Talking Hoosier Baseball from iubase.com

Carl, Cass, and Chris discuss a road series win over Minnesota and a midweek tie By Carl James @jovian34 April 25th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team won it’s third straight B1G series this past weekend in Minneapolis. Ty Bothwell was electric as Indiana cruised to victory in the series opener on Saturday. Friday’s freeze-out turned Sunday into a double header. The first game was a disast...

Carl, Cass, and Chris discuss comeback series win over Penn State By Carl James @jovian34 April 17th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team was staring another home series defeat in the eyes in the middle of the second inning on Saturday. Having been blown out on Friday, the Nittany Lions had just lit up Connor Foley for 8 runs and the Hoosier ace was already out of the game. Then a historic c...

Media meets with Mercer following 5-4 midweek loss at home on Tuesday By Carl James @jovian34 April 17th, 2024 Last night Indiana had a relatively successful staff day on the mound, holding a veteran Evansville hitting group to just 5 runs, but head coach Jeff Mercer was not pleased with the opportunities the Hoosier bats failed to capitalize on in the middle innings. Indiana went on to lose 5-4....

Media meets with Brenczewski, Decker-Petty, and Mercer following Sunday's dominant series rubber match win over Penn State. By Carl James @jovian34 April 14th, 2024 Indiana dominated Penn State in every aspect of the 12-3 game on Sunday. Joey Brenczewski had 4 hits, two of them home runs including a grand slam, and 7 total RBIs. Aydan Decker-Petty allowed only one run in a 4.1 -inning save. After...

Media meets with Buhr, Wiggins, and Mercer following Saturday comeback walk-off win over Penn State. By Carl James @jovian34 April 13th, 2024 Indiana staged their biggest comeback victory in 14 years, turning an 8-0 second inning deficit into a 10-9 walk-off win. Drew Buhr pitched 4.1 shutout innings in the middle of the game striking out 8. Tyler Cerny's third hit tied the game. Andrew Wiggins dr...

Media meets with Mercer following Friday blowout loss to Penn State. By Carl James @jovian34 April 13th, 2024 Indiana failed in most aspects of play Friday night, allowing 7 home runs to Penn State, and struggling against Penn State's Friday ace Travis Luensmann, who was able to control his stuff. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer following the contest. The Hoosiers will attempt to even up...

iubase.com reporter Zach Horwitz joins Carl, Cass, and Chris with a discussion following a B1G road series win By Carl James @jovian34 April 11th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team took 2 out of 3 games in College Park this past weekend. Brock Tibbitts missed the trip with an injury that will likely sideling him for three to four more weeks. The See You at the Bart gang discuss what the Ho...

Media meets with Mercer, Stadler, and Brenczewski to preview home series vs. Penn State. By Carl James @jovian34 April 11th, 2024 Coming off a huge series win at Maryland, Indiana is preparing for the stretch run as it attempts to return to the postseason. With the injury to junior catcher/first baseman Brock Tibbits, catcher Jake Stadler and first baseman Joey Brenczewski are in the lineup every...

iubase.com reporter Zach Horwitz joins Carl, Cass, and Chris with a mid-season discussion By Carl James @jovian34 April 4th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team had a 3-2 week including splitting a 4-game series with Butler and flipping the script on Indiana State in a big comeback midweek win on Tuesday. Note: this podcast has been edited on April 5, 2024 to remove erroneous (out of date) i...

Media meets with Mercer, Bothwell, and Taylor following 11-2 victory Friday at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 30th, 2024 Coming off an anemic showing offensively in Indianapolis, the Hoosiers came back to Bloomington and evened the four game series with a dominating performance from the offense and a very special performance from lefty grad student Ty Bothwell who went 8 innings giving up...

Carl, Cass, and Chris discuss the disappointing open of Big Ten (B1G) play. By Carl James @jovian34 March 28th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team had a 2-2 week dropping the opening B1G series at home to Illinois before dominating Middle Tennessee in a Tuesday midweek. Video: Audio:

Media meets with Oliver, Rybarczyk, and Mercer following 12-5 victory Tuesday at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 28th, 2024 Right-handed pitcher Ty Rybarczyk was electric going one time through the batting order, facing the minimum in the first three innings to earn the win against Middle Tennessee on Tuesday. Freshman second baseman Jasen Oliver had a career day going 4 for 5 with two home...

