Miami University
0-4
Indiana University
3-1
#23 Hoosiers Defeat RedHawks 12-6
2/20/2024 7:22:00 PM | Baseball
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Zach MacDonald hit a single home run in the first inning to put the RedHawks in front 1-0.
- Indiana answered with one run in the second inning.
- Evan Appelwick homered to left field during the third inning to give Miami a 2-1 lead.
- Indiana put up three runs in the bottom of the third to take a 4-2 lead.
- Appelwick was hit by a pitch with one out in the top of the fifth inning. A double by Tyler Gordon sent him to third. Ty Batusich followed this up by grounding out to second base, sending Appelwick in to score.
- MacDonald followed Batusich with an RBI bunt single which sent Gordon to home plate and tied the score at four apiece.
- Indiana put three more runs on the board during the bottom of the inning to go ahead 7-4 and one additional run in the sixth to make the score 8-4.
- With two outs in the seventh, David Novak hit a two-run home run on an empty count, sending himself and MacDonald (HBP) home and cutting the RedHawks' deficit to two runs.
- Indiana scored four runs in the eighth to end the game's scoring at 12-6.
MIAMI GAME NOTES
- MacDonald went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI.
- Appelwick went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
- Gordon went 1-for-2 with one run.
Miami will head to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for a three game series against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 23-25. Game one starts at 4 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Holderfield, Grant (1-0)
L: Hollis, Nolan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Batusich, Ty 1 ; Zarlingo, Anthony 1 ; Gordon, Tyler 1
HR: MacDonald, Zach 1 ; Novak, David 1 ; Appelwick, Evan 1
RBI: Batusich, Ty 1 ; MacDonald, Zach 1 ; Novak, David 2 ; Appelwick, Evan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MacDonald, Zach 2 ; Novak, David 1 ; Appelwick, Evan 2 ; Gordon, Tyler 1
HBP: MacDonald, Zach 1 ; Appelwick, Evan 1
Batting:
2B: Mathison, Carter 2 ; Pyne, Josh 1 ; Cerny, Tyler 2 ; Brenczewski, Joey 1 ; Burckel, Brandon 1
HR: Pyne, Josh 1
RBI: Pyne, Josh 4 ; Taylor, Devin 1 ; Tibbitts, Brock 2 ; Cerny, Tyler 2 ; Brenczewski, Joey 2 ; Wiggins, Andrew 1
SF: Tibbitts, Brock 1 ; Wiggins, Andrew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mathison, Carter 3 ; Pyne, Josh 3 ; Taylor, Devin 2 ; Tibbitts, Brock 1 ; Cerny, Tyler 2 ; Burckel, Brandon 1
SB: Cerny, Tyler 1
HBP: Burckel, Brandon 1
