TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team has four road games scheduled for this week, a stretch that begins with a Tuesday evening contest at Indiana.
First pitch from Bloomington is set for 6 PM and the game will be broadcast on BTN+.
This will be the 38th all-time meeting between Cincinnati and Indiana. These two teams met last year on April 19 at UC Baseball Stadium and the Hoosiers won that game, 11-9.
The Bearcats are coming off a big series win vs. West Virginia, which leaves them in a tie for fifth place in the Big 12 standings and just two games out of second place. UC (13-11 Big 12) and Kansas (13-11) are both two games behind Oklahoma State (15-9), Texas (15-9), and West Virginia (15-9) in the conference standings with two weekends remaining.
Cincinnati has now won three-straight conference series for the first time since 2016 and has not lost a weekend home series this season.
Next up for the Bearcats will be a three-game Big 12 series at BYU this weekend. The first game of the series is set for 8 PM ET on Thursday, and game two will begin at 8 PM ET on Friday. The finale on Saturday is set for 1:30 PM ET.
// LAST TIME OUT
Cincinnati continued its stellar play at home this past weekend when it won its series vs. West Virginia. After dropping the first game, UC bounced back to win 10-4 on Saturday before winning the rubber match on Sunday, 8-2.
The Bearcats used the long ball to win on Saturday, hitting four home runs to power their way past WVU. Max Palmieri, Alec Jones, Kerrington Cross, and Josh Kross all homered in the game. In Sunday's win, UC was able to manufacture runs to build an early lead and Jones' three-run homer in the third inning blew the game open.
In game two vs. WVU, Kross was hit by a pitch twice to bring his total to 22 this season, breaking the previous single-season HBP record held by Josh Harrison (21, 2006). Kross is tied for the Big 12 lead and ranks sixth in the nation that category.
Cincinnati also benefited from outstanding starting pitching from Tommy Boba and Nathan Taylor. Boba tied a career-high with nine strikeouts on Saturday and did not allow a walk, while Taylor struck out seven in 6.1 innings and retired 10 straight batters at one point.
// ABOUT INDIANA
Indiana enters play on Tuesday with a 27-19-1 record and took two out of three games at Purdue this past weekend. IU has four regulars hitting over .300, with Nick Mitchell (.359) leading the way. Devin Taylor and Carter Mathison both lead the team with 12 home runs, and Tyler Cerny has driven in a team-best 52 runs. Evan Whiteaker is projected to start on the mound for the Hoosiers and has appeared in eight games this season, totaling 11 strikeouts in 11.0 innings.
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NOTE: All dates and times are subject to change due to weather. All schedule changes will be announced on Twitter at @GoBearcatsBASE.
First pitch from Bloomington is set for 6 PM and the game will be broadcast on BTN+.
This will be the 38th all-time meeting between Cincinnati and Indiana. These two teams met last year on April 19 at UC Baseball Stadium and the Hoosiers won that game, 11-9.
The Bearcats are coming off a big series win vs. West Virginia, which leaves them in a tie for fifth place in the Big 12 standings and just two games out of second place. UC (13-11 Big 12) and Kansas (13-11) are both two games behind Oklahoma State (15-9), Texas (15-9), and West Virginia (15-9) in the conference standings with two weekends remaining.
Cincinnati has now won three-straight conference series for the first time since 2016 and has not lost a weekend home series this season.
Next up for the Bearcats will be a three-game Big 12 series at BYU this weekend. The first game of the series is set for 8 PM ET on Thursday, and game two will begin at 8 PM ET on Friday. The finale on Saturday is set for 1:30 PM ET.
// LAST TIME OUT
Cincinnati continued its stellar play at home this past weekend when it won its series vs. West Virginia. After dropping the first game, UC bounced back to win 10-4 on Saturday before winning the rubber match on Sunday, 8-2.
The Bearcats used the long ball to win on Saturday, hitting four home runs to power their way past WVU. Max Palmieri, Alec Jones, Kerrington Cross, and Josh Kross all homered in the game. In Sunday's win, UC was able to manufacture runs to build an early lead and Jones' three-run homer in the third inning blew the game open.
In game two vs. WVU, Kross was hit by a pitch twice to bring his total to 22 this season, breaking the previous single-season HBP record held by Josh Harrison (21, 2006). Kross is tied for the Big 12 lead and ranks sixth in the nation that category.
Cincinnati also benefited from outstanding starting pitching from Tommy Boba and Nathan Taylor. Boba tied a career-high with nine strikeouts on Saturday and did not allow a walk, while Taylor struck out seven in 6.1 innings and retired 10 straight batters at one point.
// ABOUT INDIANA
Indiana enters play on Tuesday with a 27-19-1 record and took two out of three games at Purdue this past weekend. IU has four regulars hitting over .300, with Nick Mitchell (.359) leading the way. Devin Taylor and Carter Mathison both lead the team with 12 home runs, and Tyler Cerny has driven in a team-best 52 runs. Evan Whiteaker is projected to start on the mound for the Hoosiers and has appeared in eight games this season, totaling 11 strikeouts in 11.0 innings.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For up-to-the-minute updates, follow @GoBearcatsBASE on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
NOTE: All dates and times are subject to change due to weather. All schedule changes will be announced on Twitter at @GoBearcatsBASE.