#23 Hoosiers Defeat RedHawks 12-6

Tuesday, February 20

Bloomington, Ind.

4 p.m.

Miami University

Indiana University

2/20/2024 7:22:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Bloomington, Ind. — The RedHawks came up short in a 12-6 loss against the 23rd ranked Indiana Hoosiers Tuesday after a big third, fifth and eighth inning from Indiana. Miami's offensive efforts were highlighted by home runs from MacDonald and Novak.

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.