Ball State
vs.
Indiana
Fall Exhibition at Grand Park Diamond 5 - Westfield, IN
Fri, Oct. 3, 2025, 6 p.m. first pitch |
Ball State Cardinals: stats | roster
FINAL (14):
Cardinals: 18 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 16 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Sept. 11, 2025, 12:52 p.m.:
Per IU press release "Tickets for IU's fall scrimmage against Ball State are on sale through Grand Park for $10 per person."
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 3:25 a.m.:
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 3:32 a.m.:
Grand Park Sports Campus | Diamond 5 | 700 E 186th St | Westfield, IN 46074
Gates open at 4:30 pm | first pitch at 6pm
Grand Park is advertising $20 per Golf Cart (4 tickets)
IU had been advertising $10 per ticket earlier. IU says to expect the exhibition to run 15-16 innings. In these games the teams usually throw all of their healthy pitchers that are ready to pitch (some freshmen excluded) at some point in the contest.
Last year expected starters like Gavin Seebold would see two innings of action, while most others were used in one inning stints.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 5:03 p.m.:
We got delayed leaving Bloomington so the live blog will start a bit after first pitch.
Bottom of inning 2 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 3 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 0 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 6:41 p.m.:
Jake Hanley singles but is doubled off in the bottom of the second.
Ball State scored three before we arrived
Bottom of inning 2 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 3 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 2 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 6:47 p.m.:
With two outs, two walks and an RBI single by Cole Decker gets the Hoosiers on the board.
End of bottom of inning 2 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 3 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 2 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 6:49 p.m.:
TJ Schuyler lines out to end the inning.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 6:50 p.m.:
Gavin Seebold toes the rubber now for Indiana.
Top of inning 3 with 0 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 4 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 2 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 6:54 p.m.:
Seebold surrenders a solo shot.
Top of inning 3 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 4 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 2 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:05 p.m.:
Two on, one out prompts a mound visit from Dustin Glant. Seebold gets the next batter.
Top of inning 3 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 5 runs | 0 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 2 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:07 p.m.:
An RBI single prompts another mound visit from Glant. Jacob Vogel is called on to stop the bleeding.
End of top of inning 3 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 4 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 2 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:16 p.m.:
Vogel ends the inning after allowing both inherited runners to score.
Bottom of inning 3 with 0 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 4 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 1 runs | 4 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:21 p.m.:
Will Moore walks and Hogan Denny punches a single through. Cooper Malamazian steps in.
End of bottom of inning 3 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 4 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:27 p.m.:
Hanley drives in two with a RBI single.
Top of inning 4 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:33 p.m.:
Toledo transfer Jackson Bergman is on the mound for Indiana in the 4th. Malamazian knocks down a ball and literally tags second base for a force out in a nice heads up play.
End of top of inning 4 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:35 p.m.:
IU second baseman (I think Delaware transfer Aiden Stewart) also tags second base to end the inning.
End of bottom of inning 4 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 6 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:47 p.m.:
I got to knock down a foul ball. Decker hit his second hit of the day and Schuyler drew a walk. Both were stranded.
Top of inning 5 with 0 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 7 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 6 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:49 p.m.:
Kaden Jacobi (transfer from Mizzou) is on the bump.
Top of inning 5 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 6 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:56 p.m.:
A wild pitch plates a two-out run for Ball State.
End of top of inning 5 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 3 runs | 6 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 7:58 p.m.:
Jacobi strands one.
Bottom of inning 5 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 5 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:08 p.m.:
Caleb Koskie rips a 2-run bomb!!!
End of bottom of inning 5 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 5 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:14 p.m.:
Bang bang play ends the Hoosier 5th.
End of top of inning 6 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 5 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:23 p.m.:
Point Loma transfer Michael Sarhatt strikes out two and gives up an infield hit. Inning ends with a weak fly out to right. Best Hoosier pitching outing so far.
Bottom of inning 6 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 5 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:33 p.m.:
Decker on for third time today, this time via walk, but is picked off.
End of bottom of inning 6 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 8 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 5 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:48 p.m.:
Denny makes a loud out at the centerfield warning track to end the inning.
End of top of inning 7 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 5 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:53 p.m.:
Mississippi State transfer Eli Walker plucked a couple of batters as Ball State tacks on so more runs.
Bottom of inning 7 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 6 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:54 p.m.:
Freshman Davian Carrera belts a solo shot to right.
Bottom of inning 7 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 6 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 8:56 p.m.:
Freshman Trey Myers draws a walk.
End of bottom of inning 7 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 6 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:01 p.m.:
Freshman Noah Drake grounds out to end the frame.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.:
After his brother hit a homer in the bottom of the 7th, RHP Freshman Xavier Carrera takes the mound in the 8th.
