Hawkeyes Shutout Huskers

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa baseball team shutout Nebraska, 1-0, in the series-opener at Duane Banks Field on Friday evening.

Junior Cade Obermueller started on the mound and produced yet another quality start. He struck out 11 batters and surrendered two hits and two walks over seven innings of work. Anthony Watts came in to relieve him and earned the save. He gave up one hit and struck out three. 

"It was definitely an old school pitchers dual," said head coach Rick Heller. "Obe was really good again tonight. Didn't quite have the command he has had his last couple outings, but when he got some traffic he buckled down and made pitches when he had to."

Kooper Schulte put the Hawkeyes ahead, 1-0, in the second frame with a 424-foot shot that cleared the scoreboard in left field. Iowa recorded two other hits on the night -- singles from Gable Mitchell and Ben Swails. 

"I am really happy with how we handled it," said Heller. "The offense has been going so well, sometimes when you have a game like that the frustration really sets in because you start assuming you are going to score 10 runs and that's not the way it is on a traditional Friday night. The thing I am thinking about the most I have been hoping we would get a win like that, we just hadn't had that yet." 

Iowa (22-10, 13-3) held the Huskers to a .097 batting average (3-for-31) and recorded its seventh shutout of the season, good for second most in the NCAA. 

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The Hawkeyes and Nebraska (15-19, 4-9) will continue the series tomorrow with game two at 2:02 p.m. (CDT). The game will be broadcast on B1G+ and the Hawkeye Radio Network.