BLOOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Illinois State baseball team is scheduled to close its eight-game road trip with its final true road contest of 2022, a 5:00 p.m. CT game at Indiana on Tuesday. The Hoosiers beat the Redbirds on April 27, 3-1, in Normal and the teams have never met in Bloomington. The game will be on Big Ten Plus.
GAME INFORMATION
Illinois State (19-27, 6-12 MVC; 173rd in RPI) at Indiana (24-27, 10-11 B1G; 117th in RPI)
Day/Time (CT):
Tuesday, May 17; 5:00 p.m. CT
City: Bloomington, Ind.
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ABOUT THE HOOSIERS+ SERIES HISTORY + LAST MEETING
Indiana went 26-18 overall during the 2021 campaign, going 14-6 at home. The Hoosiers are 24-27 so far this season, including a 14-9 home record. IU took 2/3 from Evansville earlier in the season and is coming off a series win against Minnesota. • Indiana and Illinois State have common opponents: Arkansas, Indiana State, Missouri State, Evansville, Purdue, Illinois, and Iowa. IU has two players with 16 home runs.
The Redbirds and Hoosiers have met seven times previously, with IU up 4-3. Their first meeting was in 2000. Illinois State opened the 2019 NCAA Tournament with an 8-7 victory over the Hoosiers, going on to reach the program's first Regional final. Indiana won 3-1 in Normal back on 4/27/2022. Third-year sophomore Keegan Gagliardo threw four innings in relief without allowing an earned run. The teams have never played in Bloomington.
TOOK THE LAST AT MISSOURI STATE
ISU dropped the first two games at Missouri State. It looked to be more of the same on Sunday, but third-year sophomore Ryan Cermak and fifth-year junior Jake McCaw hit back-to-back homers in the 8th inning to lead ISU to its first such comeback in 54 tries as ISU had lost 53-straight games when trailing at the conclusion of the 6th inning.
B1G WINS
Illinois State has recorded wins against three different Big Ten teams (Purdue 3/17, Illinois 4/5, Iowa 5/3). Illinois State also recorded three Big Ten wins in 2019 (Illinois, Iowa, Indiana - was first time since 2005). ISU has not won against four Big Ten teams since 2005 but will have the chance to do so as they are scheduled to face Indiana on 5/17.
HART AND HIS STARTS
Fifth-year Jared Hart, who recorded a combined 8 starts at Temple College and Wabash Valley College (both JUCO), prior to coming to ISU, made his first Redbird start at DBU back on 5/7/2021
• 2021 starts (1): 40.50 ERA, 2.2 IP, 11 H, 12 ER, 4 K, 3 BB
• 2022 starts (5): 2.28 ERA, 27.2 IP, 23 H, 7 ER, 18 K, 8 BB
• ISU stretched out the bullpen ace on 4/15, making his first start of 2022 (against Valparaiso).
4-3 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
Illinois State is now 3-2 in extra-inning games in 2022 after beating DBU on 4/29 on ESPNU. All three wins have come by a 4-3 final while both losses have been 7-6.
CER-SMACK: NATIONAL POW x4 (QUICK HITS ON RYAN CERMAK'S WEEK - 4/11)
- Named National Player of the Week from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Perfect Game, D1Baseball, and NCBWA
- 11-for-21 (.524)
- .600 OBP
- five home runs, two doubles
- home runs in four-straight plate appearances (hit 470-foot home run for fourth-straight home run)
- three home run game on 4/6 with grand slams in back-to-back innings
- 14 RBIs; broke a 37-year old school RBI record on 4/6 (10 now - was nine by Mike Prior in 1985)
- nine runs scored; tied the school record for runs scored in a game on 4/6 (five - most recent was Brett Kay in 2012)
- recorded 100th career hit via home run on 4/10
- scaled the center-field wall and appeared to have taken away a home run on 4/10
- celebrated the honors by lining a HR over the LF wall to lead off 4/12's game at Illinois
TOP-2 TAKEDOWN
Illinois State took down second-ranked Arkansas to open the 2022 campaign by a 3-2 score. Arkansas had not previously lost a home or season opener since 1994. The 11 runs the Razorbacks scored were tied for the fewest plated by an SEC team and tied for the third-fewest scored by a top-25 (D1Baseball top-25).
The 'Birds were competitive all series, outhitting the Razorbacks in game two and trailing by a run in the 8th inning of game three.
Illinois State is no stranger to the national stage, upending #1 Vanderbilt and #7 Louisville in 2019 as the team made the program's first NCAA Regional final. Likewise, ISU is no stranger to success in Fayetteville as the 2020 team knocked off the 13th-ranked Razorbacks, 8-7.
TOUGH TESTS IN 2022
Illinois State is scheduled to play six games against preseason ranked opponents (three at No. 2 Arkansas, three vs No. 22 Dallas Baptist). Purdue has also exceeded expectations in 2022, earning a No. 19 ranking from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and was bumped up to 17th after taking two-of-three from ISU. Illinois State is also scheduled to play a program-record 16 games against Power Five schools, including 10 contests against the Big Ten. 2022 marks the first time ISU has opened against a Power Five since 2004 (win at Louisville). 2022 marks the first time ISU has ever opened against a ranked opponent.
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