Hawkeyes Down Tommies, 14–4

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team defeated St. Thomas, 14–4, in eight innings Tuesday night at Duane Banks Field.

“I was pleased with the first inning,” said Iowa head coach Rick Heller. “They scored a run on a free base, and then we came right back and scored eight runs. Matt Delgado and Kooper Schulte both had clutch hits in that inning, which really settled things down and allowed our pitchers to go out there and just throw.”

St. Thomas struck first, scoring one run in the top of the first inning.

Iowa responded immediately with an eight‑run bottom of the first. Senior Miles Risley drove in the Hawkeyes’ first run with a sacrifice fly to score senior Kooper Schulte. Senior Matthew Delgado singled to right‑center, plating seniors Gable Mitchell and Caleb Wulf. Redshirt sophomore Jaixen Frost followed with a single to score junior Max Burt.

Schulte later doubled to right‑center field, driving in Delgado, Frost and junior Jaylen Ziegler. Schulte came around to score on a wild pitch to cap the inning.

The Hawkeyes added to their lead in the second inning when Delgado grounded out to first base, allowing Wulf to score from third.

St. Thomas trimmed the deficit with two runs in the fourth inning, cutting the score to 9–3.

Iowa answered back in the bottom of the fourth. Redshirt freshman Brett White doubled to left‑center field before Frost singled to left‑center, scoring White from second base.

The Hawkeyes tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning. Mitchell singled through the left side and later scored on a single by Wulf. Delgado then reached on a fielder’s choice, allowing Risley to score.

Senior Joey Nerat led off the sixth inning with a double to left‑center. Wulf later singled through the right side to score Nerat.

St. Thomas added one run in the seventh inning.

Iowa sealed the win in the eighth inning to trigger the run rule. Schulte doubled to left field, and Wulf followed with a single to left, scoring Schulte to end the game.

On the mound, freshman Brady Ferguson earned the win, throwing 2 1/3 innings and allowing one hit and two runs. Freshman Cole Moore, senior Ganon Archer, freshman Brolan Frost, freshman Nick Terhaar, senior Justin Hackett and junior Beau Leisure all also saw action.

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