Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Ohio State baseball had a commanding lead over Iowa late in the ballgame on Sunday, but was left watching helplessly as the Hawkeyes set the bullpen on fire and came from behind for a walk-off 11-10 victory.
The deciding knock was a two-run home run by Robert Neustrom in the bottom of the ninth off Buckeye reliever Adam Niemeyer.
It was a fitting way for Ohio State to wrap up their final roadtrip of the season, a perfect encapsulation of the issues that have plagued the team since February. Now 7-14 in Big Ten play, the squad’s slim dreams of reaching the conference tournament are all but dead.