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Bloomington, IN (SportsNetwork.com) - Both the Rutgers Scarlet Knight and the 22nd-ranked Indiana Hoosiers will be looking to end losing streaks as they meet head-to-head Saturday in a Big Ten Conference battle at Assembly Hall. Rutgers has dropped five games in a row - all in Big Ten play - to fall to 10-12 on the season. The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 71-51 crushing defeat at the hands of Michigan State Thursday, which set the team back to 2-6 in conference action. Indiana heads into the weekend having lost two straight games, the first to Ohio State (82-70) and the second to Purdue (83-67) - both on the road. The Hoosiers fell to 15-6 on the year, with a 5-3 mark against league competition. But Indiana has performed exceptionally well at home, owning a 12-1 record in Bloomington. This contest will mark just the second meeting all-time between Rutgers and Indiana, two brand new conference rivals. The Hoosiers own the only other decision in series history, when the team took a 55-50 victory back in the 1980 season. Michigan State was able to overcome 17 turnovers in the game against Rutgers to hold the Scarlet Knights to just 29.1 percent shooting from the floor for the 20-point victory. Rutgers allowed the Spartans to connect on 50.9 percent shooting in the contest, which included an 8-of-20 mark from 3-point range. Kadeem Jack was the only Rutgers player to net a double-digit scoring total in the contest, recording 17 points with seven rebounds. Bishop Daniels added nine points for the Scarlet Knights, and Myles Mack dished out a team-best four assists in the lopsided defeat. Mack has been the heart and soul of this Rutgers team for the duration of the season, but recently the 5-foot-10 guard has cooled off in terms of production. Still, he currently leads the team in scoring, averaging 14.0 ppg with a team-high 97 assists, adding in 4.7 rpg - third on the team behind Junior Etous 6.8 rpg mark and Jacks 6.4 rpg. Jack is the only other player to own a double-digit scoring mark this season, chipping in 13.3 ppg for Rutgers, which is in last place in the Big Ten rankings in terms of scoring offense at 58.9 ppg. The teams defense has made up for some of the offensive shortcomings, holding opponents to 63.5 ppg. Indiana was simply outplayed by Purdue on Wednesday night when the Hoosiers fell to the Boilermakers. Purdue was able to hit 58.7 percent of its shots from the floor, while Indiana connected non a mere 37.9 percent shooting in the contest. Yogi Ferrell stood out with 21 points to pace the Hoosiers, while James Blackmon Jr. contributed 13 points in the teams loss. Indiana connected on just 4-of-19 shooting from 3-point distance Wednesday, and was outscored by the Boilermakers in terms of bench points, 31-14. 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Duffy worked six innings of one-hit ball coming off a pair of poor outings and Alex Gordon homered to start a breakout three-run seventh for the Kansas City Royals in a 6-0 victory over the suddenly punchless defending NL champs on Monday night. "I told him, You didnt throw a great game, you pitched a great game," manager Ned Yost said. "He was just right on top of his game." The Royals had just two singles off Shelby Miller (6-5) in a game that had been scoreless before they opened the seventh with four straight hits. Gordons fifth homer ended a 15-inning scoreless drought and Mike Moustakas capped the rally with a two-run double. "I felt good early on," Miller said. "I felt like I just kind of gave the game away in the seventh. Its just frustrating." Matt Holliday had two singles and a walk for the Cardinals, who have been shut out in consecutive games at home and have single-digit hit totals the last four games. Theyre just 2-6 with one game to go on a nine-game home stand. "Its a long season. Youre going to have those times," said Yadier Molina, who is 2 for 21 during the home stand. "We know were good hitters." Between Hollidays single with two outs in the first and his single leading off the seventh, the Cardinals were 0 for 17 with a walk -- also by Holliday in the fourth. Coming off an 8-0 loss to San Francisco on Sunday, the Cardinals were shut out two straight times at home for the first time since 1992 against Pittsburgh, and by six or more runs at home in two straight games since dropping a doubleheader to the Reds in 1937. "Weve had lots of meetings, weve had the conversations we needed to have," manager Mike Matheny said. "What were doing right now isnt going to work and they know that. We all do." Duffy (3-5) struck out five and walked one, rebounding from consecutive losses in which he surrendered 10 earned runs in 10 innings. 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Lorenzo Cain beat out an infield hit unsuccessfully challenged by the Cardinals and Miller threw his second wild pitch of the inning after a visit from pitching coach Derek Lilliquist, setting up Moustakas double. Kansas City added three in the eighth. Cardinals rookie centre fielder Randal Grichuk struck out three times and whiffed fielding the ball on the RBI single by Salvador Perez, allowing a second run to score. NOTES: Holliday has reached safely in all 29 home games. .. The Cardinals anticipate pitcher Lance Lynn, who underwent medical tests after tweaking his right knee Sunday, will make his next start. ... Cardinals pitching prospect Marco Gonzales, a first-round pick last year, and teammates from Double-A Springfield attended the game on a day off. ... The Royals claimed RHP Blake Wood on waivers from Cleveland and assigned him to Triple-A Omaha, making room on the 40-man roster by transferring RHP Luke Hochevar (elbow surgery) from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. 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