The number one seed Indiana Hoosiers were stunned by the number eight seed Iowa baseball team on Wednesday evening when the Hawkeyes defeated them 4-2. Rick Heller’s club rallied late in that game scoring three times in the seventh inning and adding another run in the eighth inning.
Iowa starting pitcher Cole McDonald was terrific tossing 8.0 innings of one-run ball while striking out nine batters. Grant Leonard came into the ninth inning looking for a school-record 14 saves. He gave up a run in the process but locked down history for himself.
Unfortunately, the Hawkeyes luck ended there as they lost on Friday to Nebraska 11-1 and then were eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament with a 3-0 loss to Minnesota on Friday night.