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.

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.