Baseball Gameday: host Iowa

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – It's a showdown of two of the top teams in the Big Ten this weekend at Bart Kaufman Field, as the Indiana baseball program will host Iowa in a three-game series that begins on Friday (April 7) at 6 p.m.

Indiana (20-9, 5-1 B1G) has won each of its first two conference series with a sweep of Ohio State to open Big Ten play and a road series win at Penn State. Iowa (21-6, 1-2 B1G) played its final out of conference series on the opening weekend of B1G play and dropped two of three games to Maryland in Iowa City last weekend.

Gameday Info
Friday, April 7, 2023
IU: Ben Seiler, LHP, Sr.+
UI: Brody Brecht, RHP, So.

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Saturday, April 8, 2023
IU: Luke Sinnard, RHP, So.
UI: Marcus Morgan, RHP, So.

TV: Big Ten Network
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Sunday, April 9, 2023
IU: TBA
UI: Ty Langenberg, RHP, Jr.

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Quick Hitter

Indiana and Iowa are separate by just five games in the all-time series, with the Hawkeyes owning a slim 84-79 edge. Iowa swept the series last season, but Indiana has won five straight home series.
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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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During his 12-game reached base streak, sophomore Brock Tibbitts is hitting .489 with 16 RBIs, 16 runs scored and a .537 on-base percentage. Of his 22 hits, eight 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 29-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 236 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

Iowa enters the weekend with a 21-6 overall record and a 1-2 mark in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes dropped two of the three games to Maryland last weekend in Iowa City, but defeated Bradley on the road Tuesday.
The Hawkeyes lead the Big Ten in scoring (8.7 rpg) and ERA (4.37) to go a long with a conference-best 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
Sophomore Brody Brecht leads the Big Ten in fewest hits per nine innings (5.08) and strikeouts (59) to go along with a 2.67 ERA over 33 2/3 innings of work.
Brecht, Zach Voelker and Jared Simpson are all tied for the team lead with three victories on the season.
Graduate transfer Brennen Dorighi leads the team with a .357 average and is tied for the lead with 32 runs scored and 30 RBIs.
Sophomore Keaton Anthony has hit six home runs to pace the team and his 13 doubles are tied atop the Big Ten charts.

Inside the Series

Friday's meeting will mark the 164th in the all-time series and just five games separate the two teams, as Iowa owns an 84-79 edge.
The first meeting between the two programs came in 1913, a 4-2 win for the Hoosiers, and Indiana won the first three meetings in series history.
Indiana is 47-37 all-time against Iowa at home, with five straight series wins over the Hawkeyes in Bloomington.
Indiana's longest winning streaks against the Hawkeyes is eight straight games. It occurred twice once from 2009-11 and against from 2012-14.
IU is 3-1-1 in the last five series versus Iowa, with the lone series loss a sweep at the hands of the Hawkeyes to end the 2022 regular season in Iowa City.

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Players Mentioned

Phillip Glasser

Hunter Jessee

Ben Seiler

Luke Sinnard

Devin Taylor

Brock Tibbitts

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