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INDIANA BASEBALL Athletic Communications • Matt Brady, Baseball Contact E-MAIL – [email protected] • IUHoosiers.com Office – 812-856-0215 • Cell – 413-222-2788 2009 SCHEDULE March 14 • 9 a.m. • Winter Haven Date Opponent Time/Result Indiana vs. Bowling Green February BIG EAST/BIG TEN CHALLENGE (Tampa/St. Pete, Fla.) 20 West Virginia L 4-14 March 15 • 12:30 p.m. • Winter Haven 21 Georgetown W 12-4 Indiana vs. Jacksonville State 22 USF W 9-7 AUSTIN PEAY INVITATIONAL (Clarksville, Tenn.) March 16 • 4 p.m. • Winter Haven 27 Ball State L 4-5 Indiana vs. Northern Iowa March 1 Cleveland State W 9-1 March 17 • 10 a.m. • Lakeland 3 at Indiana State L 2-11 Indiana vs. Eastern Illinois 4 EASTERN MICHIGAN L 6-10 EAGLE INVITATIONAL (Statesboro, Ga.) 6 Georgia Southern L 5-8 March 18 • 6:30 p.m. • Deland 7 East Carolina L 3-5 Indiana at Stetson 8 LeMoyne W 8-3 10 MOREHEAD STATE W 18-3 March 19 • 10 a.m. • Lakeland 11 at Kentucky L 7-8 Indiana vs. Hartford SPRING TRIP (Winter Haven/Lakeland, Fla.) 14 Bowling Green 9 a.m. March 20 • 10 a.m. • Winter Haven 15 Jacksonville State 12:30 p.m. 16 Northern Iowa 4 p.m. Indiana vs. Ohio State 17 Eastern Illinois 10 a.m. 18 at Stetson 6:30 p.m. March 21 • 2:30 p.m. • Winter Haven 19 Hartford 10 a.m. Indiana vs. Central Connecticut State 20 Ohio State 10 a.m. 21 CCSU 2:30 p.m. 25 at Xavier 3 p.m. 27 MINNESOTA* 3 p.m. FIRST PITCH 28 MINNESOTA* 1 p.m. Indiana heads to the Winter Haven area for its annual spring trip as the Hoosiers will play eight 29 MINNESOTA* 1 p.m. 31 CHICAGO STATE 3 p.m. games in eight days in the Florida sun. IU split its midweek contests, throttling Morehead State, 18- April 3, but losing a winnable contest at Kentucky, 8-7. The Hoosiers hit a school-record nine home runs 1 at Cincinnati 6:30 p.m. 3 at Illinois* 7:05 p.m. against the Eagles on Tuesday, with three off the bat of Josh Phegley. IU outhit Kentucky 14-7, but the 4 at Illinois* 4:05 p.m. Wildcats used timely hitting and IU miscues to deliver the one-run win. 5 at Illinois* 2:05 p.m. 7 at Louisville 6 p.m. 8 VALPARAISO 4 p.m. THE LAST TIME... 10 at Iowa* 7 p.m. 11 at Iowa* 2 p.m. Starting off the week, IU will face Bowling Green for the fifth time in school history. The Hoosiers 12 at Iowa* 2 p.m. have had no trouble with the Falcons in the past, sporting a 4-0 series record. Jacksonville State will 15 at Ball State 3 p.m. 17 PENN STATE* 3 p.m. be the second opponent for Indiana for the first meeting of the two schools. Day three of the spring 18 PENN STATE* 1 p.m. trip will pit IU against Northern Iowa, who Indiana sports a 3-1 all-time record against. Eastern Il- 19 PENN STATE* 1 p.m. 21 LOUISVILLE 4 p.m. linois and Indiana will be playing for the lead in their series, where the teams are square at 4-4. The 22 INDIANA STATE 4 p.m. Hoosiers will try to keep the streak going after winning three out of their last four meetings against 24 at Michigan* 6:35 p.m. 25 at Michigan* 1:05 p.m. the Panthers. 26 at Michigan* 1:05 p.m. In the second half of their trip the Hoosiers will face Stetson where they will try to improve their 28 MIAMI 4 p.m. 29 WESTERN ILLINOIS 4 p.m. all-time record of 2-4. The two teams have not met since 1989. Hartford will be next on the list for IU. May After playing three times in 2006, Indiana will look to stay perfect against the Hawks, with their series 1 at Purdue* 4 p.m. 2 at Purdue* 2 p.m. record at 4-0. The Hoosiers will then take on conference rival, Ohio State, who they do not face in 3 at Purdue* 1 p.m. the regular season. IU will try to improve on their record against the Buckeyes where they are trailing 8 NORTHWESTERN* 3 p.m. 9 NORTHWESTERN* 3 p.m. 150-100, but won a decisive extra-inning affair at the Big Ten Tournament last year. Wrapping up the 10 NORTHWESTERN* 1 p.m. week of games will be Central Connecticut State. It will be the first meeting of these two teams in 12 at Evansville 7 p.m. 14 MICHIGAN STATE* 3 p.m. over 15 years, with the Hoosiers leading the series 2-0. 15 MICHIGAN STATE* 1 p.m. 16 MICHIGAN STATE* 1 p.m. 20-23 Big Ten Tournament (Columbus, Ohio) TBA THE COACH 29-Jun 1 NCAA Regionals TBA Indiana is in its fourth year under the direction of Tracy Smith. In his time at the helm of the Hoo- Jun 5-7 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Jun 13-24 College World Series TBA siers, IU is 77-106. In 11 years as a head coach, Smith has a career record of 394-326-1 (.547). The 2008 season was a significant upward turn for the Hoosiers, as Indiana made its first Big Ten Tourna- All times listed are Eastern * Big Ten Opponent ment appearance since 2004 by rallying for a sixth-place finish in the regular season. IU then elimi- Bold indicates home game nated Ohio State, Illinois and Penn State at the conference tournament before falling in