Foley Pitches Gem, Hoosiers Beat Bears 6-1

Saturday, February 24

Waco, Texas

3:00 PM

Indiana University

5-1

Baylor

1-5

Indiana

Baylor

2/24/2024 6:30:00 PM | Baseball

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WACO, Texas – Sophomore pitcher Connor Foley (W, 1-0) had the best outing of his young career on Saturday (Feb. 24) afternoon at Baylor Ballpark, pitching six innings of one-hit, scoreless baseball in a 6-1 victory over Baylor.

Despite issuing four walks, Foley was in complete control of the entire contest. He threw a career-high 93 pitches, striking out seven batters while conceding just a lone hit to Baylor's leadoff hitter. Sixth-year senior Ty Bothwell (SV, 1) was awarded the save for his three innings of one-run baseball.

All nine IU starters recorded at least one hit including freshman designated hitter Cal Sefcik who tallied the first hit of his collegiate career. Sophomore outfielder Devin Taylor connected on his first home run of the season; a loud 403-foot shot in the third inning.

Fifth-year senior Morgan Colopy went yard for the third time this season and second time this weekend while redshirt junior catcher Jake Stadler contributed two RBIs in the victory.

The Hoosiers led the entire way on Saturday afternoon and have still yet to trail in the weekend series in Waco. IU will look to slam the door shut on the weekend on Sunday as it goes for its first non-conference true road sweep since 2007.

Scoring Recap
Top First
Like he did on Friday night, Brock Tibbitts opened the scoring for the Hoosiers in the first frame. After working the count full, the junior single on a line drive to center field, scoring the leadoff hitter Carter Mathison from second base.
Indiana 1, Baylor 0

Top Third
Devin Taylor took the first pitch he saw over the fence in right field for his first home run of the season. His long ball registered a 106 mile-per-hour exit speed off the bat and went 403 feet.
Indiana 2, Baylor 0

Top Fourth
Morgan Colopy homered over the fence in right field, his second opposite field home run of the weekend.
Indiana 3, Baylor 0

Top Fifth
Back-to-back singles from Jake Stadler and Cal Sefcik added some insurance runs in the fifth. Josh Pyne and Taylor scored respectively on the hits as the Hoosiers opened a five-run lead.
Indiana 5, Baylor 0

Top Seventh
Stadler did his job once again in the seventh, driving home Taylor on a line drive single to center field.
Indiana 6, Baylor 0

Bottom Eighth
Baylor finally got on the board in the eighth. Hunter Teplanszky singled up the middle out of the reach of shortstop Tyler Cerny to bring Cortlan Castle around to score.
Indiana 6, Baylor 1

Notes to Know
• All nine starters recorded a hit for the Hoosiers. Tyler Cerny and Josh Pyne each had multi-hit games while Cal Sefcik tallied his first career hit. This was the first contest since last year's 26-11 (May 12) win over Purdue that all nine starters have tallied a hit.

• IU's last sweep in a true non-conference road environment came in 2007 at Florida A&M. The Hoosiers will look to take all three contests from the Bears on Sunday afternoon.

• The Hoosiers' 5-1 start to the season is the best in a full collegiate campaign since 2018 (7-1). IU began the COVID-19 shortened season in 2021 at 8-1.

• Josh Pyne continues to inch closer to the 200-hit mark for his career. He's got 12 hits on the season (.414 batting average) and 161 for his career.

• IU's pitching staff has held opponents to six or fewer runs in all six contests. Five different pitchers have recorded wins with three different players recording saves.

Top Hoosier Performers
#32 Pyne, Josh
2-5, 1 R, 1 2B

#5 Taylor, Devin
1-3, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI

#14 Foley, Connor
6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 7 K

Quotable
Pitcher Connor Foley
On the comfort level of the second start…
"It's so much easier to pitch when you have trust in the guys behind you. It's really easy to do my job when you have faith in the defense on the field.

On controlling the game….
"Coach [Dustin] Glant always talks about managing the game and not letting one walk snowball into more. You really got to bare down in those moments and take control of the game. You're going after the hitters. They don't have the ball in their hands. It's yours.

Up Next
The Hoosiers go for the weekend sweep on Sunday afternoon (2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM CT) against the Bears. The game will be available via ESPN+ and can be heard on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.