Rutgers University
24-17, 0
Indiana
23-18-1, 0
Baseball Drops Game 1 at Indiana
Apr 26 | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Rutgers baseball fell in Friday's series to opener to Indiana, losing by a score of 8-3 at Bart Kaufman Field.
The Scarlet Knights (24-17, 3-10) went down early, drew within a run, but the Hoosiers (23-18-1, 8-5) broke it open late to secure the win.
Indiana struck first, hitting a three-run home run in the bottom of the first to take an early 3-0 lead. Rutgers put together a rally in the fourth, with Ty Doucette hitting a ground-rule double to left-center to score Tony Santa Maria and make it 3-1. Johnny Volpe singled in Josh Kuroda-Grauer to make it 3-2, but the Hoosiers made a pitching change and got out of the inning to limit the damage to just that.
IU added one on a wild pitch in the fifth before a pair of two-run home runs in the bottom of the seventh made it 8-2.
An RBI fielder's choice from Volpe made it 8-3 in the top of the eighth, but that was all for RU on the night.
Game two between Rutgers and Indiana is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Keyster, Brandon (1-0)
L: Sinibaldi, Justin (4-2)
S: Risedorph, Brayden (2)
Batting:
2B: Doucette, Ty 1
RBI: Doucette, Ty 1 ; Volpe, Johnny 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Santa Maria, Tony 1 ; Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 2
SB: Cohen, Trevor 1
HBP: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Natili, Jackson 1
Batting:
3B: Oliver, Jasen 1
HR: Mitchell, Nick 1 ; Brenczewski, Joey 1 ; Sefcik, Cal 1
RBI: Mitchell, Nick 2 ; Brenczewski, Joey 3 ; Sefcik, Cal 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor, Devin 1 ; Pyne, Josh 1 ; Mitchell, Nick 1 ; Cerny, Tyler 1 ; Brenczewski, Joey 1 ; Oliver, Jasen 1 ; Mathison, Carter 1 ; Sefcik, Cal 1
