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Cole Gilley | Korbyn Dickerson | Jeff Mercer

Jeff Mercer discusses offensive struggles on Senior Day By Carl James @jovian34 May 10th, 2025 Indiana matched Purdue in hits on Saturday, but was outscored 5-1 as the Hoosiers just couldn't get the big hit to drive in multiple runs. Head coach Jeff Mercer met with the media following the contest. Indiana and Purdue will play a nationally televised rubber match at 4pm Sunday. See You at the Bart!...

Jeff Mercer | Ryan Kraft | Cooper Malamazian

Cole Gilley | Will Moore | Jeff Mercer

Zach, Chris, Carl, and Cass discuss a nice 4-0 week on the road

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Zach, Chris, Carl, and Cass discuss a tough series sweep in Iowa City

Zach, Chris, Carl, and Cass discuss a week of ups and downs By Carl James @jovian34 April 22nd, 2025 Indiana had an eventful week. Tuesday saw the Hoosiers drop another close game, this time in the final home midweek game against Indiana State. The bats didn’t do enough to overcome several balls finding holes in a big middle inning. The Hoosiers were down 6 to 1 going into the bottom of the 8th on...

Korbyn Dickerson | Ben Grable | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 20th, 2025 Indiana claimed its first rubber match of the season in convincing style with 15-5 run rule victory over Maryland on Easter Sunday to take the series. Four Hoosier hitters belted home runs. Jake Hanley had two of those, along with shots by Korbyn Dickerson, Tyler Cerny, and Devin Taylor called game in the 8th inni...

Jeff Mercer discusses poor pitching early and Taylor's record breaking home run By Carl James @jovian34 April 19th, 2025 With the rain pouring down in the 2nd and 3rd innings, Hoosier pitching gave up 14 runs as Maryland cruised to a run-rule victory at Bart Kaufman Field on Saturday. After a rain delay things settled down on the mound, and Devin Taylor hit his 48th career home run eclipsing the p...

Will Moore | Ryan Kraft | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 19th, 2025 Indiana roared back from a 6-1 middle 8th inning deficit to win 7-6 on a Will Moore walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning. Ryan Kraft handled the bulk of the pitching load with four innings of solid middle relief. The media met with Moore, Kraft, and head coach Jeff Mercer following the contest. Indiana and...

Ryan Kraft | Cooper Malamazian | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 16th, 2025 The media spoke with senior pitcher Ryan Kraft, freshman shortstop Cooper Malamazian, and head coach Jeff Mercer following practice and scrimmage on Wednesday. Ryan Kraft and Cooper Malamazian Indiana welcomes the Maryland Terapins to Bart Kaufman Field, Friday April 18th at 6pm Eastern. See You at the Bart! YouT...

Zach, Chris, Carl, and Cass discuss a series loss at Illinois By Carl James @jovian34 April 14th, 2025 Indiana went on the road this weekend and picked up their fourth series loss out of six in conference play. Only by the fact that their series wins have both been sweeps are the Hoosiers still on the right side of .500 baseball in conference play. As it broke down, it was the Friday night game th...

Hogan Denny | Cole Gilley | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 13th, 2025 CHAMPAIGN, IL - The Hoosiers' evened the series at Illinois on Saturday with an all round great performance, including another dominant turn from righty grad student Cole Gilley and a multi-hit day from freshman Hogan Denny. The media spoke with Gilley, Denny, and head coach Jeff Mercer following the game. Hogan Denny...

Jeff Mercer discusses hitting woes and pitching deployment choices By Carl James @jovian34 April 12th, 2025 CHAMPAIGN, IL - The Hoosiers' 4-game winning streak was snapped Friday night as Illini righty Tyler Schmitt held the Hoosiers to just one run in 7 innings. Devin Taylor joined the Hoosier career 200-hit club and Ryan Kraft was excellent in middle relief. The media spoke with head coach Jeff...

