University of Minnesota Athletics
Friday, April 26
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Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn
Gophers Triple Past No. 23 Indiana to Start Series
4/26/2019 8:14:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Gopher Baseball team proved that three can be greater than four, using a pair of triples to earned a 7-3 victory over No. 23 Indiana on Friday night despite surrendering a pair of home runs to the Hoosiers at Kaufman Field.
A triple by Easton Bertrand to score two in the fifth and another by Drew Hmielewski that cleared the bases in the eighth provided the majority of the Minnesota (18-20, 8-5 Big Ten) offense as they opened the series with their sixth-consecutive win over No. 23 Indiana (28-14, 9-4 Big Ten).
Max Meyer (4-3) let up a solo home run in the bottom of the first, but cruised the rest of the way, collecting 12 strikeouts in 7.0 innings. The Gophers tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the second when Hmielewski scored Cole McDevitt on an RBI groundout, but the Hoosiers regained the lead with an RBI groundout of their own in the fourth.
Reliever Nick Lackney surrendered a lead-off home run in the eighth, but struck out two in 1.1 innings before turning the ball over to Brett Schulze, who ended the ninth with a strikeout as he finished the final two outs of the game.
NOTABLE
The victory marked Minnesota's first against a ranked team this season (1-2) … Wassel reached base four times on the day, walking twice to go with a pair of singles … the Gophers 4-5-6-7 hitters each had a pair of hits on the day … Hmielewski's four RBI marked a career high.
UP NEXT
The two teams continue their Big Ten Conference series in Bloomington on Saturday. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. CDT streaming live on BTN Plus.
A triple by Easton Bertrand to score two in the fifth and another by Drew Hmielewski that cleared the bases in the eighth provided the majority of the Minnesota (18-20, 8-5 Big Ten) offense as they opened the series with their sixth-consecutive win over No. 23 Indiana (28-14, 9-4 Big Ten).
Max Meyer (4-3) let up a solo home run in the bottom of the first, but cruised the rest of the way, collecting 12 strikeouts in 7.0 innings. The Gophers tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the second when Hmielewski scored Cole McDevitt on an RBI groundout, but the Hoosiers regained the lead with an RBI groundout of their own in the fourth.
Bertrand's triple in the fifth scored Hmielewski and Jack Wassel, and Minnesota's sophomore center fielder slid into third safely scoring Wassel, McDevitt, and Eli Wilson for insurance in the eighth. A five-run cushion for the road team spelled the end of the day for Pauly Milto (6-4), who allowed seven earned on 12 hits while striking out eight.What an exciting Friday evening matchup between @GopherBaseball and @IndianaBase tonight!
— BTN Student U (@BTNStudentU) April 27, 2019
The Gophers took the win with a 7-3 victory. Join us tomorrow for game 2 of the series on BTN Plus! pic.twitter.com/9ycG9NsjNl
Reliever Nick Lackney surrendered a lead-off home run in the eighth, but struck out two in 1.1 innings before turning the ball over to Brett Schulze, who ended the ninth with a strikeout as he finished the final two outs of the game.
NOTABLE
The victory marked Minnesota's first against a ranked team this season (1-2) … Wassel reached base four times on the day, walking twice to go with a pair of singles … the Gophers 4-5-6-7 hitters each had a pair of hits on the day … Hmielewski's four RBI marked a career high.
UP NEXT
The two teams continue their Big Ten Conference series in Bloomington on Saturday. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. CDT streaming live on BTN Plus.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Meyer, Max (4-3)
L: Milto (6-4)
Batting:
2B: Wilson, Eli 1 ; McDevitt, Cole 1
3B: Hmielewski, Drew 1 ; Bertrand, Easton 1
RBI: Hmielewski, Drew 4 ; Bertrand, Easton 2 ; Raabe, Zack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilson, Eli 1 ; McDevitt, Cole 2 ; Wassel, Jack 2 ; Hmielewski, Drew 1 ; Bertrand, Easton 1
Batting:
2B: Bradley 1 ; Walker 1
HR: Gorski 1 ; Bradley 1
RBI: Gorski 1 ; Bradley 1 ; Richardson,G 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gorski 1 ; Bradley 2
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