Hawkeyes Fall to Huskers in Game 3

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa baseball team fell to Nebraska, 6-4, to close out the series at Duane Banks Field on Sunday afternoon. 

The Hawkeyes (23-11, 15-4) smacked eight hits and left 11 runners on base. Nebraska (16-20, 5-10) batted .206 as a team with seven hits. 

"We had a few opportunites and just had poor execution," said heach coach Rick Heller. "The one inning where they tried to give it to us with the errors -- that was the one where we needed to break it open. With runners in scoring positon, you get two strikeouts, and we only end up getting one run that inning. I guess that's the biggest story is that we only had a couple oppurtunites, but we didn't put a crooked number up there, and that's what we've been doing. Today it just didn't happen."

Iowa got on the board in the second inning when Jackson Beaman hit an RBI double down the left field line to score Kooper Schulte. Nebraska tied the game in the third with a solo home run and then took a 3-1 lead in the fourth with two more solo shots.

The Hawkeyes answered right back in the bottom half of the fourth. They capitalized on a couple Husker errors, and then Gable Mitchell hit an RBI SAC fly to knot the game at three apiece. 

Daniel Rogers hit an RBI double in the seventh inning to put Iowa ahead, 4-3. Nebraska took a 5-4 lead in the eighth, taking advanatge of two Hawkeye errors, and tacked on another run in the ninth on an RBI single. 

Reece Beuter started on the hill for the Hawkeyes. He gave up three runs on three hits and struck out seven Huskers through five innings. Ben DeTaeye came out of the bullpen, surrendering just one hit and punching out three in two innings of work. Daniel Wright then took the mound, giving up three runs -- two earned -- on two hits in 1 1/3 innings. Wright was tagged with the loss.

"On the positive side, I thought Reece Beuter gave us a good start," said Heller. "The three solo home runs, with the way the wind was blowing eary, it felt like we would give up a home run or two during the day. But that was fine because I felt like we would eventually score some runs, and why wouldn't you with the way we've been going offensively."

Up Next

Iowa welcomes Bradley to Duane Banks Field on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 6:02 p.m. (CDT). The game will be broadcast on B1G+ and the Hawkeye Radio Network.