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*****Official IOWA at Northwestern Games Thread (May 18-20)*****

Top of 4th:

Wilmes singles
Petersen hit, Wilmes to 2nd
Dorighi single, Wilmes scores, Petersen to 3rd
Dorighi steals 2nd
Tello walked
Hojnar grounds out; Petersen scores; Tello to 2nd, Dorighi to 3rd
Seegers walks, loading the bases
Huckstorf reaches on Fielder's choice (Doriighi out at home)
With bases still loaded, Frazier doubles to LC, scoring 3
Moss walks; Frazier advances to 3rd on wild pitch
Wilmes strikes out swinging

Heading to bottom of 4th

10-0 Iowa

 
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No way was he out at home.
Video review?! Outstanding!

EDIT: Dorighi beat throw except his lead foot was in the air as he crossed home plate. Out call confirmed.
 
Franisdaman said:
Top of 4th:

Wilmes singles
Petersen hit, Wilmes to 2nd
Dorighi single, Wilmes scores, Petersen to 3rd
Dorighi steals 2nd
Tello walked
Hojnar grounds out; Petersen scores; Tello to 2nd, Dorighi to 3rd
Seegers walks, loading the bases
Huckstorf reaches on Fielder's choice (Doriighi out at home)
With bases still loaded, Frazier doubles to LC, scoring 3
Moss walks; Frazier advances to 3rd on wild pitch
Wilmes strikes out swinging

Heading to bottom of 4th

10-0 Iowa
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What is college mercy rule? Up 10 after 7?
 
AuroraHawk said:
MSU has rallied!
And the Gophers put a huge hit on Rutgers’ RPI tonight. -41 points and a drop of 6 in rankings for Rutgers. At-large chances diminish further.
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Sparty up 7-4 may just as well beat Indiana! Rutgers down to RPI 56, that's no mans land there. All in all, not a bad RPI night by giving away only 1 spot and depending on a few late games here might jump back up to where we were!
Well, just I typed this back to #30!
C'mon Sparty and TX Tech!
 
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BigOHawk said:
Sparty up 7-4 may just as well beat Indiana! Rutgers down to RPI 56, that's no mans land there. All in all, not a bad RPI night by giving away only 1 spot and depending on a few late games here might jump back up to where we were!
Well, just I typed this back to #30!
C'mon Sparty and TX Tech!
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Nice win for Michigan State. You should have demanded that Texas Tech win. =)

.........................R.......H......E
Indiana............6.......12......1
Mich State......8.......12.....0


.........................R.......H......E
Kansas............3........6.......1
Texas Tech.....1.........7.......0
 
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Heading into Friday, Iowa continues to have just a 1/2 game lead over #4 seed Nebraska.

From @Alum-Ni 's thread:

May 18 Results
Iowa 15, Northwestern 3
Maryland 17, Penn State 15
Ohio State 7, Michigan 3
Nebraska 10, Purdue 5
Minnesota 5, Rutgers 3
Michigan State 8, Indiana 6
Illinois 7, Tennessee-Martin 3


CURRENT STANDINGS
.........................................Games
...........................................Back

1. Maryland (36-18, 16-6)....--
2. Indiana (39-15, 15-7).........1
3. Iowa (38-12, 14-7)..........1.5

4. Neb (30-20-1, 14-8).........2

5. Michigan (26-24, 13-9)....3
5. Rutgers (32-20, 13-9)......3
7. Illinois (24-24, 12-12)
7. Michigan State (31-19, 11-11)

......................................................

9. Purdue (23-28, 10-12)
10. Minnesota (17-33, 9-13)
11. Ohio State (29-25, 7-15)
12. Penn State (24-24, 6-15)
13. Northwestern (9-39, 3-19)



Games for Friday, May 19
Iowa at Northwestern
Maryland at Penn State
Michigan at Ohio State
Nebraska at Purdue
Rutgers at Minnesota
Indiana at Michigan State
Tennessee-Martin at Illinois
 
Franisdaman said:
Top of the 1st:

Once again Iowa has a rally w/ 2 outs.

