COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Iowa baseball team’s winning streak is up to a season-best three games after a dominant 11-2 victory over Maryland in its weekend finale at Bill Davis Stadium.
The Hawkeyes used an eight-run sixth inning to score a season-high 11 runs and improve to 7-8 four weekends into the season.
“Today was a big step for us as we had 18 innings yesterday, everything went great and we played hard, but we followed it up with a quick turnaround on a cold, blustery day with the wind blowing,” said head coach Rick Heller. “We showed a lot of toughness in all facets of the game.”
With Iowa clinging to a 2-1 lead, eight of Iowa’s first nine batters reached in the bottom of the sixth to blow the game open. Redshirt freshman outfielder Brayden Frazier singled home redshirt junior Izaya Fullard and redshirt freshman Tyler Snep for Frazier’s second and third RBIs of the day, giving Iowa a 4-1 lead.
After a Maryland pitching change with one out, redshirt junior Dylan Nedved and redshirt senior Ben Norman drew back-to-back walks to bring home another Hawkeye run.
Redshirt senior Matthew Sosa, who homered in the first inning and went 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs, drove in two more Iowa runs on a double to right center. Redshirt freshman Peyton Williams delivered the knockout punch with his second home run in as many days.
Williams’ three-run homer capped Iowa’s eight-run sixth inning to give the Hawkeyes a 10-1 advantage. Williams added an RBI single in the eighth inning to tally a career-high four RBIs.
Redshirt sophomore starting pitcher Duncan Davitt (2-1) quieted the Maryland offense over the first six innings. The Terrapins capitalized on a Davitt walk and hit-by-pitch in the second inning to score their lone run off the righty-hander, but then Davitt settled in.
