Defense, Pitching Hurts Hoosiers in Midweek Loss

Tuesday, March 19

Terre Haute, Ind.

4:00 PM

Indiana University

11-10

Indiana State

15-4

Indiana

Indiana State

Defense, Pitching Hurts Hoosiers in Midweek Loss

3/19/2024 7:00:00 PM | Baseball

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Despite jumping out to a 6-0 lead after two-and-a-half innings, the Indiana Baseball team (11-10) fell victim to a number of self-inflicted mistakes, losing to Indiana State 15-7 on Tuesday (March 19th) night at Bob Warn Field.

The Sycamores hit five home runs including a massive three-run shot from Mike Sears to tie the game at six. With the game tied at seven, sophomore pitcher Brayden Risedorph induced a fly ball that was misplayed in the outfield, allowing three runs to score. IU committed three errors and was outscored 15-1 over the final six innings of play.

Junior outfielder Nick Mitchell and sophomore outfielder Devin Taylor combined for five hits but all 10 of IU's base knocks were singles on the evening. The Hoosiers walked four times but struck out on nine occasions.

Big Ten play begins this weekend for IU at Bart Kaufman Field as Illinois visits for a three-game set. All games will be broadcasted on BTN+.

Scoring Recap
Top First
Brock Tibbitts handed the Hoosiers an early lead, hitting a fly ball to the warning track for a sacrifice fly.
Indiana 1, Indiana State 0

Top Second
The Hoosiers did damage with two outs as Nick Mitchell, Josh Pyne and Devin Taylor provided three-consecutive RBI singles to extend the lead to four.
Indiana 4, Indiana State 0

Top Third
After an Indiana State pitching change, Jake Stadler lined a two-run single up the middle to score Carter Mathison and Morgan Colopy.
Indiana 6, Indiana State 0

Bottom Third
The hosts got back into the ballgame in the third. Luis Hernandez hit a monster two-run home run off of IU reliever Aydan Decker-Petty. Parker Stinson went yard on the very next pitch to trim the deficit to three.
Indiana 6, Indiana State 3

Bottom Fifth
After IU turned to its bullpen, bringing in Brayden Risedorph, Mike Sears connected on a three-run home run into right-center field to tie the game.
Indiana 6, Indiana State 6

Top Sixth
Devin Taylor handed the lead back to IU with an RBI ground out to the shortstop. It's all IU could muster in the inning and was the last run the visitors would score.
Indiana 7, Indiana State 6

Bottom Sixth
Indiana State broke the game open in the sixth, hanging a seven spot on the scoreboard. Dominic Listi singled to center field off the end of the bat. In what looked like the final out of the inning, Risedorph induced a fly ball that was lost in the sun in right field. It was ruled a double as all three runners came around to score. A single from Josue Urdaneta and a two-run home run from Adam Pottinger further extended the damage.
Indiana State 13, Indiana 7

Bottom Seventh
Randal Diaz hit a solo home run to extend the lead.
Indiana State 14, Indiana 7

Bottom Eighth
With the bases loaded, second baseman Jasen Oliver fumbled a routine ground ball and allowed Joe Kido to score an unearned run.
Indiana 15, Belmont 7

Notes to Know
• Sophomore outfielder Devin Taylor had a three-hit game, his fifth three-hit contest of the season. In 20 games played, he's had at least two hits on 11 occasions.

• Junior third baseman Josh Pyne extended his team-leading hitting streak to eight games. He now has 177 hits in his career, just 23 away from 200.

Top Hoosier Performers
#20 Mitchell, Nick
2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB

#5 Taylor, Devin
3-5, 2 RBI

Up Next
IU begins Big Ten play this weekend at Bart Kaufman Field as Illinois makes the trip to Bloomington. All game will be streamed on BTN+ or can be heard on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.