Articles Tagged: Hawkeye baseball

The Iowa baseball team scored eight runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 9-3 win Sunday afternoon over Minnesota, completing a three-game series sweep.

Iowa combined for a five-hitter with 12 strikeouts, while Izaya Fullard and Ben Tallman provided RBI singles in the fifth inning in a 2-1 win over Minnesota.

Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and where they are to begin the 2022 affiliated minor league and major league baseball seasons.

Iowa senior baseball second baseman Izaya Fullard is dealing with the effects of a broken hamate bone and his mother’s fight against leukemia.

Iowa athletics director Gary Barta outlined a “vision” for several new facilities, but he knows “vision without resources is irrelevant.”

Photos from the Iowa baseball team’s series-opening win over Illinois on Saturday afternoon.

Brendan Sher entered Iowa baseball’s series opener hitting just .193 with three runs. He went 2-for-3 with two runs and his second home run of the season in a 4-2 victory over Illinois.

John Steppe and Jeff Johnson discuss Iowa baseball storylines on the Hawk Off The Press podcast, including the Hawkeyes' NCAA tournament hopes, Brody Brecht's 100-mph fastball and the back-to-normal schedule.

Freshman Brody Brecht has been playing both baseball and football for the Hawkeyes, often leading to a “tough” schedule that doesn’t have much free time.

Delving a little deeper into the rest of the season for the 12-9 Iowa baseball team and the Big Ten as a whole as conference play begins.

Iowa freshman Sam Petersen is an infielder by trade. He realized that his best chance to contribute was a move to the outfield. He made his ninth start, and two diving catches, against Central Michigan Saturday.

Iowa’s baseball team split a weekend series with nationally-ranked Texas Tech, winning Sunday’s game, 6-3.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association will hold the state baseball tournament at two sites for the the 2022 championships. Class 1A and 2A will return to Carroll’s Merchants Park and University of Iowa’s Duane Banks Field.

The Iowa baseball team felt it was snubbed when it came to the NCAA tournament and is motivated by that as the 2022 season approaches.

Former Mount Vernon and Iowa pitcher C.J. Eldred was assigned to Quad Cities over the weekend. He threw in his team’s 7-5 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Sunday.