Zach, Chris, Carl, and Cass discuss a 4-1 week capped off by 4 wins in just three days. By Carl James @jovian34 April 9th, 2025 After another disappointing collapse, this time defensively, against Louisville last Tuesday, the Hoosiers faced another condensed series, playing 4 games in three days from Sunday to Tuesday. The results were impressive to say the least. Indiana was the first team this s...

Deron Swanson | Joey Brenczewski | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 9th, 2025 The Hoosiers completed a stretch of four games in three days winning all four with 7-5 win over Ball State on Tuesday night. Lefty Deron Swanson earned the win with 4.1 innings of scoreless middle relief. Joey Brenczewski got on base 3 times. The media spoke with Swanson, Brenczewski, and head coach Jeff Mercer...

Korbyn Dickerson | Caleb Koskie | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 7th, 2025 The Hoosiers put on show of complete and utter domination on Monday, sweeping the double header over Michigan State by a combined score of 32-4, concluding a series sweep as well. Hoosier hitters were relentless and pitchers just kept throwing strikes. Korbyn Dickerson now leads the B1G in RBIs and Caleb Koskie c...

Devin Taylor | Ryan Kraft | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 6th, 2025 The Hoosiers managed to collect four earned runs against Michigan State ace lefty Joseph Dzierwa, who had only given up 6 earned runs all season before this outing. Devin Taylor had three hits as part of the Hoosier effort to get the lead. Senior Gavin Seebold got the win with a 2 earned run 5 inning performance. Ryan...

Jake Stadler | Korbyn Dickerson | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 April 2nd, 2025 The Hoosiers committed 5 errors and allowed three late unearned runs as they fell at home to no. 18 Louisville. After the Tuesday night game, the media spoke with head coach Jeff Mercer. On Wednesday, following practice, the media met with Stadler, Dickerson and Mercer. Korbyn Dickerson and Jake Stadler Indiana c...

Zach, Chris, Carl, and Cass discuss a 2-2 week with a home series lost in a rubber match late inning meltdown. By Carl James @jovian34 March 31st, 2025 It was a frustrating week for Indiana Baseball which lost its third Big Ten weekend series of the season. What really made it frustrating was that the Hoosiers were four innings away from winning the rubber match against USC with a 9-run lead. The...

Jeff Mercer discusses Indiana's late collapse to lose a key home conference series. By Carl James @jovian34 March 30th, 2025 Indiana scored 12 runs in the first four innings, but couldn't hold onto a 9-run lead after 5 innings as USC slowly came back and took over with a two-run homer in the top of ninth. USC went on to defeat Indiana 13-12. Head coach Jeff Mercer met with the media following the...

Cooper Malamazian | Tyler Cerny | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 March 28th, 2025 Hoosiers and Trojans split the doubleheader at Bart Kaufman Field with the wind blowing out and nine combined home runs. Tyler Cerny went 5 for 8 with a home run and 3 RBI's. Cooper Malamazian went 4 for 8 with two doubles and three RBIs. Cole Gilley and Pete Haas combined to strike out 15 Trojans in 7.2 innings...

Grant Holderfield | Jake Hanley | Cole Gilley | Tyler Cerny | Jeff Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 March 26th, 2025 The Hoosiers run ruled Bellarmine on Tuesday night. Indiana used 7 pitchers, each with one shut-out inning while the bats put up 13 runs including a Tyler Cerny inside-the-park home run and a Cooper Malamazian grand slam. Cole Gilley got the win with one inning in the first and Grant...

Zach, Carl, and Cass discuss a 2-2 week. By Carl James @jovian34 March 24th, 2025 It was a mixed week for Indiana Baseball. They extended their win streak to 6 games with a midweek win at home over Evansville and taking the opener of the weekend series at now no. 24 UCLA. The Hoosiers were unable to win the series, however, losing Saturday and Sunday in late innings. UCLA’s deep and accurate pitch...