Kraft, Hoosiers Toss Complete Game Shutout

Friday, May 9

Bloomington, Ind.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

Purdue

5/9/2025 10:00:00 PM | Baseball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – In what was likely his final appearance on the mound at Bart Kaufman Field, senior southpaw Ryan Kraft (W, 3-1) provided one of the best outings of his career. He tossed seven scoreless frames in a commanding 8-0 victory over in-state rival Purdue on Friday (May 9) evening. The final two innings were covered by the bullpen to complete the shutout.

Kraft worked ahead in counts and let his defense do most of the work. He had just four strikeouts while getting 17 outs via the eight players around him. He ended his outing on 85 pitches, allowing graduate student Cole Gilley and redshirt junior Pete Haas to combine for the final six outs.

The shutout victory was IU's first in Big Ten play since a 4-0 win over Northwestern in 2023. It was the first over Purdue since opening a three-game set in 2014 with a 6-0 victory. Kraft's seven-inning showing was the longest appearance of any IU pitcher this season and sets up the bullpen nicely for the rest of the weekend.

Most of IU's offense was done unconventionally – through small ball. The Hoosiers had three bunt singles and added a RBI sacrifice bunt on top of that. Freshman shortstop Cooper Malamazian drove in the first three runs of the ballgame and the home team just added on from there.

Three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning was enough to see out the job on Friday evening. Four Hoosiers – including Malamazian – had multi-hit contests. The Hoosiers also took eight walks and did a fantastic job of getting on base. IU scored in just three innings but put up crooked numbers on each occasion.

IU will go for the series victory tomorrow (May 10) afternoon at 2:00 p.m. The Hoosiers took the first step in securing a Big Ten Tournament bid and could work up into the top six of the league standings by the end of the weekend. Tomorrow's game will be streamed on B1G+.

Scoring Recap
Bottom Second
IU opened the scoring in the second. Cooper Malamazian brought in a run on a double to left field before Jake Stadler laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to score one more.
Indiana 2, Purdue 0

Bottom Third
The Hoosiers got breathing room – and chased the Purdue starter – in the third. Malamazian smoked a ball through the left side to score two. Andrew Wiggins brought home one more on a RBI fielder's choice.
Indiana 5, Purdue 0

Bottom Eighth
Three runs in the eighth put the game to bed for the home team. Will Moore had a sacrifice fly before Devin Taylor brought one home on a RBI bunt. Jake Hanley also had a fielder's choice RBI to put the eighth run on the board.
Indiana 8, Purdue 0

Top Hoosier Performers
#29 Kraft, Ryan
7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K

#15 Malamazian, Cooper
2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R

#12 Denny, Hogan
2-3, 2 R, 2 BB

Inside the Box Score
• IU handed out just two free passes in the whole game (two walks).
• The offense needed just two extra-base hits to win the contest.
• IU had three bunt singles in the ballgame.
• In totality, IU threw just 112 pitches in the nine innings on the mound.

Notes to Know
• Senior left-handed pitcher Ryan Kraft was phenomenal in what was likely his final pitching appearance at Bart Kaufman Field. He had the longest outing of any Hoosier this season (7.0 IP) and needed just 85 pitches to record 21 outs. It was his second career appearance of at least seven innings (7.1 IP at Northwestern – May 6, 2023).

• Kraft moved into 16th in program history in career strikeouts. He passed big leaguer Andrew Saalfrank (17th - 188) on the all-time charts in Bloomington. During his time in the cream and crimson, Kraft has 104 more strikeouts than he does walks (189-84).

• IU's pitching staff blanked Purdue on Friday evening and allowed two runners to reach third base the entire game. Kraft and veteran relievers Cole Gilley and Pete Haas combined on the complete game shutout, IU's first against a Big Ten opponent since 2023 (May 5 – at Northwestern).

• The shutout was IU's second of the season but the first to go the full nine innings. It was the first time that the Hoosiers have held Purdue scoreless since May 2nd, 2014. Joey DeNato, a fellow southpaw, went seven scoreless innings in that contest. IU went on to sweep that series 11 years ago.

Up Next
The Hoosiers will continue its rivalry series with Purdue tomorrow (May 10) at 2:00 p.m. The game will be streamed on B1G+ and will be carried on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.