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Iowa baseball can't break out brooms against Nebraska
IOWA CITY — Nebraska kept Iowa from a series sweep Sunday, winning 3-2 at Duane Banks Field.
The Huskers used a pair of unearned runs in the top of the seventh inning to avoid being swept.
'It's disappointing, we had an opportunity to make a big statement,' Iowa Coach Rick Heller said. 'It's still a good weekend, but not getting the sweep when it's right there at your fingertips hurts a little bit and it should.'
Iowa (23-15, 9-6 Big Ten) still won its fourth straight Big Ten series and is fourth in the Big Ten standings.
Junior Grant Judkins pitched seven innings and gave up just three hits and no walks and had four strikeouts.
Freshman Connor McCaffery hit his first career home run, a solo shot in the seventh inning, and sophomore Izaya Fullard added an RBI single in the eighth.
(Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Zeb Adreon snags onto his helmet as he runs for home plate and a score during the third inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Austin Martin makes a catch for an out against the backstop net during the fifth inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Tanner Wetrich dives for a ground ball during the sixth inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Ben Norman makes a falling down catch in the outfield during the sixth inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Chris Whelan dances at second base after his double during the sixth inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Chris Whelan (right) slaps hands with Izaya Fullard (left) after Whelan scored off a single by Austin Martin during the sixth inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Mitchell Boe (left) tries for the tag as Nebraska's Jaxon Hallmark slides safely into second base during the eighth inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes' Zeb Adreon celebrates after reaching second base during the third inning of their Big Ten Conference college baseball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Duane Banks Field in Iowa, Iowa, on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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