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Iowa Baseball Clinches Series with IU
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Redshirt senior Dylan Nedved tossed 5 1/3 no-hit innings, 4 Hawkeye hurlers scattered three hits and Iowa’s offense stayed scorching in a 12-0 series-clinching shutout victory over Indiana on Friday evening at Duane Banks Discipline.
The win provides the Hawkeyes’ their sixth straight sequence win and eighth in 9 weeks. Iowa improves to 32-17 total and 16-7 in Huge Ten play. The 16 league wins are probably the most in a “non-COVID” season since profitable 19 video games in 2015.
Nedved (6-2) earned his sixth victory after tossing six shutout innings, permitting one hit and fanning six. The Shawnee, Kansas, native didn’t enable his first hit till Josh Pyne’s single up the center with one out within the sixth.
“It was at the back of my thoughts,” stated Nedved of the no-hit bid. “It was one thing I wasn’t anxious about. I wished to get the ball on the bottom or within the air and tender contact. It stinks it didn’t occur, however I wasn’t going to make it to the ninth anyway as a result of my pitch depend was up there.
“I’m simply proud of the outcomes.”
Iowa’s bullpen was stingy from there as Jared Simpson, Luke Llewellyn and Will Christophersen allowed two hits over the ultimate three frames. Christophersen struck out two of the three batters he confronted within the ninth.
“It was good to get these three relievers on the market tonight, all of them carried out properly,” stated head coach Rick Heller. “What do you say, a three-hit shutout in opposition to an offense like that. It was an superior effort from our pitching employees.”
Iowa’s offense continued its scorching streak, scoring 9 runs over the primary 5 innings on 9 hits and ending with 12 within the sport. Since trailing 13-2 by three innings on Thursday, the Hawkeyes have outscored the Hoosiers, 40-3.
“It was big to maintain them out of the sport early and maintain them down,” stated sophomore Michael Seegers.
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The Hawkeyes took a 1-0 lead within the first inning on a double play ball that plated Seegers earlier than placing up back-to-back 4 spots within the fourth and fifth innings to interrupt the sport open.
Iowa loaded the bases within the fourth earlier than sophomore Cade Moss’ sacrifice fly made it 2-0 and redshirt sophomore Sam Hojnar doubled in two extra runs to push the result in 4-0. Seegers single was the third hit of the inning and stretched the benefit to 5-0.
The Hawkeyes saved their foot on the gasoline within the fifth when Keaton Anthony hit a solo blast to left area to open the inning for his team-leading thirteenth homer of the season. Iowa loaded the bases once more and Hojnar delivered once more with a two-run double to left area to make the rating 8-0. Seegers made it 9-0 with an infield single.
Iowa scored its tenth and eleventh runs on Seegers’ third and fourth RBIs and Sam Petersen homered within the eighth for his second blast in as many video games.
QUOTING COACH HELLER
“We put collectively a well-played sport and had knowledgeable effort by the fellows. They confirmed up centered and locked in. They performed assured, unfastened and aggressive. We had been disciplined on the plate in opposition to Perkins, an excellent arm.”
OF NOTE…
- The Hawkeyes have scored 10 or extra runs in back-to-back video games for the second time this season. Iowa completed with 12 and 11 in Video games 1-2 in opposition to Air Pressure and Ball State.
- Iowa has had 10 or extra hits in a season-high 5 video games and in seven of the final eight contests.
- Anthony related on his thirteenth residence run of the season, probably the most by a Hawkeye freshman since Brad Carlson’s 21 in 1999.
- Iowa’s pitching employees recorded its fifth shutout of the season, probably the most since 2016.
- The Hawkeyes have allowed three or fewer hits in eight video games this season.
- Seegers tied a profession excessive along with his 4 hits and 4 RBIs; Hojnar tied a season excessive with three hits, whereas ending with a career-high three hits and three RBIs.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes will go for the weekend sweep Saturday, internet hosting the Hoosiers at 8:02 p.m. (CT). Iowa will honor its senior class previous to the competition.
18th-ranked Cyclones have won 5 straight conference road games for the first time in program history
Iowa State entered Saturday night’s Big 12 football Tcopener at Houston seeking its first 4-0 start since 2000.
Las Vegas oddsmakers crowned the No. 18 Cyclones double-digit road favorites — and their head coach, Matt Campbell, stood one victory away from the program’s all-time wins record.
But the struggling Cougars (1-4, 0-2) clawed up that feel-good script early before ISU (4-0, 1-0) seized control in the second half to record a convincing 20-0 victory at TDECU Stadium.
Campbell now owns 57 wins as ISU’s coach — one more than Dan McCarney — and his wife and kids were flown to Houston to surprise him after the historic triumph.
“Coach Mac has been such a great mentor to us, so to even be in the same spectrum as him, I’m really grateful,” Campbell said on the Cyclone Radio Network. “We wouldn’t be here without him and his support, and the former players, what they’ve meant to our current players, it’s been really special.”
The Cyclones notched their fifth straight conference road victory dating back to last season — a feat never previously accomplished in program history. They also blanked a conference foe on the road for the first time since 1971 despite nursing a meager 3-0 lead at halftime.
“We kind of started out a little slow in the beginning, but it was a big emphasis to come out there and do better in the third quarter,” ISU safety Malik Verdon said.
Cue ISU star receiver Jayden Higgins, who broke the school record by catching a touchdown pass in his sixth consecutive game. Higgins’ 12-yard leaping grab on a deftly thrown ball by quarterback Rocco Becht put the Cyclones ahead, 10-0, with 2:12 remaining in the third quarter. He finished with a game-high eight receptions for 79 yards.
“Rocco just threw a great pass, ultimately,” Higgins said. “It’s awesome to be in the history books, (and) hopefully we can continue to do great things and, hopefully, I can continue to score touchdowns this year.”
Becht completed 17 of 28 passes for a season-low 153 yards. Tailback Abu Sama — thanks to a game-sealing 77-yard sprint to the end zone in the fourth quarter — topped the 100-yard mark for the first time this season. Fellow back Jaylon Jackson nearly did the same, but ended up with 96 yards on 14 carries — including a 50-yard run that helped set up a score.
“We complement each other really well,” Jackson said of ISU’s backfield. “We just continue trying to get better each and every game.”
The Cyclones eclipsed 235 rushing yards for the second straight game and outgained Houston 393 yards to 241.
The defense allowed the Cougars to convert just one of their 10 third-down opportunities and forced three turnovers. Verdon forced a fumble linebacker Jacob Ellis recovered to set up a field goal. Cornerback Jontez Williams intercepted a pass in the end zone on Houston’s most promising drive of the game and safety Jeremiah Cooper notched his seventh career interception late in the game to allow the offense to run out the clock. ISU now owns 10 takeaways this season — a number topped by just two FBS teams entering Saturday.
“We just wanted to come out and play our game; play harder for longer,” Williams said. “That was the main goal, just to go out there and attack those guys.”
It took a while to achieve that goal, but the Cyclones now enter next Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. home game against Baylor (2-3, 0-2) with a chance to start 5-0 for the first time in the modern era. And guess who will be there? McCarney, who was already scheduled to speak to ISU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams next weekend.
“I’ve felt nothing but respect and love when I go back to games, and I know that starts with Matt Campbell,” McCarney told me a week and a half ago. “He’s about as genuine as the day is long. He’s authentic. He’s a gift to all of us (who) love Iowa State.”
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