Indiana
Weekend Review: Indiana Baseball Suffers First Series Loss To Penn State Since 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana’s baseball team entered Big Ten play last Friday hoping for a fresh start after an uneven start in its early nonconference games that had the Hoosiers one game under .500.
What the Hoosiers got instead in its weekend series at Penn State was more of the same problems.
The Nittany Lions took two out of three games from the Hoosiers in State College. Pa. A Friday doubleheader was split. Penn State won the opener 15-9 with Indiana winning the nightcap 17-6 in eight inning. Penn State took the series with a 10-6 victory on Sunday.
In Friday’s opener, Indiana led 3-1, but a six-run third inning proved decisive for the Nittany Lions. Indiana starting pitcher Gavin Seebold have up nine earned runs in just 3 2/3 innings of work. Indiana lost despite home runs from Devin Taylor, Hogan Denny and TJ Schuyler.
In the second game, Indiana scored at least two runs in all but one of the first five innings. The top three spots in the batting order – Andrew Wiggins, Taylor and Korbyn Dickerson – combined to got 7 for 15 at the plate with a home run (Dickerson) and four RBI. Third baseman Cooper Malamazian went 4-for-5 at the bottom of the order. (Malamazian was later named Big Ten Player of the Week.)
Indiana led Sunday’s game 2-0 until Penn State surged ahead starting in the fifth inning. Two runs were scored in fifth, one in the sixth, three in the seventh and four runs in the eighth inning as Penn State led 10-3 at the end of it. The Hoosiers had three errors – two of them in the outfield – and the Indiana bullpen gave up all seven earned runs.
It was Indiana’s first series loss to Penn State since 2008.
What has plagued the Hoosiers (7-9, 1-2) so far? Indiana’s pitching continues to be a problem. As of Monday, the Hoosiers ranked 14th in the Big Ten with a 6.44 ERA. Opponents are hitting .264 against Indiana and averaging 4.6 walks per game against Indiana’s staff.
Indiana’s defense has been uneven. The Hoosiers have 23 errors in 16 games and they rank 223rd in the NCAA in fielding percentage at .959. Indiana had three errors in Sunday’s loss to Penn State.
On the positive side, Indiana was expected to hit well and has. Dickerson (.380, 8 HR, 27 RBI), Taylor (.382, 6 HR, 21 RBI) and Jake Hanley (.394, 0 HR, 10 RBI) are 2-3-4 in the Big Ten in base hits. Dickerson is third in the Big Ten with eight home runs and 27 RBI. Malamazian is tied for fourth in the Big Ten with a .440 batting average.
The Hoosiers have been patient at the plate and lead the Big Ten in walks with 119 – 20 more than any other school. Indiana is third in the Big Ten in batting average (.321), home runs (24) and runs scored (150).
There’s a long way to go in the season, but Indiana has a lot of work to do to put itself in NCAA Tournament consideration. At present, Indiana is ranked No. 121 in RPI with a 1-5 record in Quad 1-2 games.
Indiana goes back to work on Tuesday as it travels to Indiana State for its annual round robin series with the Sycamores. Indiana State is also 7-9.
Indiana will then host its first home Big Ten series of the season as Ohio State comes to Bart Kaufman Field on Friday for a three-game series. Expect runs – Ohio State (4-9) has a team ERA of 8.68.
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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