Hoosier squander another lead to end a series and now are in a huge hole for the conference season
By Carl James @jovian34 March 15th, 2026
Indiana Hoosiers: 6, Oregon Ducks: 7
Inning by inning details in the Live Game Blog | Box Score
It was looking so good for Indiana. They jumped on Oregon’s spot starter and had a 4-run lead after two innings. Two Oregon errors on one play equated to a peir of unnearned runs, and a 6-1 leading in the middle of the sixth inning. Pitching depth stretched by the unavailability of Jackson Bergman and an explosive Oregon offense meant Indiana could not be content with just 6 runs.
The next 3.5 innings proved that correct.
Oregon junior left-handed reliever Toby Twist had allowed 5 runs and 8 hits in 11 innings of work pitched the middle innings (fifth through seventh) allowing just a walk and a hit and never getting into trouble. The Hoosier offense stalled out and was held scoreless from the fourth on as the Ducks mounted a comeback.
Brayton Thomas started the game for the Hoosiers with 4 innings of 1-run ball. Michael Sarhatt was first out of the pen, putting up a zero in the fifth, before plunking two batters to load the bases in the fifth. After a great three-pitch, high pressure outing Tuesday against Wright State, Kaden Jacobi came in on fireman duty. Like the last time he got his strikeout, but with no outs that wasn’t enough. A double to the wall cleared the bases and another double cut the Hoosier lead to just one run.
Jackson Yarberry got the ball in the 7th. With Bergman’s availability issues, the staff has been forcing Yarberry to become a multi-inning guy even though he has had way more success in multiple 1-inning stints per week. The pattern continued. Yarberry was great for one inning, but started each of the 8th and 9th innings with free passes that came around to score as the tying and winning runs respectively.
Jake Hanley and Caleb Koskie each had two hit days and were the only Hoosiers to get hits after the third inning. These hits were scattered along with a few walks, but except for a scoring position threat in the 8th the Hoosiers didn’t even stress the Duck bullpen.
With an unavailble starting pitcher, two other key pitchers throwing through “tightness” (Thomas and Gavin Seebold), and the offense just not able to put a complete competitive game together the 7-12 overall record and 1-5 (15th place) in the B1G, the Hoosiers are reeling right now. They head to Nashville directly for a Tuesday midweek at Vanderbilt, who just won its opening series in the SEC against no. 13 LSU and is 5-1 in midweek action so far having already played two double midweeks, so their pitching depth has already been tested.
On Friday the Hoosiers host a Minnesota squad who, despite losing the series at Illinois the past week, held the Illini to just 6 runs on the weekend, shutting them out in their one win. Suffice it to say, the task for the Hoosiers bats next week is not exactly easy.