the semifinals to Purdue. With a 31-30 record on the season, IU had its finest season in Smith’s tenure. INDIANA BASEBALL SPRING TRIP – MARCH 14-21 • 2 EIGHT ISN’T ENOUGH When the Hoosiers started their game against 2009 LEADERS Morehead State on Tuesday, March 10, IU had hit Batting Average Innings Pitched five home runs as a team – three by Alex Dickerson, Sabourin ................................................. .538 Arnett .......................................................22.0 one by Josh Phegley and one by Evan Crawford. But with a favorable wind and a hungry Hoosier lineup, Phegley ................................................... .413 Bashore ...................................................18.1 the home squad lit up Sembower Field to the tune of Rogers .................................................... .371 Monar ......................................................13.0 a school-record nine home runs – all coming in the first six innings. Runs ERA During Indiana’s 18-3 victory, the Hoosiers hit three Crawford ....................................................16 Arnett .......................................................2.05 in the first inning, including Jake Dunning’s grand Phegley .......................................................11 Monar ......................................................2.77 slam to cap off the scoring at eight runs in the frame. Dickerson ...................................................10 Squires ....................................................4.50 In the second, Phegley and Dickerson went back-to- Sabourin .....................................................10 back, becoming the first Hoosiers to do that since Jay Batting Avg. Against Brant and Joe Kemp against St. Francis on March 20, 2005. Phegley’s bomb was his second of the day, as Runs Batted In Monar ..................................................... .208 he hit a two-run shot as well. Phegley .......................................................16 Arnett ...................................................... .213 In the third, Jerrud Sabourin started things with Dickerson ...................................................15 Bashore ....................................................299 a one-out home run, and Phegley disappointed the Dunning ........................................................9 ravenous crowd by only knocking a double to left Strikeouts center. But Kipp Schutz got into the act that inning, On-Base Percentage Arnett ..........................................................27 bringing Phegley home on a blast to the deepest part Sabourin ................................................. .576 Bashore ......................................................21 of the park in right center. Phegley ................................................... .525 Monar .........................................................12 After a scoreless fourth, Phegley delivered a two- Rogers .................................................... .511 run shot in the fifth for his third longball of the game. He is the first Hoosier with three homers since Eric Games Started Blakeley had three against Indiana Wesleyan on Slugging Percentage Bashore ........................................................4 Feb. 15, 1999. In the sixth, Cody Webber became the Phegley ................................................... .717 Arnett ............................................................3 seventh starter to go deep, leading off the inning with Dickerson ............................................... .655 Monar ...........................................................2 a solo home run to right. Later in the frame, Sabourin Sabourin ................................................. .615 delivered a sac fly and Phegley had an RBI single to Saves represent the only two runs not scored on homers on Home Runs Dunning ........................................................1 the day. Dickerson .....................................................4 Phegley .........................................................4 Appearances EA IS IN THE GAME Junior Eric Arnett has always possessed the Crawford ......................................................2 Bashore ........................................................4 potential to be one of the top arms in the conference Carr ................................................................4 and the nation, but his first two years produced Stolen Bases O’Gara ...........................................................4 somewhat disappointing results on the mound. So far Crawford ......................................................6 Squires .........................................................4 in 2009, the Pataskala, Ohio, native has come through with his potential to post arguably the