Media meets with head coach Jeff Mercer following 15-8 loss at the Bart to conclude the Illinois series By Carl James @jovian34 March 25th, 2024 Indiana's first set of pitchers out of the gate were not competitive and the rubber match felt all but over by the third inning when the Hoosiers trailed 12-0. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer following the contest. Indiana has a lot of innings t...

Media meets with Joey Brenczewski, Connor Foley, and head coach Jeff Mercer following 8-1 win at the Bart to even up the Illinois series By Carl James @jovian34 March 23rd, 2024 Connor Foley pitched a 7 inning, shutout gem on Saturday. While it took a little while to get going, the Hoosier offense came through as well. First baseman Joey Brenczewski went 2 for 4 and made several tough catches at f...

Media meets with head coach Jeff Mercer following 9-1 loss at the Bart to open up Big Ten (B1G) play By Carl James @jovian34 March 23rd, 2024 The Indiana Hoosiers fell into a familiar pattern Friday. Despite pitching 5 scoreless frames to start the game, and two to end the game, one disastrous 8-run spelled doom as they open up play 0-1 in the Big Ten. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer fol...

Josh, Carl, Cass and Chris chat before B1G play starts By Carl James @jovian34 March 22nd, 2024 Josh is back to give his thoughts along with Carl, Cass, and Chris previewing the open of Big Ten (B1G) play. The B1G Pick 'em is back, including the first picks from reporter Zach Horwitz. Video: Audio:

Media meets with Foley, Pyne, and Mercer previewing the open of Big Ten (B1G) play By Carl James @jovian34 March 22nd, 2024 The Indiana Hoosiers are 11-10 on the season playing a lot of high scoring games. Indiana and Illinois start their series at Bart Kaufman Field at 6pm tonight. Connor Foley and Josh Pyne Video: Audio:

Media meets with Taylor, Phillips, and Mercer following series clinching 15-7 win at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 16th, 2024 The Indiana Hoosiers dominated most of the day, defeating Belmont 15-7. Devin Taylor had two extra base hits, including a three-RBI double. Tyler Cerny belted a home run and Nick Mitchell drew four walks on the day. Ethan Phillips earned his second win in as many d...

Media meets with Tibbitts, Cerny, and Mercer following 15-10 win at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 16th, 2024 The Indiana Hoosiers came back from a 5-0 deficit in a back-and-forth affair, defeating Belmont 15-10 and forcing a Sunday rubber match. Tyler Cerny and Brock Tibbitts each had two hits including home runs. The media met with Cerny, Tibbitts, and head coach Jeff Mercer following th...

Media meets with head coach Jeff Mercer following 9-3 loss at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 16th, 2024 The Indiana Hoosiers scored one-third of the runs the Bruins put up on Friday, despite getting more baserunners in the game. Indiana hitters left 10 men on base. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer following the contest. Video: Audio:

Chris, Cass, and Carl discuss a week of pitching troubles after the Hoosiers go 1-4 allowing 59 runs By Carl James @jovian34 March 15th, 2024 Video: Audio:

Media meets with head coach Jeff Mercer following 16-6 loss at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 14th, 2024 The Indiana Hoosiers were run ruled off their own field Wednesday night by Illinois State 16-6. Indiana pitching attacked the zone and Redbird bats made consistent solid contact. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer following the game. Video: Audio:

Media meets with Pyne, Mitchell, and Mercer after doubleheader split with Troy at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 11th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team split a doubleheader, losing the Troy series Sunday two games to one. The Hoosiers won the morning contest 10-7 and lost the afternoon rubber match 15-11. Josh Pyne broke out of a small slump to get five hits on the day and Nick Mi...

Media meets with Tibbitts, Stadler, and Mercer after 8-1 loss to Troy at the Bart By Carl James @jovian34 March 9th, 2024 The Indiana University Baseball team dropped the opener of the Troy series Saturday by a score of 8-1. The Hoosiers struggled against Trojan pitcher Luke Lyon getting only 5 hits on the day. The only Hoosier run was a lead-off homer off the bat of Nick Mitchell. The only multi-...

Josh, Chris, Cass, and Carl discuss a "weird" week of college baseball By Carl James @jovian34 March 7th, 2024 Video: Audio: