A mere week after Chris Lemonis’ departed Bloomington to take the Mississippi State job, Indiana has found its next head baseball coach. On Monday, IU Athletic Director Fred Glass officially announced Jeff Mercer as the 25th coach in program history, per release. The 32-year old Mercer had compiled an impressive…
Indiana baseball head coach Chris Lemonis is leaving Bloomington after four seasons with the Hoosiers. It was announced Sunday night that Lemonis will be hired as the next Mississippi State baseball head coach. The Hoosier Network confirmed the report that was first broke by Kendall Rodgers from D1baseball.com. He will…
Indiana baseball battled all the way until the final out Sunday night, but fell just short to Texas in the Austin Regional, 3-2. With the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth, the Longhorns had to bring on Friday night starter, Chase Shugart out of the bullpen, to get…
Texas A&M jumped all over Indiana baseball during the Austin Regional opener on Friday, by putting up seven runs in the fourth inning and sending the Hoosiers to the losers bracket. Sunday, in an elimination game the Hoosiers and Aggies faced off again and Indiana made sure to return the…
With its backs against the wall in the NCAA Tournament, Indiana baseball turned to its most consistent starting pitcher this season, Pauly Milto. And he did not disappoint. The junior right-hander took care of Texas Southern with ease on Saturday, tossing a complete game shutout and tied his career-high with…
Indiana baseball head coach Chris Lemonis said the Hoosiers would need quality starting pitching, lockdown defense and timely hits to have success in the postseason. The Hoosiers struggled in all three of those categories until they were down to their final out Thursday afternoon in an elimination game against No.…
With two outs in the top of the ninth in a 1-0 game, Indiana baseball head coach Chris Lemonis opted to pull reliever Cal Krueger after 2.2 innings pitched and bring in BJ Sabol for a lefty-lefty matchup. The move didn’t work. Illinois tied the game 1-1 and Indiana could…
When the first pitch was thrown Wednesday night at 6:08 p.m. between Indiana and Ball State, it was 66 degrees with the sun peeking through scattered clouds and over 1,800 fans in attendance. Five hours and 34 minutes later, in the bitter cold 40 degree night and about 30 bundled…
When Indiana baseball first baseman Scotty Bradley roped a walk-off RBI single down the right field line in his only at-bat of the game on a Sunday afternoon in mid March against Northern Illinois, it may have revived his season. Coming into the game with a .250 batting average on…
Indiana baseball swept Friday’s doubleheader against Butler in two very different fashions. A walk-off passed ball plated the winning run for the Hoosiers in the bottom of the ninth in game one to beat the Bulldogs 6-5. Then in game two the IU offense erupted for five first inning runs…