Game time is Friday at noon Pacific time.

My observations over the past few days:  Danny Hayes is brutal vs good pitching. Gotta drop him way down to 7th. I’d have Keyes 5th and Barnes or Rodriquez 6th–those guys at least make productive outs. Casey needs to go with the hot bat, not some archaic idea that Hayes must hit 5th because he hits more home runs.

I guess you throw Andrew Moore, but it sucks M State just saw him.

Gotta get Max Gordon in there. He’s a bad hitter, but he can work at walk, and that’s better than auto-out Hendrix.

Over/under on the telecasters calling OSU “Oregon” (or blatantly rooting against them)?

Game time is tomorrow at 5pm Pacific and will be televised on ESPN and/or ESPN3.

Some key Indiana stats:

• Batting Average: Indiana 23rd
• OBP: Indiana 29th
• Slugging %: 17th
• Runs per game: 14th
• 9th in ERA at 2.66.

Beavs usually have a significant pitching advantage but batting disadvantage. This game, the pitching is neutralized, and Indiana has the better offense. Should be interesting.

Indiana is throwing Aaron Slegers (9-1, 2.13 earned run average), who stands 6″10. The pitchers seem to keep getting larger as the games do, too. The Beavs looked so tiny versus Texas A&M (didn’t see Louisville, unfortunately). Gotta say, I look forward to seeing Max Gordon vs Slegers. We know what the Beavs need to win…same as always: a good start from Boyd, executing small ball, fielding, yada yada. I think this game could come down to executing a squeeze or hit and run. I’m not counting on 11 runs again. I’m thinking something like 5-4 or 4-3 final for whomever executes best.

Busy day, can’t do a write up.

Game thread.