End of top of inning 8 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 6 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:10 p.m.:
Carrera allows a baserunner, but he is gunned down attempting to steal second.
End of bottom of inning 8 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 5 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 7 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:15 p.m.:
Will Moore doing Will Moore things. Drags a bunt for a single and forces an error to get in scoring position. Denny has warning track power to get Moore to third. Malamazian drives in Moore with a productive groundout.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:17 p.m.:
East Carolina transfer Ian White, Jr. takes the bump for the Hoosiers in the 9th.
End of top of inning 9 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 6 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 7 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:29 p.m.:
A bloop single and a hit-by-pitch is stranded with a strikeout and a great warning track grab in right by Ayden Crouse.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:31 p.m.:
Catcher Brayden Ricketts leads off the ninth with a walk.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:33 p.m.:
Koskie also draws a walk. Hoosiers are threatening in the ninth.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:40 p.m.:
Bases are juiced with one out for Ayden Crouse.
Bottom of inning 9 with 1 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 9 runs | 10 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:42 p.m.:
Crouse comes through with a RBI knock. A walk scores another. Tying run in scoring position.
Bottom of inning 9 with 1 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 11 runs | 11 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:45 p.m.:
Denny ties it up with a ground rule double.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:47 p.m.:
Assistant pitching coach Denton Sagerman fields a foul ball out of the Hoosier bullpen.
Bottom of inning 9 with 1 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 11 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:49 p.m.:
Will Moore scores on a wild pitch. Hoosiers take the lead!!!
End of bottom of inning 9 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 11 runs | 7 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 11 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:55 p.m.:
Hoosiers take a one run lead into the 10th (expecting 14-15 innings total).
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 9:59 p.m.:
Evan O’Neill is in his third year at IU and has yet to log a spring inning. He allows a lead off walk and Will Moore makes a great recovery to get the first out.
Top of inning 10 with 1 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 13 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 11 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:01 p.m.:
Cardinals take the lead with a two-run bomb to right field.
End of top of inning 10 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 13 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 12 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:15 p.m.:
Aiden Stewart gets a single but is stranded.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:19 p.m.:
Cole Decker tracks down a deep shot on the warning track for the first out. Freshman RHP Owen Shinada is on the bump.
End of bottom of inning 10 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 13 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 12 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:22 p.m.:
Shinada works around a single to keep the Hoosiers within 1 in the 11th.
End of bottom of inning 11 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 13 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 14 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:38 p.m.:
Hoosiers get the tying run in scoring position but strand him.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:40 p.m.:
Freshman Logan Cotton is now the pitcher for the Hoosiers.
End of top of inning 12 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 13 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 12 runs | 14 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 10:48 p.m.:
Cotton escapes a bases-loaded jam with a fly out to left. The runner on third left early to attempt to score and was out upon appeal.
End of bottom of inning 12 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 13 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 15 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11 p.m.:
Will Moore ties it with a single.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:02 p.m.:
13 to 13 heading into the 13th inning!
Top of inning 13 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 14 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 15 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:12 p.m.:
Micah Vessely walks the bases loaded and gives up a sac fly. Cardinals retake the lead.
Top of inning 13 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 15 runs | 8 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 15 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:17 p.m.:
Vessely then walks in a run.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:18 p.m.:
Freshman Ivan Mastalski is on the bump to stench the bleeding.
Top of inning 13 with 2 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 17 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 15 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:22 p.m.:
Ball State opens it up with a 2-RBI single. All four runs charged to Vessely.
End of top of inning 13 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 17 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 15 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:25 p.m.:
Mastalski strands two.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:27 p.m.:
Freshman Mateo Noto leads off for the Hoosiers in the 13th with a double to the right center gap.
End of bottom of inning 13 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 17 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 16 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:38 p.m.:
A string of new bats strand two on base. Cardinals still lead by 4.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:43 p.m.:
The 6-9 Kellen English is on the bump pitching to Sacred Heart transfer catcher Joe Cilea.
Top of inning 14 with 0 outs:
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 18 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 16 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:44 p.m.:
English surrenders a solo shot
End of top of inning 14 :
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 18 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 16 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:45 p.m.:
English makes short work of the Cardinals after the bomb.
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:46 p.m.:
This is likely the last chance for the Hoosiers bats in the 14th, down by 5 runs.
End of bottom of inning 14 (FINAL):
Team Totals:
Cardinals: 18 runs | 9 hits | 0 errors
Hoosiers: 13 runs | 16 hits | 0 errors
entry by Carl - Oct. 3, 2025, 11:50 p.m.:
Hoosiers go down in order