Baseball Gameday: at Iowa

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The final regular season weekend has arrived, and the Indiana baseball program will look to secure its spot in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament against Iowa. The Hoosiers and Hawkeyes will meet for a Thursday-Sunday series at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City.
 
Indiana (25-27, 10-11 B1G) is among six Big Ten teams entering the weekend with a chance to secure one four slots at the Big Ten Tournament, which begins next weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. Iowa (30-17, 14-7 B1G) has already secured its spot in the conference postseason and is looking to lock up a top three seed in its final home series of the season.
 
Gameday Info
 
Thursday, May 19, 2022
IU: Braydon Tucker, RHP, Sr.
UI: Adam Mazur, RHP, R-So.
 
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Friday, May 20, 2022
IU: Jack Perkins, RHP, R-Jr.
UI: Dylan Nedved, RHP, R-Sr.
 
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Saturday, May 21, 2022
IU: TBA
UI: Ty Langenberg, RHP, So.
 
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Quick Hitters

• Just two wins separate Indiana and Iowa in the all-time series and the Hoosiers look to continue a string of success against the Hawkeyes in Iowa City. .
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• Freshman Carter Mathison became IU's freshman home run leader with his 15th longballl of the season at Michigan. The mark is the second highest total in B1G history for a freshman.
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• Mathison and fellow freshman Josh Pyne are the top two Big Ten freshmen in RBIs and teammate Brock Tibbitts joined them in the 40 RBI club against Minnesota to form the top freshman trio in program history.
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• Redshirt-junior Matt Ellis is tied at No. 3 on the Big Ten home run charts with 17 longballs. Of his 17 home runs, 11 have traveled 400 feet or more.
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• Indiana's pitching staff is on pace to become one of the most productive strikeout units in program history. The 2022 staff currently ranks No. 2 on the single season charts.
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• Freshman Grant Holderfield is tied for No. 9 nationally among rookies in pitching appearances and has not allowed an inherited runner to score on the year.
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• Indiana had three alums on MLB rosters to start 2022 and saw a school-standard four student-athletes selected in the first 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft in 2021.
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• Head coach Jeff Mercer owns 97 victories as the Indiana frontman and is poised to become the eighth IU skipper to reach 100 victories in the cream and crimson.
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Scouting the Opponents

• Iowa enters with a 30-17 overall record and are tied for third in the Big Ten at 14-7 entering the weekend.
• The Hawkeyes are led by a pitching staff that owns the best ERA (3.46), lowest batting average against (.203) and has the most strikeouts (534) in the conference.
• Offensively, Peyton Williams and Keaton Anthony lead the way. The two are the only two everyday hitters to carry a .300 batting average.
• Williams leads the way with a .367 average, 49 runs scored and 12 home runs.
• Anthony is hitting .360 and leads the team with 20 doubles and 48 RBIs, while his 11 home runs are second on the squad.
• The starting rotation of Adam Mazur, Dylan Nedved and Ty Langenberg are a combined 17-6 on the mound in 27 starts.
• The backend of the bullpen has featured a multitude of arms, as seven different Hawkeye pitchers have earned at least one save this season.

 
Series Notes

• Friday's meeting will mark the 161st in the all-time series and just two games separate the two teams, as Iowa owns an 81-79 edge.
• The first meeting between the two programs came in 1913, a 4-2 win for the Hoosiers, and Indiana won the first three meetings between the two programs.
• Since 1967, Indiana is 26-34 at Iowa, but have won four of the last six series in Iowa City.
• Indiana's longest winning streaks against the Hawkeyes is eight straight games. It occurred twice once from 2009-11 and against from 2012-14.
• Since 2009, Indiana has won 26 of the 45 meetings.
• IU is 3-0-1 in the last four series versus Iowa.