Iowa Series

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The Buckeyes close out the home portion of their schedule with a 3 game series against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Bill Davis Stadium. All three games will be available for streaming from the Big Ten Network (Link)

Game Times and Promotions:

Friday, May 13th, 6:05 PM - Fireworks
Saturday, May 14th, 3:05 PM - Great Clips Haircuts
Sunday, May 15th, 1:05 PM - Diamond in the Rough


The Iowa Hawkeyes

Iowa Hawkeyes Official Baseball Site

The Hawkeyes enter the series with a 18-27 mark (7-11 Big Ten), good for 7th place, one game behind Indiana and Penn State.

Series Preview - Hawkeyesports

The Hawkeyes lead the all-time series against Ohio State, 74-68-1. Iowa is 6-12 against the Buckeyes under head coach Jack Dahm.

 

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The Buckeyes dropped the first two games of the series but won game 3 to prevent the sweep.

From the Official Site

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mothers and fathers and family and friends were a big part of Senior Day at Bill Davis Stadium Sunday, but Mother Nature played an even bigger role. In a game delayed nearly two hours because of rain, Ohio State defeated Iowa, 10-4, before a crowd that was as large as 1,617 before the rain hit. All three seniors who are everyday players for the Buckeyes - Brian DeLucia, Matt Streng and Tyler Engle - had hits in their final Big Ten game at Bill Davis. Streng and Engle each had three hits and two RBI and DeLucia had a hit and an RBI.
Ohio State improves to 11-10 in the Big Ten Conference and 23-24 overall with the win. The team entered action today in fifth-place in the Big Ten but finishes the day in a tie for fourth with Purdue and just a game behind Minnesota and Illinois, both of whom are 12-9. Michigan State leads the Big Ten race with a 13-7 record. Iowa is now 9-12 in the Big Ten and 19-28 overall. The Spartans and Indiana Hoosiers (10-10) were still playing their third and final game of the series when the Ohio State game ended.
Playing the first few innings in a steady drizzle, the Buckeyes took an early 1-0 lead when Engle doubled in Brad Hallberg from first base.
Ohio State added two more runs in the third inning before the game was halted. Streng singled home Tim Wetzel and Greg Solomon's double with runners on the corners scored Josh Dezse from third and allowed Streng to reach third base.



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[CleveBucks]

That second game was a killer. Could be the difference between making the BTT and sitting at home. Going to be tough to win more than one at Minny this weekend. Indiana sweeping MSU didn't help either.