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Penn State Baseball Routed By Iowa 13-4
Penn State baseball (5-12, 1-1 Big Ten) lost 13-4 to Iowa (12-6, 1-1 Big Ten) during the second game of a three-game series at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
Penn State’s pitching struggled mightily throughout the entire game, and the offense was never able to catch up after Iowa’s four-run fifth inning.
How It Happened
Penn State starter Ben Hudson immediately ran into trouble in the top of the first inning, allowing a leadoff triple to Gable Mitchell. Miles Risley hit a ball to deep right field, allowing Mitchell to score and get the Hawkeyes on the board. Iowa followed up with two singles, but couldn’t get any more runners to home plate. In the bottom of the first, the Nittany Lions only had one runner on base due to a hit by pitch.
In the top of the second, Hudson got two quick outs before Iowa catcher Max Burt walked, and Ben Swails hit an RBI double to put the Hawkeyes up by two. In the bottom of the second, Penn State went down in order.
In the top of the third inning, Iowa got another run on the board after a home run from Caleb Wulf. Then, Penn State once again went down in order in the bottom of the inning.
In the fourth, Hudson was able to contain Iowa, allowing two hits and no runs. In the bottom of the inning, Spencer Barnett doubled to right off of Iowa pitcher Logan Runde, and Bryce Molinaro followed with an RBI single to put the Nittany Lions on the board.
However, Iowa’s fifth inning was their biggest yet. Hudson got a quick out to lead off the inning, but Wulf singled, and Joey Nerat hit his ninth home run of the year. Kooper Schulte followed the homer with a single, and Brett White hit another two run home run to extend Iowa’s lead to 7-1. Ethan Bauerschmidt came in to replace Hudson, and got Burt to ground out to Molinaro to end the inning.
Iowa followed up their strong fifth inning, with two more runs in the sixth. After Bauerschmidt loaded the bases on two walks and a hit-by-pitch, the Hawkeyes got a run off of a double play. Later in the inning, Nerat hit an RBI double to left center, putting Iowa up 9-1. Penn State got a run back on a ground out in the bottom of the sixth, making the score 9-2.
In the top of the seventh inning, Iowa plated another runner after a fielding error by Jesse Jaconski allowed Mitch Wood to reach, and Risley hit an RBI single. Jaconski was then the only Nittany Lion to reach base in the bottom of the seventh, when he reached on an error.
Penn State pitcher Robert Brown was able to keep Iowa scoreless in the top of the eighth, allowing only one hit in the process. In the bottom of the eighth, Maddox McDonald led off the inning with a walk, and Barnett followed with a walk. Molinaro loaded the bases with a walk, and then Jack Porter and Jaconski both had bases loaded walks to make the score 10-4.
Penn State pitcher Harrison Lollin struggled in the top of the ninth, allowing Iowa to score three runs. Lollin got two quick outs, but two singles, a double, and a walk allowed Iowa to take a nine-run lead. In the bottom of the ninth, the only Penn State action was a Michael Anderson walk. Barnett ended the game with a strikeout, solidifying Iowa’s win over Penn State, 13-4.
Takeaways
- Penn State pitching gave up 19 hits to Iowa over nine innings.
- Errors continue to be a costly issue for Penn State, with the team committing two more in this game.
- Penn State’s offense has struggled to be consistent so far this season, which was evident the last two games (10 runs on Friday, four on Saturday).
- Iowa may have scored 13 runs, but the team left many opportunities on base. The Hawkeyes ended the game with 13 runners left on base.
What’s Next?
Penn State will look to win the series as it hosts Iowa for the series finale tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The game will be broadcast on Big Ten Plus.
The five candidates vying for the Republican Party nomination for governor each went before conservative activists in the Des Moines area Friday night to ask for their support in the upcoming primary election.
The fundraiser for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, an influential evangelical political group, was the first event of the campaign season where all five candidates were present in person.
More than 1,000 people attended the fundraiser at an event center in Clive where Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, also looked to unify support for Republicans in the upcoming midterms.
