Articles Tagged: Hawkeye baseball

Here’s the third edition of Eastern Iowans In The Minors and Majors. It’s a look at Gazette-area players and how they are doing in affiliated professional baseball. Four pitchers are in the majors in Mitch Keller (Pirates), A.J. Puk (Athletics), Keaton Winn (Giants) and Colin Rea (Brewers).

Keaton Anthony was among several University of Iowa and Iowa State University athletes involved in last summer’s state gambling probe. He believes it cost him an opportunity to be selected in the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft. Mostly exonerated now, he’s seeking to make the most of his shot with the Philadelphia Phillies.

The University of Iowa baseball team plays three games this weekend at first-place Illinois. The Hawkeyes are in a good spot to make the league tournament, but can solidify things and put themselves into contention for a regular-season championship with a sweep.

Jackson Payne is direct and unafraid to discuss his path of hurt and heartbreak that includes injuries that derailed his University of Iowa career, the deaths of a close friend and his grandfather weeks apart and the uncertainty before he called Kirkwood Coach Todd Rima for another shot at college baseball.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller joins the Hawk Off The Press podcast this week as the regular season begins to wind down. Heller talks about the Hawkeyes’ slow start after a hyped preseason, recovering in a balanced Big Ten, Brody Brecht’s recent resurgence on the mound, Duane Banks Field renovation plans and more.

Here’s the second edition of Eastern Iowans In The Minors and Majors. It’s a look at Gazette-area players and how they are doing in affiliated professional baseball. Four pitchers are in the majors in Mitch Keller (Pirates), A.J. Puk (Athletics), Keaton Winn (Giants) and Colin Rea (Brewers).

The Iowa baseball team plays a three-game Big Ten Conference series at home this weekend against last-place Northwestern. The Hawkeyes still could win the league’s regular-season championship but also still could finish out of the top eight and out of the conference tournament.

Brody Brecht scattered two hits and struck out 11 through seven innings in leading Iowa to a 4-1 win over Nebraska in Game 3 of a Big Ten baseball series at Haymarket Park.

The Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team beat up Rutgers, 15-5, Saturday afternoon, setting up the possibility of a weekend series sweep for the first time this Big Ten Conference season and the second time this season overall.

Here is the first 2024 edition of Eastern Iowans in Professional Baseball. This is a list of guys from Eastern Iowa or the University of Iowa playing in the major leagues or affiliated minor league baseball. There are four big leaguers right now in pitchers Mitch Keller (Pirates), Keaton Winn (Giants), Colin Rea (Brewers) and A.J. Puk (Marlins).

Marcus Morgan was a four-sport athlete at Iowa City West High School. He could have played Division I in basketball, football or baseball. But Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller ultimately won the multi-sport recruiting war, and Morgan is coming off his best starting pitching performance of the season last weekend at Ohio State.

Instead of an originally-proposed $27.4 million major renovation of its 50-year-old Duane Banks Field – meant to “significantly improve the game-day experience” and add hundreds of seats for fans – the University of Iowa is paring down its baseball stadium upgrades, for now, “due to funding and cost concerns.”

A junior pitcher with an arm that throws high-90s fastballs and wipeout sliders has scuffled in his last two starts. Iowa’s coaches decided to get Brody Brecht another bullpen session with pitching coach Sean McGrath this week and push him back in the rotation. He did some good things but still allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings in a 10-6 loss to Michigan on Saturday in the second game of a double-header at Banks Field.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller said Thursday that his team will be without Andy Nelson and Sam Petersen for its Big Ten Conference series this weekend against Michigan. Those are the top two in the Hawkeyes batting order. They are dealing with injuries.

The Iowa Hawkeyes host Minnesota for three Big Ten Conference games this weekend at Banks Field. Sophomore southpaw Cade Obermueller gets the pitching start Saturday in hopes of continuing good beginning to the college baseball season