Indiana chops down the Sycamores thanks to an 11-run inning By Carl James @jovian34 March 22nd, 2023 In the final tune-up before conference season begins, The Hoosiers were in a pitcher's duel into the 7th inning when things got wild. Three hit-by-pitches, two walks, an error and six hits plated 11 Hoosiers in the frame after the stretch. Indiana staffed it on the mound with 11 Hoosier pitchers who mostly worked out of scattered trouble that included 8 walks and two hit-by-pitches, but only amounted to 5 runs. Brock Tibbitts and Carter Mathison paced the Hoosier bats with three hits each. All of Mathison's went for extra bases including a 430 foot home run. The media caught up with head coach Jeff Mercer and Mathison after the game. Carter Mathison Video: Audio:

Indiana goes 8-1 in a 10-day stretch By Carl James @jovian34 March 21st, 2023 - photo by Zach Greene for iubase.com Cass, Chris, and Carl discuss the cold condensed weeks that saw the Hoosiers improve to 13-7 on the season. This show has the first group of B1G pick'ems. Indiana plays Tuesday home game at 5pm vs Indiana State. See You at the BART! Video: Audio:

Indiana walks off on Friday to complete the sweep of the Eagles By Carl James @jovian34 March 17th, 2023 In a 5-4 pitchers' duel the Hoosiers came out on top in walk-off fashion for the second time in three days. The Hoosiers now have two series wins on the year, both of them sweeps. Luke Sinnard was electric. He struckout 13 in 6 innings of work, giving up only two runs. Tyler Cerny scored the game winning run on an RBI double off the bat of Bobby Whalen. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer as well as Sinnard and Cerny following the game. Indiana gets three days off before a Tuesday home game at 5pm vs Indiana State. See You at the BART! Tyler Cerny (L) and Luke Sinnard (R) Video: Audio:

Indiana hits five home runs in one inning on the way to a dominant 23-5 victory By Carl James @jovian34 March 16th, 2023 The Hoosier bats came alive on Thursday afternoon. While only the second biggest inning of the day, the fireworks were in the bottom of the fourth inning when Brock Tibbitts, Carter Mathison, Matthew Ellis, Josh Pyne, and Devin Taylor all hit home runs. Freshman Connor Foley was the winning pitcher in two innings of middle relief, and Ben Seiler earned his first save of the season, getting the final 12 outs surrendering only a single walk and no hits in his 4 innings of work. After the game the media spoke to head coach Jeff Mercer, and then Pyne and Ellis. The Hoosiers go for the sweep at 4pm Friday, weather permitting. See You At the Bart! Video: Audio:

Indiana walked off the Eagles in 10 innings Wednesday By Carl James @jovian34 March 15th, 2023 The Hoosiers battled on Wednesday to come back from a two-run deficit and defeat the Morehead State Eagles by a score of 6-5 with a Brock Tibbitts walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning. The Hoosiers had 14 hits, paced by three a piece from Tibbitts and Devin Taylor, who also had 2 home runs on the day, including the tying solo shot in the ninth. The media met with head coach Jeff Mercer and Taylor after the game. Video: Audio:

Indiana got run ruled 12-2 by the Wildcats at Kentucky Proud Park - postgame media with Mercer By Carl James @jovian34 March 15th, 2023 LEXINGTON, KY - The Hoosiers were outplayed in all facets of the game and were woodshed* walked-off in the bottom of the 7th inning. The media caught up with head coach Jeff Mercer on the field after the game. *credit to D1Baseball's Stephen Schoch Video: Audio:

Indiana completed their first series sweep since 2021 - postgame media with Mercer and Cerny By Carl James @jovian34 March 12th, 2023 Indiana won a Sunday pitching duel with Bellarmine. Seti Manase, Evan Whiteaker, and Ryan Kraft combined for no earned runs surrenedered and Tyler Cerny paced the Hoosier bats with three hits including a triple. After the game, the media met with head coach Jeff Mercer and Cerny. Tyler Cerny Video: Audio:

