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Iowa baseball staves off elimination, tops Purdue, 5-4, in the Big Ten Tournament

Iowa lived to fight another day, scoring in the ninth to beat Purdue, 5-4, in the Big Ten Tournament.

Redshirt senior Izaya Fullard delivered a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the ninth inning that kept Iowa’s hopes alive in the Big Ten Tournament and staved off elimination as the third-seeded Hawkeyes beat Purdue, 5-4.

“I got behind 0-2 right away and that last pitch I saw him shake off and smirk a little bit. I don’t know why, but it made me think he was going to blow a fastball by me. I made sure to get on time for a fastball and I was able to put a good swing on it,” Fullard said.

Unlike Thursday when Penn State held Iowa to just a pair of hits, Iowa had eight hits on the day and scored three runs in the fifth off Purdue starter CJ Backer.

It was small ball that helped open the door for the Hawkeyes. Only one ball left the infield for Iowa in that fifth inning as the Hawkeyes scored runs on a passed ball, a safety squeeze from Michael Seegers and a wild pitch. After Purdue got one run back in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI groundout from Steve Ramirez, Iowa’s Cade Moss responded with an RBI double in the sixth to put the Hawkeyes in front, 4-2.

The Boilermakers used a three-hit bottom of the sixth inning and an Iowa fielding error to plate a pair of runs and tie things up at four runs apiece. Purdue also had a solo shot in the bottom of the second from Troy Viola.

On the mound, redshirt senior starter Dylan Nedved tossed six innings, surrendering four runs and three earned. One of the stories of the day was Iowa reliever Will Cristophersen and his 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He had five strikeouts on the day and came away with the save.

Now, Iowa advances and will face the loser of Rutgers-Penn State Saturday morning at 9 a.m. CT.

Iowa baseball sweeps the weekly Big Ten awards, extending the single-season program record

Keaton Anthony, Kyle Huckstorf and Dylan Nedved were all honored as the Iowa Hawkeyes swept the weekly Big Ten baseball awards.

Iowa swept its way past Indiana last weekend to the tune of 30-16, 12-0, and 2-1 victories over the Hoosiers. The Hawkeyes wound up sweeping their way through the Big Ten weekly baseball awards as well.

Redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf was named the co-Big Ten Player of the Week, redshirt senior Dylan Nedved the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and Keaton Anthony the Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

Huckstorf had a historic day in Iowa’s unforgettable rally in game one versus Indiana. After trailing 13-2 early, Huckstorf’s big day spearheaded the Hawkeyes’ comeback efforts.

The 5-foot-8, 175 pound native of Waterford, Wis., hit three home runs over the course of a pair of innings as Iowa erased the early 11-run deficit. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Hawkeyes sent 15 batters to the plate to erase that deficit in a hurry.

Huckstorf sandwiched a pair of three-run blasts around a two-run shot from Anthony. He wasn’t done there. In the fifth inning, Huckstorf added a go-ahead grand slam, giving him three homers and 10 RBIs in a two-inning span.

With the bases loaded in the eighth, Huckstorf lined a two-run single to right center for his record-breaking hit. It gave him the Big Ten single-game RBI record with 12 and it was his sixth hit, tying him for the league record for hits in a game.

“This is going to be the day that I take with me until I die. It will be stories that live on forever and I’ll have fun with it. I came out here with the same goal in mind, trying to barrel up the ball, hit it hard and as you see today, good things happen. The wind was in my favor, which was a good thing,” Huckstorf said of his record-breaking day.

In addition to his co-Big Ten Player of the Week honor, Huckstorf was named the Dick Howser Trophy National Co-Hitter of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Meanwhile, Anthony picked up Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for a record sixth time this season. The 6-foot-4, 210 pound outfielder finished the week against the Hoosiers having homered in three straight games and finished with five runs and five RBIs on the weekend.

Lastly, Nedved captured the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award after tossing six shutout innings in a series-clinching victory in game two. The right-hander from Shawnee, Kan., had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings before being lifted following the sixth because of a pitch count. He allowed one hit over six innings and fanned six to notch his sixth victory of the season.

The accolades are the 11th, 12th and 13th weekly honors for the Hawkeyes this season, extending a program record.

Iowa earned the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament where the Hawkeyes will square off with sixth-seeded Penn State today at 5 p.m. from Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Neb., in their first postseason matchup. If the Hawkeyes can win, it’s the winner of No. 2 seed Rutgers and No. 7 seed Purdue.

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Iowa baseball captures the series over Nebraska with a 5-3 extra-innings win

After a 1-0 win on Friday, Iowa won 5-3 in extra innings in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader to take the series from Nebraska.

After a forgettable first game of Sunday’s doubleheader, Iowa found its resolve early and then again late in the second game of the doubleheader to capture the series from the Nebraska Cornhuskers with a 5-3 extra-innings win.

With the win, Iowa has now secured three consecutive Big Ten series and four of the five conference series the Hawkeyes have played thus far.

Redshirt freshman Keaton Anthony delivered a first-inning blast to start the scoring for the Hawkeyes as Iowa’s designated hitter. Redshirt sophomore first baseman Peyton Williams added a two-run homer in the third to score himself and Kyle Huckstorf and Iowa led 3-1.

Then, after Nebraska evened the game at three runs apiece with a pair in the sixth, Iowa found the scoring it needed in extras to ensure it wouldn’t be a gloomy trip back to Iowa City.

The top of the tenth started with a pair of Hawkeye singles from sophomores Anthony Mangano and Michael Seegers. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch and then the Huskers intentionally walked Williams.

