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Another tough weekend for the Hoosiers — and this one may have been their last of the spring

Crucial final weekend on deck for IU at Maryland With 3 games to play, Hoosiers trying to make final case for NCAA Tournament bid Share this story Scott Utterback/Courier Journal Twelve weeks down, one to go. The end of the regular season is here for Indiana, which closes the spring docket with a three-game trip to Maryland beginning Friday night. For the Hoosiers, who ended a five-game losing streak with a win over Ohio State on Monday, it’s a crucial weekend for their NCAA Tournament hopes....

Three Things: IU splits with Ohio State Hoosiers salvage a game at the end of a forgettable five-game homestand Share this story Auston Matricardi It took six tries, but Indiana finally scored a victory over Ohio State in the final regular season meeting between the two clubs. In doing so, the Hoosiers ended their season-long-tying — and potentially season-crippling — five-game skid, bouncing back from Sunday’s 3-1 loss with a 2-0 victory to cap the four-game Bloomington pod on Monday nig...

Three Things: IU drops midweek makeup with Illinois, 3-2 Welp, that was a regrettable performance at the plate Share this story Auston Matricardi There weren’t going to be any midweek games this season, but an April rainout with Illinois left Indiana scrambling to coordinate a makeup. IU finally got the game in on Tuesday — it just didn’t get the result it wanted. Or, frankly, needed. A solo home run by Illinois’ Taylor Jackson in the top of the 10th inning sent the Hoosiers to a 3-2 lo...

Next Game: vs. Indiana 5/9/2021 | 10:00 AM BTN+ Husker Sports Network Piscataway, N.J. – Gunner Hellstrom was called on to pinch hit with the game tied, 6-6, in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday afternoon and the senior from Simi Valley, Calif., came through with […]

Hoosiers ready for weekend full of southpaws Notes ahead of another big weekend for Indiana baseball Share this story Auston Matricardi Indiana is headed east for pod play in New Jersey, where the Hoosiers will play two games each against Rutgers and Nebraska this weekend. Here’s what you ought to know ahead of the four-game trip: The last time Indiana saw Rutgers’ Harry Rutkowski was Opening Day in Minneapolis when the junior left-hander sat down Hoosier after Hoosier in six innings of one...

Three Things: Hoosiers get the sweep they needed Indiana took all three games against Minnesota this weekend, leaving little doubt in the process Share this story Auston Matricardi With last-place Minnesota in town, Indiana needed a three-game sweep — for positioning, for pride, for a lot of reasons. After three convincing finishes at Bart Kaufman Field, a weekend sweep of the Golden Gophers is exactly what the Hoosiers got. IU took the series with a 9-3 win in Game 1 of Friday’s doublehead...

Three Things: IU bounces back against Illinois The Hoosiers and Illini only managed to squeeze in two games this weekend. But it’s all good! IU won them both. Share this story Auston Matricardi Inclement weather on Sunday turned what was supposed to be a three-game series into an abbreviated two-game set. We’ll count it as a sweep all the same. IU made the most of both of its opportunities to bounce back from last weekend’s forgettable trip to Ohio State, winning back-to-back games agains...

Three Things: Hoosiers swept at Ohio State Indiana is now on a 5-game skid. Woof. Share this story Auston Matricardi Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Anyone? No one? Not a single soul? Yeah, that’s what we thought. It was a really bad weekend for Indiana’s baseball program, which suffered its first sweep since 2019 (Tennessee) and its first conference sweep since 2018 (Minnesota) in losing all four games at Ohio State. IU fell 3-2 on Friday, 6-0 in Game 1 of Saturday’s twinbill, 5-...