Tuesday, April 8
Bloomington, Ind.
6:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
Ball State
Baseball Central: Ball State
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Coming off a series sweep of Michigan State, the Indiana Baseball team (18-14, 9-6 B1G) will look to keep things on rolling on Tuesday (April 8) against Ball State at Bart Kaufman Field. It will be the fourth game that IU plays in a little over 50 hours.
IU held Michigan State to just eight runs (seven earned) in the three-game series. Its pitching staff allowed just four walks all weekend and held the visitors under four runs in each contest. On the season, IU is 14-1 when holding the opponents to fewer than six runs.
Redshirt sophomore outfielder Korbyn Dickerson went on a tear on Monday afternoon, picking up seven hits across both sides of the doubleheader. Through games played on April 7th, Dickerson leads the conference in hits (53) and RBIs (54). He's second in the Big Ten in runs (42) and home runs (14).
The midweek contest with Ball State closes out a season-long nine-game homestand. Entering Tuesday, the Hoosiers are 5-3 in the stretch with two of the three losses coming by a combined three runs. Three of IU's five wins in that timeframe came in run-rule fashion.
IU will play host to Ball State for the first time since 2023. The two teams played just once in 2024 – a game that resulted in the lone tie of the head coach Jeff Mercer era. On the Cardinals' home field in Muncie, the two sides played a 12-inning affair that lasted north of four hours. It resulted in a tie because Ball State didn't have lights to continue in extra innings. There were 20 combined pitchers used.
First pitch at Bart Kaufman Field is set for 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. IU will head to Illinois this weekend to continue Big Ten action with a three-game set in Champaign.
Gameday Info
vs. Ball State (Tuesday, April 8th – 6:00 PM ET)
Live Video: bit.ly/42s43KP
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/43IKXT1
Probable Starters
Ball State
• Tuesday – RHP Jackson Yarberry, So. (0-0, 8.59 ERA)
Leading Off
• With three wins against Michigan State, the Hoosiers picked up the 10th Big Ten sweep (at least three games) in head coach Jeff Mercer's tenure in Bloomington. It's the second conference series sweep of the season (Ohio State) and the sixth over the last three seasons. This is the fourth time (2019, 2021, 2023) that IU has swept a Big Ten home weekend on multiple occasions in the same season under the skipper.
• Junior shortstop Tyler Cerny was hit by three pitches during the doubleheader on Monday. He moved into a tie for first in program history with 38 hit-by-pitches, joining Chris Hervey (2006-09) at the top of the record books. In his career, the veteran has just one more walk (39) than hit-by-pitch (38) – one of the stranger stat lines in IU baseball history.
• Freshman outfielder Caleb Koskie and freshman third baseman Will Moore each hit their first career home runs in the second game of Monday's doubleheader. They became the 49th and 50th unique players respectively to hit home runs for the Hoosiers since Mercer took over ahead of the 2019 season. There have been 14 different players go yard this season.
• Koskie added his name to a growing list of young players in the second game of the doubleheader. He became the sixth IU freshman since 2019 with at least six RBIs in one game. His first-year counterpart, Cooper Malamazian, did so as well in a win over Bellarmine (March 25). It's the second-straight year that multiple freshmen have done so.
• IU dominated the weekend over Michigan State. The home team outscored its competition by 30 runs (38-8) in a brilliant offensive performance at Bart Kaufman Field. It's the third time in the Mercer era that IU has had a run differential of at least 30 runs in a Big Ten sweep (+35 – Purdue, May 2023 & +34 – Minnesota, April 2021).
• Junior outfielder Devin Taylor inched closer to an all-time mark this weekend. He picked up six base hits in three games, taking his career tally to 197. He needs three hits in Tuesday's contest with Ball State to reach 200 on his home field. If not, he's more than likely to reach the threshold in this weekend's series with Illinois.