Check this out:

The 3rd batter, Dorighi, walks.
Tello doubles to CF, scoring Dorighi (Video below)
Hojnar singles, scoring Tello
Hojnar steals 2nd
Seegers walked
With runners on 1st and 2nd, Huckstorf struck out looking


Northwestern is as bad as advertised (check out the horrible throw to home)

After 1/2 inning, Iowa leads 2-0.


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Speaking of rallying with 2 outs:


 
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Wish the start time today was moved up. Rain right at game time (40%)
Go Hawks!
 
AuroraHawk said:
MSU has rallied!
And the Gophers put a huge hit on Rutgers’ RPI tonight. -41 points and a drop of 6 in rankings for Rutgers. At-large chances diminish further.
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If I’m looking at this correctly I believe Minnesota can still get into the conference tournament by sweeping Rutgers. They need Purdue to lose 1 more and for MSU to lose its final 2 games against Indiana. If I’m looking at the 2nd tiebreaker correctly I think Minnesota actually holds that advantage with the common opponents.

This is good for Big Ten baseball having so much on the line going into the final weekend.
 
Observation from yesterday’s game. Once Iowa got up big, NW’s coach started to substitute liberally. As if trying to get some players some playing time by end of season.

It wasn’t “we’re not going to try” but it was certainly not “we’re going to fight this until the very last out.”

If Iowa can jump on NW’s pitching early again these next couple of days, I really like how this could play out.

Given Heller’s podcast comments about concerns with pitching on Tuesday, it’s phenomenal that Morgan didn’t have to go deep into the game. He should be at full strength on Tuesday if Iowa draws a Tuesday game.
 
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I just noticed Morgan only threw 68 pitches and they didn’t have to use their top bullpen pitchers. That’s huge, hopefully the can get todays game in without having to burn through extra pitchers with rain delays.
 
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Observation from yesterday’s game. Once Iowa got up big, NW’s coach started to substitute liberally. As if trying to get some players some playing time by end of season.

It wasn’t “we’re not going to try” but it was certainly not “we’re going to fight this until the very last out.”

If Iowa can jump on NW’s pitching early again these next couple of days, I really like how this could play out.

Given Heller’s podcast comments about concerns with pitching on Tuesday, it’s phenomenal that Morgan didn’t have to go deep into the game. He should be at full strength on Tuesday if Iowa draws a Tuesday game.
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We both just made the same point. You couldn’t have asked for a better scenario from a pitcher usage standpoint. If Morgan has to pitch Tuesday he should be completely rested.
 
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Franisdaman said:
Heading into Friday, Iowa continues to have just a 1/2 game lead over #4 seed Nebraska.

From @Alum-Ni 's thread:

May 18 Results
Iowa 15, Northwestern 3
Maryland 17, Penn State 15
Ohio State 7, Michigan 3
Nebraska 10, Purdue 5
Minnesota 5, Rutgers 3
Michigan State 8, Indiana 6
Illinois 7, Tennessee-Martin 3


CURRENT STANDINGS
.........................................Games
...........................................Back

1. Maryland (36-18, 16-6)....--
2. Indiana (39-15, 15-7).........1
3. Iowa (38-12, 14-7)..........1.5

4. Neb (30-20-1, 14-8).........2

5. Michigan (26-24, 13-9)....3
5. Rutgers (32-20, 13-9)......3
7. Illinois (24-24, 12-12)
7. Michigan State (31-19, 11-11)

......................................................

9. Purdue (23-28, 10-12)
10. Minnesota (17-33, 9-13)
11. Ohio State (29-25, 7-15)
12. Penn State (24-24, 6-15)
13. Northwestern (9-39, 3-19)



Games for Friday, May 19
Iowa at Northwestern
Maryland at Penn State
Michigan at Ohio State
Nebraska at Purdue
Rutgers at Minnesota
Indiana at Michigan State
Tennessee-Martin at Illinois
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Not sure I want any part of Nebraska in BTT with a sea of red supporters.
 
ssckelley said:
I just noticed Morgan only threw 68 pitches and they didn’t have to use their top bullpen pitchers.
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Some more good numbers. If you recall, Morgan didn't retire a single MSU hitter last weekend while pitching from the wind-up and switched to pitching from the stretch with no runners on base to start the 5th and 6th innings. He gave up 3 walks and a HBP from the wind-up against MSU.

