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Photo by: Mike Janes Photography
BSU-IU Round 1 Goes To Indiana
April 16, 2019 | Baseball
Same teams will battle at Victory Field next week
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The first of two battles between Indiana's top baseball teams went to Indiana 14-3 on Tuesday. While the home team got the best of BSU Tuesday night, the Cardinals will be the home team Tuesday, April 23 when they meet at Victory Field.
IU (25-12), currently 2nd in the Big Ten standings, scored 4 times in 3 different innings to take command of the game. The home team scored 4 in the 1st, 5th and 7th innings. The Nos. 2 and 4 hitters in the lineup, Matt Gorski and Scotty Bradley, combined for 5 hits and 7 RBIs. As a team, Indiana hit 5 home runs.
Ball State (23-13) managed 5 hits but struck out 14 times against a trio of Indiana pitchers. Trailing 4-0 early, the Cardinals battled back with a pair of runs on RBIs by Chase Sebby and Ross Messina. The middle innings went to Indiana before Aaron Simpson added a sac fly for Ball State's final run of the night.
A key weekend lies ahead as Ball State travels to Miami in a battle for the top of the MAC standings. Miami is 2.0 games ahead of the Cardinals, who are tied with Central Michigan for 2nd place. Friday's series opener begins at 5 p.m. ET.
Cardinals fans can follow Ball State baseball on Twitter and Instagram at @BallStateBB.
IU (25-12), currently 2nd in the Big Ten standings, scored 4 times in 3 different innings to take command of the game. The home team scored 4 in the 1st, 5th and 7th innings. The Nos. 2 and 4 hitters in the lineup, Matt Gorski and Scotty Bradley, combined for 5 hits and 7 RBIs. As a team, Indiana hit 5 home runs.
Ball State (23-13) managed 5 hits but struck out 14 times against a trio of Indiana pitchers. Trailing 4-0 early, the Cardinals battled back with a pair of runs on RBIs by Chase Sebby and Ross Messina. The middle innings went to Indiana before Aaron Simpson added a sac fly for Ball State's final run of the night.
A key weekend lies ahead as Ball State travels to Miami in a battle for the top of the MAC standings. Miami is 2.0 games ahead of the Cardinals, who are tied with Central Michigan for 2nd place. Friday's series opener begins at 5 p.m. ET.
Cardinals fans can follow Ball State baseball on Twitter and Instagram at @BallStateBB.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sommer (3-1)
L: Burns, Brendan (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Messina, Ross 1 ; Ricotta, John 1 ; Bolton, Erek 1
RBI: Simpson, Aaron 1 ; Sebby, Chase 1 ; Messina, Ross 1
SF: Simpson, Aaron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sebby, Chase 1 ; Bolton, Erek 1 ; Powell, Noah 1
SB: Powell, Noah 1
HBP: Sebby, Chase 1
Batting:
3B: Bradley 1
HR: Gorski 1 ; Lloyd 1 ; Bradley 1 ; Barr 1 ; Crail 1
RBI: Ashley 2 ; Gorski 4 ; Lloyd 1 ; Bradley 3 ; Barr 1 ; Crail 1 ; Walker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ashley 1 ; Gorski 2 ; Lloyd 2 ; Bradley 2 ; Barr 2 ; Richardson 1 ; Dunham 1 ; Crail 1 ; Walker 1 ; Cross 1
SB: Walker 2
HBP: Ashley 1 ; Dunham 1
Game Leaders
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