Midweek Matinee Road Win

Wednesday, May 10

Cincinnati, Ohio

3 P.M.

Indiana University

35-14

Xavier

30-19

Indiana

Xavier

5/10/2023 6:30:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

CINCINNATI – A fever pitch of scoring opened the game, before the Indiana baseball team gritted out an 8-6 win on Wednesday (May 10) afternoon against Xavier at Hayden Field. IU piled up eight runs over the first five innings, before XU trimmed the lead to two runs in the eighth but could get no closer.

Indiana (35-14) scored in each of the first five innings with two in the first inning and one in the second inning before Xavier (30-19) got two runs in the bottom of the second. Two more in the third and fourth innings pushed IU's lead to 7-1. The Musketeers got two back in the bottom of the fourth, IU added one run in the fifth and Xavier made it a two-run game with three in the eighth.

Sophomore Brock Tibbitts paced the offense with his third career multi-home run game. He was 2-for-3 with two home runs, walked once, drove in four RBIs and scored three times. Sophomore Josh Pyne and freshman Tyler Cerny each hit home runs in the game. Pyne added a sacrifice fly to produce his 10th multi-RBI game of the season.

Senior Ty Bothwell (3-1) allowed one run over three innings of work with four strikeouts to earn the win. He walked one and allowed two hits in his fifth start of the season. Freshman Connor Foley fired two scoreless innings with four strikeouts and stranded two inherited runners in the fifth inning.

Freshman Brayden Risedorph (5) picked up the save by throwing the final 1 2/3 innings of work scoreless. He allowed one hit and struck out two to earn the save in the third straight game for Indiana.

Teddy Deters drove in four of the six Xavier RBIs with a home run and triple in the game, while Jared Cushing also hit a home run. Nick Boyle (1-2) took the loss with five runs allowed on three hits over three innings of work.

Scoring Recap
Top First
Phillip Glasser walked to start the inning and Brock Tibbitts hit a two-run home with two outs.
Indiana 2, at Xavier 0

Top Second
Josh Pyne led off the inning with a home run to left field.
Indiana 3, at Xavier 0

Bottom Second
A one-out solo home run from Jared Cushing got Xavier on the board.
Indiana 3, at Xavier 1

Top Third
Devin Taylor was hit by a two-out pitch and Tibbitts followed with his second home run of the game.
Indiana 5, at Xavier 1

Top Fourth
A one-out home run from Tyler Cerny got the scoring started in the frame. A single from Peter Serruto was followed by a fielder's choice from Sam Murrison. A walk to Glasser moved runners to first and second, before a failed pickoff attempt allowed Murrison to score from second.
Indiana 7, at Xavier 1

Bottom Fourth
A leadoff single from Carter Hendrickson was followed by a pair of outs. Teddy Deters pushed the run across with a two-run home run.
Indiana 7, at Xavier 3

Top Fifth
Tibbitts walked and Carter Mathison doubled to put runners on second and third with one out. Pyne's sacrifice fly accounted for the lone run of the inning.
Indiana 8, at Xavier 3

Bottom Eighth
A leadoff walk to Hendrickson and one-out single from Alex Helmin put two runners on base against Gabe Levy. After Deters triple cleared the bases, Brayden Risedorph entered and allowed a sacrifice fly to score score the third run of the inning. A strikeout ended the threat.
Indiana 8, at Xavier 6

Up Next
Indiana will host Purdue in a three-game Big Ten series starting on Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m. on Bart Kaufman Field. All three games will be carried on the B1G+ and the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.