Anthony followed the Williams’ walk with a sacrifice fly to center field to give the Hawkeyes the lead back at 4-3 and then redshirt senior Izaya Fullard added an insurance run with his RBI single to score Seegers.

Sophomore right-hander Ty Langenberg delivered a solid start, tossing five innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts on 78 pitches.

Redshirt senior Dylan Nedved settled down after surrendering a pair of earned runs in his first inning of work in the sixth and added four innings in relief with three strikeouts. After Nedved allowed a leadoff single to Nebraska’s Cam Chick to start off the bottom of the 10th, Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller went into the bullpen.

It worked to perfection. Redshirt senior Ben Beutel got Garrett Anglim to srike out swinging and then induced a game-ending double play off the bat of the Huskers’ Griffin Everitt.

Iowa Hawkeyes baseball rallies to sweep Minnesota, improves to 20-12

Iowa’s offense exploded for an eight-run seventh inning to rally back and top Minnesota, 9-3, on Sunday to earn the series sweep.

Through six innings, it looked and felt like Iowa’s offense might not be able to put it together to earn the series sweep of Minnesota from Duane Banks Field. Following a 9-3 win on Friday and a 2-1 triumph on Saturday, the Hawkeyes had mustered up just three hits over the game’s first six innings on Sunday and trailed 3-0.

Then, the dam burst loose in the seventh. After one-out singles from sophomore Kyle Huckstorf and freshman Ben Wilmes, sophomore Michael Seegers drove in the game’s first run for the Hawks with an RBI single to right field to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Redshirt sophomore Peyton Williams delivered an RBI groundout to score Wilmes and bring the Hawkeyes back within a run. Redshirt senior Izaya Fullard worked a two-out walk and then redshirt sophomore Ben Tallman tied the game up with an RBI single.

Suddenly, after seemingly being stuck in the mud offensively all afternoon long, Iowa had a chance to take the lead and sweep the series. Sophomore Will Mulflur gave Iowa its first lead of the day with a two-run double down the third base line, putting the Hawkeyes in front, 5-3.

“I was trying to go up there and keep fighting. I found myself in a lot of two strike counts this season. I wanted to see it deep with two strikes and get a good swing on it. I got it past the third baseman,” Mulflur said.

Iowa didn’t stop there in the seventh. Freshman Sam Petersen added an RBI single and Wilmes’ two-run single gave the Hawkeyes a five-run lead at 8-3. All told, it was an eight-run seventh inning on seven hits. Iowa added an insurance run in the eighth after Williams doubled and then scored on a wild pitch.

After Minnesota scratched three runs off sophomore right-hander Ty Langenburg over the game’s first three innings, Iowa turned to redshirt sophomore lefty Benjamin DeTaeye. DeTaeye responded with a pair of spotless innings of relief.

Redshirt senior righty Dylan Nedved took Iowa the rest of the way in relief, delivering four innings of one-hit, scoreless baseball for the Hawkeyes.

“It feels good to give your team a chance. It was big to get those shut down innings so it could give our team a chance to come back and win. We were able to get it done, so it was nice,” Nedved said.

Iowa wound up winning on Sunday by the same score as Friday, 9-3. In the process, the Hawkeyes earned their first Big Ten series sweep since winning all three games at Michigan State in last year’s regular season finale.

“Getting a sweep is big, especially at home. It is good momentum for everyone on the team, especially going into a tough one on the road next week. We have to take care business during the midweek, too, against Bradley.

“It was a good confidence booster with everybody. The pitchers coming out and throwing strikes, always giving us a chance, the offense coming through. It felt like we were able to be who we are this weekend and it worked out,” Mulflur said.

Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller said the comeback illustrated what this team wants to be about.

“To get a win today, especially coming back late like that, it was good for the confidence and psyche of the team. To do it with a bunch of guys out of the lineup, it says a lot about our culture and the toughness of the group we have. It was a lot of guys stepping up and getting the job done. It was a good team win today,” Heller said.

Iowa hosts Bradley on Tuesday night at 6:05 p.m. CT from Duane Banks Field before a three-game weekend series at Rutgers.

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Iowa vs. Central Michigan: baseball series details, how to watch, stream and listen

Iowa baseball hosts Central Michigan this weekend in a three-game series. Here’s how to watch, stream and listen to the Hawks.

Iowa hosts its final nonconference series before the Hawkeyes jump in to Big Ten play. The Hawks welcome Central Michigan into Iowa City for a three-game series starting on Friday.

The Hawkeyes come into this weekend series riding the momentum of a two-game split with then-No. 13 Texas Tech. Iowa beat Texas Tech 6-3 last Sunday thanks to big pitching performances from sophomore starting righty Ty Langenberg and senior righty Dylan Nedved. That duo combined to strike out 17 Red Raider batters over their collective nine innings.

“Ty set the tone for us, he was outstanding and gave us a great start. Nedved, it was a perfect situation to bookend the game and he did a nice job. The big thing for us is fastball command and you see what you can do if you have that command. We have six games until conference. Today was a positive day, win or lose. We played better, we played with intent, we were more focused and confident. Let’s try to string something together and it starts tomorrow,” Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller said.

With the win over Texas Tech and Monday’s 6-5 win over St. Thomas, the Hawkeyes are now 10-8 overall entering this weekend’s series. Central Michigan arrives 9-8 overall. Here’s a look at how to stream, watch and listen to the action this weekend. Plus, a look at some of the starting pitchers for both and game details.