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Feenstra and rivals appeal to conservative activists
The candidates took turns answering questions from Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann, who prompted them to share their views on key conservative issues: abortion, eminent domain, school choice and religious freedom.
All five candidates oppose abortion rights. Adam Steen, former director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, said as governor he would push for restrictions beyond the state’s current law — which bans most abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy.
“We have to be pro-life. We have to be life at conception. It’s fundamental,” Steen said. “And I’ll say this right now — with those abortion pills that are being sent into the state of Iowa right now, we have to stop those first and foremost. Get those out of there and ensure that life is protected at conception.”
The Iowa House passed a bill Friday that includes a measure requiring medial providers to only dispense abortion-inducing drugs directly to the patient in a health care setting. It is not clear whether the bill has enough support to pass in the state Senate.
Also on Friday, a panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling temporarily blocking the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone, requiring that it be distributed only in person in medical settings. The ruling is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Businessman Zach Lahn of Belle Plaine said the conservative movement should look beyond abortion. For instance, Lahn said, conservatives should advocate to reverse declines in life expectancy.
“We have to make sure that we are fighting for healthy food, for less medication, for our children, for clean water, for cancer,” said Lahn, who was endorsed by MAHA Action, an advocacy group related to the Make America Healthy Again movement.
Reynolds vetoed a measure that would have put some limits on eminent domain, but the candidates all said they oppose the use of eminent domain for private-sector projects.
Fourth District Rep. Randy Feenstra said he would protect landowners’ property rights.
“The property belongs to the American farmer, the Iowa farmer, belongs to each of us and not anything else,” Feenstra said. “And if somebody wants to run a pipeline, or whatever it might be, then it’s negotiated between the private property owner and the business. And if the private property owner says, ‘no,’ that’s it.”
Former state Rep. Brad Sherman agreed.
“A private company who’s not a common carrier for a product that’s not a public utility should never, ever get to use eminent domain,” Sherman said. “It’s just that simple.”
The GOP candidates for governor are supporters of school choice measures passed in recent years. That includes Iowa’s education savings accounts (ESAs) program, which this year gave around $8,000 in public funding per student to help families pay for tuition at private schools.
Steen called the ESA law “one of the greatest pieces of legislation” passed under Republican control in the Legislature. Current state Rep. Eddie Andrews, R-Johnston, said he would like to see the state expand school choice.
“It didn’t just start with ESAs. I led the push for just regular district-to-district school choice. Then we added public charter school choice,” Andrews said. “I understood that parents need to be in charge of their kids’ education.”
If no candidate wins at least 35% of the primary vote on June 2, the nomination will be decided at a party convention.
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Reynolds says election will affect GOP achievements
Reynolds told activists at the fundraiser she plans to be on the campaign trail supporting the person chosen as the GOP nominee for governor. She said the results of the election in November will have implications for landmark conservative policies put in place under her leadership.
Reynolds listed what she considers some of Republicans’ greatest accomplishments in the Statehouse in her time as governor, including cuts to income tax rates, a broad state government reorganization and one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States.
“I would put our record up against anyone,” Reynolds said. “It’s what’s driven more Iowa voters to register as Republicans. In 2018, Republicans held just a 10,800 voter registration advantage. Today, we have an advantage of over 198,000.”
But Republicans should not take their advantage among active registered voters for granted, Reynolds said. Democrats, she said, are united, well-funded and motivated to win back the governor’s office.
“We have the record. We have the numbers,” Reynolds said. “So the only way that we see a Rob Sand win is if we don’t show up. If we show up, we win.”
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A house fire displaced one Iowa City resident Thursday afternoon.
The Iowa City Fire Department responded to the 1600 block of Crosby Lane at 4:06 p.m. after a caller reported flames and smoke coming from the front door of the house.
Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming from the roof and doors. Firefighters entered the home and extinguished a fire in the basement, containing it within 10 minutes of arrival.
One resident was displaced. No injuries were reported. Damage is estimated at $50,000.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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