Iowa’s superior pitching was mostly dominant this weekend. The Hawkeyes got great starts in two of the three games this weekend to handcuff the Purdue offense, but the Boilers were able to explode on Saturday for 10 runs and at least take a game on the road against a potential NCAA Tournament team.
Friday
Iowa 5, Purdue 2
Iowa’s Adam Mazur might be the best pitcher in the Big Ten and he showed why on Friday. He just missed a complete game shutout, as a two-out 2 RBI single from Troy Viola cut the Iowa lead to 5-2 in the ninth, but Ben Beutel then came in and got a strikeout to close the game for Iowa.