"We struck out 10 times and didn't walk," Mercer said. His final line was seven innings with five hits, four runs, and nine strikeouts. Lee, who orchestrated what Mercer thought was Indiana's worst offensive performance of the season, left the game after the seventh inning. "Sometimes it's meant to be, and it couldn't be a better kid than Pete Serruto." "I've learned in my life that God works in mysterious ways," head coach Jeff Mercer said. When the ball sailed over the right field fence, the small Indiana contingent of fans - barely one section of the 6,094 crowd - jumped to their feet in celebration. Once I got the fastball there and delivered, it was kind of like a dream." I was just trusting myself that whole at bat, sticking with my approach and my plan, and just control my breathing and controlling everything I'm taught to do. "I think that takes the cake," Serruto said when asked if his home run was the biggest moment of his career. ❗️PETE 3-RUN HR❗️ | #IUBase /MTMirzREkI- Indiana Baseball June 4, 2023
Then, with two outs, catcher Peter Serruto came out of the 9-hole to mash a go-ahead three-run home run into Indiana's bullpen. Josh Pyne doubled and Hunter Jessee was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. Then, down 3-1 in the seventh inning, Indiana figured out how to do some damage. Indiana State pounced, Sycamores are one win shy of Super Regional. And eventually get a fastball and do some damage with it." "It's tough when a guy does that and just trying to not expand low. "He was executing all three pitches, and he was really living at the bottom of the zone," Glasser said. He struck out eight Indiana batters through six innings of work and looked poised to continue his dominance on his home mound. Lee threw six innings of one-run ball - his only blemish was a solo home run from IU shortstop Phillip Glasser on his first pitch of the night. 3 Indiana came from behind to take down top-seeded Kentucky, 5-3, at Kentucky Proud Park on Saturday night to advance to the regional championship. It took seven innings, but Indiana's lineup finally got to Kentucky pitcher Zack Lee. Courtesy of UK Athletics, Indianapolis Star
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