1 week Ago By Hawkeyes Wire
After an exciting 10th inning walk-off win in Game 1 of the three-game series vs. Indiana (23-20, 12-11 Big Ten), Iowa baseball (30-12, 19-4) pummeled the Hoosiers Saturday evening en route to a 13-2 seven-inning run rule victory from Duane Banks Field.Junior Aaron Savary (7-0, 3.
56 ERA) started on the hill for the Hawkeyes, where he fanned five over the first two innings and ended with six total strikeouts. Savary also gave up two runs on seven hits and walked one batter through 6 2/3 innings of work."Aaron pitched another gem," said head coach Rick Heller.
"He almost went a full seven innings against that offense, and that's really impressive."Another B1G start from Aaron Savary 🔥Wright now pitching.#Hawkeyespic.
twitter.com/djitieQ0ZA— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 26, 2025Daniel Wright (2-2, 3.38 ERA) entered in relief and recorded the final out of the seventh.
Jaixen Frost gave the Hawkeyes the lead in the second inning with a two-run shot, which is his second of the season. Iowa added onto its lead in the third frame when Reese Moore and Miles Risley each hit RBI groundouts.Frost Warning 🥶#Hawkeyespic.
twitter.com/MaswKFp5sh— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 26, 2025"Jaixen Frost had a really good game and got us started with his home run," said Heller.The Hawkeyes extended their lead to seven in the fourth when Ben Wilmes bashed a two-RBI single up the middle, and then Gable Mitchell brought in another run with a SAC bunt.
Indiana scored two runs in the fifth, but the Hawkeyes turned a double play to limit the Hoosiers' threat in the inning. After adding their eighth run of the game in the seventh, Wilmes put an exclamation point on the game with a grand slam that rang off the left-field foul pole in the bottom of the seventh to put Iowa ahead by 11 and send Hawkeye fans home early. The Wilmes four-run blast marked his sixth home run of the season and set a new career-high.
Grand slam to go home early 🫡#Hawkeyespic.twitter.com/lBHnUCgLoz— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 26, 2025Wilmes led the offense by going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a career-high six RBIs.
"When we needed a ground ball to get a run in, we got it. We got bunts down," said Heller. "I was really pleased with how we showed up today and the way we played after last night's game ended.
There was no celebration hangover."The Iowa offense totaled nine hits and batted .360 overall to Indiana's seven hits and .
292 batting average."I thought the offense was outstanding today," said Heller. "If you were going to draw it up, that was what our offense needed to do.
I thought we executed our plan at an extremely high level today. One through nine, everybody was just riding him out and laying off the edges."Never gets old 🚫🍺🌤️#Hawkeyespic.
twitter.com/4WKMw8ofEQ— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 26, 2025The win is also a milestone for the Hawkeyes as they have the program's best start to Big Ten play since 1990 and reached the 30-win plateau for the 10th time in the Rick Heller era.The Hawkeyes will look to complete the series sweep of the Hoosiers today with Game 3 starting at 1:02 p.
m. CT from Duane Banks Field and will be broadcast on Big Ten Plus (subscription required). Fans can also follow along through the Hawkeyes Radio Network alongside play-by-play voice John Leo and color analyst John Evans.
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