• Albeit being just a seven-inning game, IU's duo of graduate students Ben Grable and Cole Gilley didn't allow a walk in game one of the doubleheader. It is the first time this year that the Hoosiers have gone without giving up a walk and the first time doing so overall since 2024 (vs. Butler – March 29).
IU held Michigan State to just eight runs (seven earned) in the three-game series. Its pitching staff allowed just four walks all weekend and held the visitors under four runs in each contest. On the season, IU is 14-1 when holding the opponents to fewer than six runs.
Redshirt sophomore outfielder Korbyn Dickerson went on a tear on Monday afternoon, picking up seven hits across both sides of the doubleheader. Through games played on April 7th, Dickerson leads the conference in hits (53) and RBIs (54). He's second in the Big Ten in runs (42) and home runs (14).
The midweek contest with Ball State closes out a season-long nine-game homestand. Entering Tuesday, the Hoosiers are 5-3 in the stretch with two of the three losses coming by a combined three runs. Three of IU's five wins in that timeframe came in run-rule fashion.
IU will play host to Ball State for the first time since 2023. The two teams played just once in 2024 – a game that resulted in the lone tie of the head coach Jeff Mercer era. On the Cardinals' home field in Muncie, the two sides played a 12-inning affair that lasted north of four hours. It resulted in a tie because Ball State didn't have lights to continue in extra innings. There were 20 combined pitchers used.
First pitch at Bart Kaufman Field is set for 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. IU will head to Illinois this weekend to continue Big Ten action with a three-game set in Champaign.
Gameday Info
vs. Ball State (Tuesday, April 8th – 6:00 PM ET)
Live Video: bit.ly/42s43KP
Live Audio: bit.ly/IUAudio
Live Stats: bit.ly/43IKXT1
Probable Starters
Ball State
• Tuesday – RHP Jackson Yarberry, So. (0-0, 8.59 ERA)
Leading Off
• With three wins against Michigan State, the Hoosiers picked up the 10th Big Ten sweep (at least three games) in head coach Jeff Mercer's tenure in Bloomington. It's the second conference series sweep of the season (Ohio State) and the sixth over the last three seasons. This is the fourth time (2019, 2021, 2023) that IU has swept a Big Ten home weekend on multiple occasions in the same season under the skipper.
• Junior shortstop Tyler Cerny was hit by three pitches during the doubleheader on Monday. He moved into a tie for first in program history with 38 hit-by-pitches, joining Chris Hervey (2006-09) at the top of the record books. In his career, the veteran has just one more walk (39) than hit-by-pitch (38) – one of the stranger stat lines in IU baseball history.
• Freshman outfielder Caleb Koskie and freshman third baseman Will Moore each hit their first career home runs in the second game of Monday's doubleheader. They became the 49th and 50th unique players respectively to hit home runs for the Hoosiers since Mercer took over ahead of the 2019 season. There have been 14 different players go yard this season.
• Koskie added his name to a growing list of young players in the second game of the doubleheader. He became the sixth IU freshman since 2019 with at least six RBIs in one game. His first-year counterpart, Cooper Malamazian, did so as well in a win over Bellarmine (March 25). It's the second-straight year that multiple freshmen have done so.
• IU dominated the weekend over Michigan State. The home team outscored its competition by 30 runs (38-8) in a brilliant offensive performance at Bart Kaufman Field. It's the third time in the Mercer era that IU has had a run differential of at least 30 runs in a Big Ten sweep (+35 – Purdue, May 2023 & +34 – Minnesota, April 2021).
• Junior outfielder Devin Taylor inched closer to an all-time mark this weekend. He picked up six base hits in three games, taking his career tally to 197. He needs three hits in Tuesday's contest with Ball State to reach 200 on his home field. If not, he's more than likely to reach the threshold in this weekend's series with Illinois.
• Albeit being just a seven-inning game, IU's duo of graduate students Ben Grable and Cole Gilley didn't allow a walk in game one of the doubleheader. It is the first time this year that the Hoosiers have gone without giving up a walk and the first time doing so overall since 2024 (vs. Butler – March 29).
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