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Nick Day hits homer to lift Iowa past Ohio State (The Associated Press)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Nick Day hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Iowa a 3-2 victory over Ohio State on Wednesday in the Big Ten tournament.

Day homered off closer Trace Dempsey after Dempsey walked Eric Schenck-Joblinske.

Tyler Peyton pitched a scoreless game into the seventh inning for the second-seeded Hawkeyes (38-14). Zach Ratcliff started the rally for the seventh-seeded Buckeyes (35-18) with a double in the seventh inning, setting up Tre Gantt's sacrifice fly to net Ohio State's first run.

Pat Porter's solo home run in the eighth inning gave the Buckeyes a 2-1 lead.