Notes: St. Thomas

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team welcomes St. Thomas to Duane Banks Field on Tuesday for a midweek matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 3:02 p.m. (CDT), and admission is $5.

The Hawkeyes enter the contest with a 10-5 record, while Tommies sit at 3-12 on the season.

St. Thomas is batting .266 as a team. The Tommies are led offensively by Tanner Recchio, who is hitting .367. Recchio also leads the team with 22 hits and 10 RBIs, while Matthew Maulik paces the Tommies with six doubles. St. Thomas carries a 6.42 ERA on the mound. Owen Marsolek leads the St. Thomas pitching staff with 23.1 IP, a 3.47 ERA and 21 strikeouts. Opponents are batting .265 against the Tommies.

Iowa is hitting .340 as a team with 138 runs scored this season. Gable Mitchell leads the Hawkeyes with a .475 batting average, totaling 28 hits and six doubles. Mitch Wood leads the team with three home runs, while Caleb Wulf is hitting .441 with 26 hits and 13 runs scored.

The Hawkeye pitching staff holds a 5.40 ERA. Weekend arm and RHP Jaron Bleeker leads the group with a 2.04 ERA over 17.2 innings pitched and a team-high 16 strikeouts. Probable starter RHP Nick Terhaar has a 5.68 ERA with six strikeouts over 6.1 innings, allowing four earned runs.

Tuesday’s game will be streamed on B1G+ and can be heard on the Hawkeye Radio Network.