Wednesday, April 24
Muncie, Ind.
3 PM
Ball State University
vs
Indiana
Baseball to Now Play IU on Wednesday at 3 P.M. in Muncie
April 22, 2024 | Baseball
*Tuesday night's game has been postponed due to rain. Ball State will now face Indiana at Ball Diamond in Muncie at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Ball State baseball team is set to play Indiana at Victory Field in Indianapolis on Tuesday night at 6 p.m.
Links to a single-camera broadcast, live stats and tickets can be found above and on the schedule page. Ball State will be the designated home team at the home of the Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Cardinals (25-15, 12-9 Mid-American Conference) and Hoosiers (22-18, 7-5 Big Ten) were originally scheduled to meet back on April 9 in Bloomington, but the game was canceled due to projected inclement weather.
Ball State won its fourth series in a row over the weekend at Western Michigan to improve to 13-3 since March 24, including 10-2 against MAC opponents. The Cardinals boast a 4-2 record against in-state opponents so far this year while going 2-2 vs Big Ten teams.
Indiana took 2 of 3 games at Minnesota over the weekend, winning Saturday's game 7-1 before getting run-ruled 13-2 in seven innings for the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. The Hoosiers bounced back with an 18-8 win in the nightcap.
The Ball State bats had success last year against Indiana's pitching staff to the tune of scoring 21 total runs in two games. Blake Bevis, Hunter Dobbins and Decker Scheffler each hit home runs during the April 11 battle in Bloomington, with Scheffler's being a grand slam. Bevis tacked on another big fly in the April 25 meeting in Muncie to finish the season series with five RBI, while Scheffler totaled six RBI for the two games.
Ball State's pitching staff leads the MAC with 10.0 strikeouts per nine innings (No. 34 nationally) and a 5.88 ERA. The Cardinal bats are second in doubles (69) and third in homers (62, No. 42), runs (280) and slugging percentage (.489).
Senior transfer Michael Hallquist paces the MAC with 114 total bases (No. 31 in NCAA Division I) while ranking second in hits (58) and slugging (.713), third in home runs (14), fourth in RBI (43) and fifth in batting average (.363). Junior left-handed pitcher Merritt Beeker paces the league and ranks tenth nationally in total strikeouts (82) and strikeouts per nine (14.7).
SCOUTING INDIANA: The Hoosiers went 43-20 (16-8 Big Ten) last year in head coach Jeff Mercer's fifth in charge of the program. Indiana lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the NCAA Regional in Lexington to end its season.
Indiana's offense leads the Big Ten in doubles (94, No. 16 nationally), runs (336, No. 22) and sacrifice flies (29, No. 4) while ranking second in hits (420, No. 19). Its pitchers are second in the conference and No. 18 in NCAA Division I with 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
Sophomore Tyler Cerny ranks third in the Big Ten in doubles (15), fifth in RBI (45) and seventh in hits (56), while junior Carter Mathison is third in walks (33) and junior Nick Mitchell is second in runs (45). Mitchell's .362 batting average paces the group while Mathison's nine homers are tops on the team.
Up Next
The Cardinals take a break from MAC play for a road series at NC State beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday in Raleigh.
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The Ball State baseball team is set to play Indiana at Victory Field in Indianapolis on Tuesday night at 6 p.m.
Links to a single-camera broadcast, live stats and tickets can be found above and on the schedule page. Ball State will be the designated home team at the home of the Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Cardinals (25-15, 12-9 Mid-American Conference) and Hoosiers (22-18, 7-5 Big Ten) were originally scheduled to meet back on April 9 in Bloomington, but the game was canceled due to projected inclement weather.
Ball State won its fourth series in a row over the weekend at Western Michigan to improve to 13-3 since March 24, including 10-2 against MAC opponents. The Cardinals boast a 4-2 record against in-state opponents so far this year while going 2-2 vs Big Ten teams.
Indiana took 2 of 3 games at Minnesota over the weekend, winning Saturday's game 7-1 before getting run-ruled 13-2 in seven innings for the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. The Hoosiers bounced back with an 18-8 win in the nightcap.
The Ball State bats had success last year against Indiana's pitching staff to the tune of scoring 21 total runs in two games. Blake Bevis, Hunter Dobbins and Decker Scheffler each hit home runs during the April 11 battle in Bloomington, with Scheffler's being a grand slam. Bevis tacked on another big fly in the April 25 meeting in Muncie to finish the season series with five RBI, while Scheffler totaled six RBI for the two games.
Ball State's pitching staff leads the MAC with 10.0 strikeouts per nine innings (No. 34 nationally) and a 5.88 ERA. The Cardinal bats are second in doubles (69) and third in homers (62, No. 42), runs (280) and slugging percentage (.489).
Senior transfer Michael Hallquist paces the MAC with 114 total bases (No. 31 in NCAA Division I) while ranking second in hits (58) and slugging (.713), third in home runs (14), fourth in RBI (43) and fifth in batting average (.363). Junior left-handed pitcher Merritt Beeker paces the league and ranks tenth nationally in total strikeouts (82) and strikeouts per nine (14.7).
SCOUTING INDIANA: The Hoosiers went 43-20 (16-8 Big Ten) last year in head coach Jeff Mercer's fifth in charge of the program. Indiana lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the NCAA Regional in Lexington to end its season.
Indiana's offense leads the Big Ten in doubles (94, No. 16 nationally), runs (336, No. 22) and sacrifice flies (29, No. 4) while ranking second in hits (420, No. 19). Its pitchers are second in the conference and No. 18 in NCAA Division I with 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
Sophomore Tyler Cerny ranks third in the Big Ten in doubles (15), fifth in RBI (45) and seventh in hits (56), while junior Carter Mathison is third in walks (33) and junior Nick Mitchell is second in runs (45). Mitchell's .362 batting average paces the group while Mathison's nine homers are tops on the team.
Up Next
The Cardinals take a break from MAC play for a road series at NC State beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday in Raleigh.
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