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Gophers Give Up Eight in Seventh, Fall 9-3
4/17/2022 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Minnesota Golden Gophers fell again to the Iowa Hawkeyes, 9-3, in Sunday's series finale at Duane Banks Field. Iowa took games one and two, 9-3 and 2-1, before coming from behind on Sunday to earn the sweep.
Minnesota led 3-0 through 6.5 innings before the Hawkeyes offense awoke in the bottom of the seventh, plating eight runs to take the lead for good. Iowa batted around in the seventh inning, scoring their eight runs on seven hits with three walks. The Gophers had held UI to just three hits in the first six innings of the game.
The Gophers got a stellar performance from starting right-hander Aidan Maldonado (1-3), who went 5.1 innings, tying a career-high with nine strikeouts and allowing just two hits. The Gophers (10-23, 1-8 Big Ten) chased out Iowa (20-12, 6-3 Big Ten) starter Ty Langenberg (4-0) after just 3.0 innings. He gave up six hits and three earned runs during his time on the hill.
Offensively, the Gophers totaled eight hits, led by a 2-for-4 days at the plate by outfielders Brett Bateman and Andrew Wilhite.
For the third day in-a-row, Minnesota struck first. Brett Bateman singled to lead off the game and advanced to third after Chase Stanke doubled into the left center gap. Bateman would tag and come around to score on a sacrifice fly by Jack Kelly to put his team up 1-0.
Minnesota would get three straight singles in the top of the second to earn run No. 2. A one-out single by Ronald Sweeny was followed up by Jake Perry's first career collegiate hit, a line shot into right field. Sweeny would score from second after Andrew Wilhite looped a ball in on his hands into short left field for another base hit.
The 'U' extended its lead to a series-high three-run advantage in the third. After Kelly walked, Drew Stahl laced a double to deep left center, scoring Kelly all the way from first base. On the mound, Maldonado was dealing early, striking out eight Hawkeyes and allowing just one hit through 4.0 innings.
Iowa stirred up some trouble in the bottom of the fifth, starting the frame with a leadoff single before the second batter was hit by a pitch. Maldonado was able to get out of the jam unscathed, however, tallying a strikeout before inducing a soft lineout to second and a chopper back to him on the mound.
In the top of the sixth, Stahl and Sweeny drew consecutive walks before Noah Berghammer came in to pinch-hit. He laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners into scoring position. The Gophers failed to capitalize, however, grounding out and flying out to end the threat.
On the other side of the ball, Maldonado walked the first hitter in the sixth before inducing a flyout to left. That would be the last hitter he faced, leaving at exactly 100 pitches thrown through 5.1 innings. Right-hander Josh Culliver came in to replace Maldonado, allowing a single before hitting the next batter to load the bases. He was replaced by left-hander Tom Skoro, who forced UI designated hitter Brett McCleary to hit into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
Skoro got the first out of the seventh with a strikeout before giving way to sophomore left-hander Noah DeLuga. Three straight singles from the Hawkeyes plated their first run of the day and promptly ended DeLuga's day. Iowa transfer Will Semb entered for Minnesota with men on first and third with one out. The first hitter he faced dribbled a ground ball to first, scoring the runner from third to cut Minnesota's lead to 3-2. Semb walked the next hitter before UI's Ben Tallman singled to right, scoring the runner from second base to tie the game.
Iowa right fielder Will Mulflur then smacked a double down the third base line, scoring two more to give the home team a 5-3 lead. In his second at-bat of the inning, Hawkeyes left fielder Sam Petersen hit an RBI single to move the score to 6-3. Left-hander Jack Liffrig then entered for Semb. He would get the Gophers out of the inning, but not before another two-run single ballooned the lead to 8-3. They'd score one more in the bottom of the eighth on a passed ball.
The Gophers went down 1-2-3 in the eighth and four hitters came to the plate in the ninth.
UP NEXT
Minnesota hosts St. Thomas (7-21, 2-7 Summit) on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. before taking on Penn State (14-19, 5-7 Big Ten) at Siebert Field from Friday through Sunday.
Minnesota led 3-0 through 6.5 innings before the Hawkeyes offense awoke in the bottom of the seventh, plating eight runs to take the lead for good. Iowa batted around in the seventh inning, scoring their eight runs on seven hits with three walks. The Gophers had held UI to just three hits in the first six innings of the game.
