs combined in 71 of those, including a 15-5 Indiana win earlier this season.

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Players Mentioned

Phillip Glasser

Hunter Jessee

Luke Sinnard

Devin Taylor

Brock Tibbitts

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