Baseball is a game of opportunities—which team can create them and which team can capitalize when they arrive. The first part wasn’t an issue for IU on Sunday afternoon. The second part was.
Time and time again the Hoosiers would get runners on only to see those opportunities squandered and it cost them in a big way as they fell 9-7 to No. 11 Louisville at Jim Patterson Stadium.
In the first inning the Hoosiers got runners to the corners, but Scotty Bradley hit a two-out fly ball to end the inning. In the third inning the Hoosiers loaded the bases with a walk and two singles, but back-to-back strikeouts and another flyout put that threat to rest quickly.