Indiana clinched their first series victory - postgame media with Mercer and Taylor By Carl James @jovian34 March 11th, 2023 Devin Taylor and Phillip Glasser combined for 9 hits to pace the Hoosiers with another great start from Luke Sinnard and three scoreless innings from Ethan Phillips. The media met with Head Coach Jeff Mercer and Taylor following the game. Devin Taylor Video: Audio:

Indiana took game 2 of the series in comeback fashion 9-7. Media spoke with Mercer and Colopy By Carl James @jovian34 March 11th, 2023 Morgan Colopy had a bounce back day at the plate, driving in the go ahead run in the comeback effort. The media including iubase.com spoke with Colopy and Head Coach Jeff Mercer after the game. Morgan Colopy Video: Audio:

Indiana defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 15-1 By Carl James @jovian34 March 7th, 2023 Indiana Baseball improved to 6-6 on the season. Video: Audio:

Cass and Carl discuss another 1-2 weekend. Chris drops by to hand out some belts. By Carl James @jovian34 March 7th, 2023 Photo of Phillip Glasser by Zach Greene for iubase.com Indiana Baseball went 1-2 on the weekend with losses to host East Carolina and Long Beach State at the Keith Le Clair Classic. The Hoosiers did pick up a win Saturday versus Georgetown out of the Big East. Video: Audio:

Cass, Carl, and Chris cover the first two weeks of the season By Carl James @jovian34 March 2nd, 2023 Indiana is 4-4 after two weeks dropping road series 1-2 to Auburn and Texas, but picking up a pair of home midweek wins against Miami (Ohio) and Butler. Video: Audio:

Mercer and Mathison discuss midweek 13-2 win By Carl James @jovian34 February 28th, 2023 Carter Mathison went 3-3 with two doubles and a triple, while 9 Hoosiers pitchers held the Bulldogs to only two total runs. Video: Audio:

Coach discusses defensive miscues and what the Hoosiers did in the their Friday night loss at Auburn By Carl James @jovian34 February 18th, 2023 Indiana dropped it's opening day matchup at Auburn 8-4. I caught up with coach by phone after the game. YouTube (logo plus audio): Podcast Audio:

Seiler, Whalen, Jessee and Mercer took questions ahead of the 2023 season opening series By Carl James @jovian34 February 15th, 2023 Graduate student lefty Ben "Bigs" Seiler will be Indiana's Friday night starter on the mound in Auburn. The media met with him as well as Head Coach Jeff Mercer, Junior outfielder Bobby Whalen, and Senior outfielder Hunter Jessee. Hunter Jessee Video: Audio:

#B1GCountry talks with Cassady about crushing baseballs and previews the upcoming season By Cassady Palmer @crpalmer0627 February 11th, 2023 He's hit the hardest recorded ball in the history of the College Trackman era. Matthew Ellis discusses this, catching a new crop of Hoosier pitchers, and steps up the rhetoric on his pool hall rivalry with Josh Pyne. Video: Audio:

The highly touted freshman outfielder and first baseman talks with the @SeeYouAtTheBart gang By Carl James @jovian34 February 8th, 2023 Video: Audio:

The Graduate Student Shortstop talks with Cass and Carl about the upcoming 2023 IU Baseball season. By Carl James @jovian34 February 8th, 2023 Video: Audio:

Pyne, Glasser, and Mercer took questions on the first official day of practice for the 2023 season By Carl James @jovian34 February 4th, 2023 As the Indiana University Baseball team opened practice for the 2023 season on Friday, January 27th, Sophomore Third Baseman Josh Pyne, Graduate Student Shortstop Phillip Glasser, and Head Coach Jeff Mercer took questions from the media at Mellancamp Pavillion. Indiana will be returning starters at all but one position from a very potent offense. A new-look pitching staff lead by Ty Bothwell and a large group of experienced transfers will attempt to fix the command issues that plagued Indiana for much of the prior season. Head Coach Jeff Mercer - photo by Carl James for iubase.com Video: Audio:

The second year pitching coach discusses how improved depth and work on game fundamentals will help the Hoosiers compete in 2023 By Carl James @jovian34 January 29th, 2023 Carl and Josh sat down with Indiana pitching coach Dustin Glant for a wide ranging discussion looking back on the opportunities IU pitchers had in 2022 and how he is working to improve strike-throwing in particular in 2023. Video: Audio: