Three Things: Hoosiers get the sweep they needed

Auston Matricardi With last-place Minnesota in town, Indiana needed a three-game sweep — for positioning, for pride, for a lot of reasons.

After three convincing finishes at Bart Kaufman Field, a weekend sweep of the Golden Gophers is exactly what the Hoosiers got. IU took the series with a 9-3 win in Game 1 of Friday’s doubleheader, a 7-1 victory in Game 2, and a no-doubt-about-it, 23-1 triumph in the finale.

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Oh my god, the offense

That Sunday score catches your eye, doesn’t it? Well, it should. The Hoosiers’ 23 runs were their most since piling 27 against Butler on March 23, 2016. But Sunday wasn’t the only game where IU hitters feasted upon the worst pitching staff in…