The Gophers got a stellar performance from starting right-hander Aidan Maldonado (1-3), who went 5.1 innings, tying a career-high with nine strikeouts and allowing just two hits. The Gophers (10-23, 1-8 Big Ten) chased out Iowa (20-12, 6-3 Big Ten) starter Ty Langenberg (4-0) after just 3.0 innings. He gave up six hits and three earned runs during his time on the hill.
Offensively, the Gophers totaled eight hits, led by a 2-for-4 days at the plate by outfielders Brett Bateman and Andrew Wilhite.
For the third day in-a-row, Minnesota struck first. Brett Bateman singled to lead off the game and advanced to third after Chase Stanke doubled into the left center gap. Bateman would tag and come around to score on a sacrifice fly by Jack Kelly to put his team up 1-0.
Minnesota would get three straight singles in the top of the second to earn run No. 2. A one-out single by Ronald Sweeny was followed up by Jake Perry's first career collegiate hit, a line shot into right field. Sweeny would score from second after Andrew Wilhite looped a ball in on his hands into short left field for another base hit.
The 'U' extended its lead to a series-high three-run advantage in the third. After Kelly walked, Drew Stahl laced a double to deep left center, scoring Kelly all the way from first base. On the mound, Maldonado was dealing early, striking out eight Hawkeyes and allowing just one hit through 4.0 innings.
Iowa stirred up some trouble in the bottom of the fifth, starting the frame with a leadoff single before the second batter was hit by a pitch. Maldonado was able to get out of the jam unscathed, however, tallying a strikeout before inducing a soft lineout to second and a chopper back to him on the mound.
In the top of the sixth, Stahl and Sweeny drew consecutive walks before Noah Berghammer came in to pinch-hit. He laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners into scoring position. The Gophers failed to capitalize, however, grounding out and flying out to end the threat.
On the other side of the ball, Maldonado walked the first hitter in the sixth before inducing a flyout to left. That would be the last hitter he faced, leaving at exactly 100 pitches thrown through 5.1 innings. Right-hander Josh Culliver came in to replace Maldonado, allowing a single before hitting the next batter to load the bases. He was replaced by left-hander Tom Skoro, who forced UI designated hitter Brett McCleary to hit into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
Skoro got the first out of the seventh with a strikeout before giving way to sophomore left-hander Noah DeLuga. Three straight singles from the Hawkeyes plated their first run of the day and promptly ended DeLuga's day. Iowa transfer Will Semb entered for Minnesota with men on first and third with one out. The first hitter he faced dribbled a ground ball to first, scoring the runner from third to cut Minnesota's lead to 3-2. Semb walked the next hitter before UI's Ben Tallman singled to right, scoring the runner from second base to tie the game.
Iowa right fielder Will Mulflur then smacked a double down the third base line, scoring two more to give the home team a 5-3 lead. In his second at-bat of the inning, Hawkeyes left fielder Sam Petersen hit an RBI single to move the score to 6-3. Left-hander Jack Liffrig then entered for Semb. He would get the Gophers out of the inning, but not before another two-run single ballooned the lead to 8-3. They'd score one more in the bottom of the eighth on a passed ball.
The Gophers went down 1-2-3 in the eighth and four hitters came to the plate in the ninth.
UP NEXT
Minnesota hosts St. Thomas (7-21, 2-7 Summit) on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. before taking on Penn State (14-19, 5-7 Big Ten) at Siebert Field from Friday through Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nedved (4-2)
L: Semb, Will (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Bateman, Brett 1 ; Stanke, Chase 1 ; Stahl, Drew 1 ; Wilhite, Andrew 1
RBI: Kelly, Jack 1 ; Stahl, Drew 1 ; Wilhite, Andrew 1
SH: Berghammer, Noah 1
SF: Kelly, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bateman, Brett 1 ; Kelly, Jack 1 ; Sweeny, Ronald 1
Batting:
2B: Williams 1 ; Mulflur 1
RBI: Seegers 1 ; Williams 1 ; Tallman 1 ; Mulflur 2 ; Petersen 1 ; Wilmes 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Seegers 1 ; Williams 1 ; Fullard 1 ; Tallman 1 ; Mulflur 1 ; Nigut 1 ; Petersen 1 ; Huckstorf 1 ; Wilmes 1
HBP: Mulflur 1 ; Petersen 1
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