With the caveat that MSU is a more disciplined and better hitting team than Northwestern, Morgan's numbers yesterday:

From the wind-up,
Northwestern was 2-8 with 2 walks and 4 Ks.
From the stretch,
Northwestern was 1-6 with 1 walk and 1 K.

In the first three innings, Morgan got ahead of Northwestern's lead off hitter with a 1-2 count (K, single, K). In the fourth inning, the Northwestern lead off hitter grounded out on a 1-1 count. Working ahead and getting the lead off hitter out in 3 of 4 innings (in the other inning the runner was thrown out trying to advance on a ball that squirted away from Moss) usually leads to positive results.

After his lousy outing against Maryland, he's had good outings in 6 of his last 7 starts. The meltdown in State College appears to be an anomaly. He's gone 5 or more innings in 5 of those 6 good outings and would've gone 5 or 6 innings yesterday if Iowa wasn't thumping NW.

To your point, Morgan could have gone at least one more inning and likely two more innings after only throwing 68 pitches. If Iowa can get 6 solid innings out of him to start the B1G tournament, it would a most welcome development. He's trending nicely. Very nicely.
 
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I just noticed Morgan only threw 68 pitches and they didn’t have to use their top bullpen pitchers. That’s huge, hopefully the can get todays game in without having to burn through extra pitchers with rain delays.
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Yep. Yesterday, I posted what follows. Heller has over 1,000 wins; he knows what he's doing. ;)


Just 4 innings for Morgan; 5 days from now he'll be pitching again.

Northwestern is as bad as advertised. Hope we get all 3 games in....


 
From HawkeyeSports.com

MAY 18, 2023

HAWKEYES DOMINATE WILDCATS, 15-3​


EVANSTON, Illinois – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Northwestern, 15-3, on Thursday evening at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park.

The Hawkeyes put up ten runs in the first four innings. Iowa added five runs in the seventh. The Hawkeyes outhit the Wildcats, 14-3.

Marcus Morgan got the start for Iowa. He threw four innings and struck out five while allowing three hits and no runs. Cade Obermueller threw 2 1/3 innings striking out four and getting credit for the win. Nick Gottilla and Jack Young closed out the game throwing the remaining 2 1/3 innings.

“The guys played a great game today,” said Rick Heller. “Marcus Morgan gave us a great start with four shut down innings in a row. Obermueller, Gottilla and Young did a nice job finishing out.”

Four hitters for Iowa tallied multiple hits in the contest. Raider Tello was 2-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored, Michael Seegers was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI, Brayden Frazier was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Cade Moss was 2-for-5 with an RBI.

Sam Hojnar and Kyle Huckstrof each added two RBIs for the Hawkeyes.

“Our offense was balanced and aggressive the entire game,” said Heller. “A nice two run, two out rally in the first setting the tone. A really nice team win with a lot of guys getting a chance to play and contribute.”


OF NOTE

  • Iowa improves to 38-12 on the season and 14-7 in Big Ten play.
  • The Hawkeyes stole six bases today, their most in a Big Ten game this season.
  • Iowa tallied eight two out RBIs on the day bringing their total to 153 on the season.
  • The Hawkeyes have now scored 10 or more runs in 18 contests this season winning them all. They have scored 15 or more runs six times this season.


UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes continue the series with Northwestern on Friday at 4 p.m. (CT).


Hawkeyes Dominate Wildcats, 15-3

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It's gonna be hard to pass Maryland but passing IU is still possible.

In case Maryland and IU end up tied in the standings, Maryland swept IU in Bloomington (13-2, 16-2, 14-8).

For the scoreboard watchers:

4:00 pm CT Maryland at Penn State......(TV: BTN)
7:00 pm CT Indiana at Michigan State...(TV: BTN)


CURRENT STANDINGS
.........................................Games
...........................................Back

1. Maryland (36-18, 16-6)....--
2. Indiana.....(39-15, 15-7).....1
3. Iowa..........(38-12, 14-7)...1.5


4. Neb........(30-21-1, 14-9)..2.5
 
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