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Iowa-Ohio State Big Ten baseball tournament game postponed
The Gazette
May. 26, 2016 7:59 pm
UPDATE: Iowa walked off with a 10-inning victory against Ohio State Friday afternoon.
OMAHA, Neb. – Storms have pushed Iowa's second game of the Big Ten baseball tournament at TD Ameritrade Park back a day.
The Hawkeyes will play Ohio State in a winner's bracket game at 1 p.m. Friday. It was originally scheduled for 9 p.m. Thursday before weather moved into the area. The 5 p.m. game between Maryland and Michigan State was moved to 9 a.m. Friday.
Iowa, the eighth seed, opened the tournament Wednesday by knocking off No. 1 seed Minnesota 8-2. The Gophers were eliminated by Michigan, 3-2, on Thursday. Indiana beat Nebraska 6-2 in Thursday's other elimination game.
A win against No. 4 seed Ohio State would have the Hawkeyes playing at 9 a.m. Saturday while a loss would put them in an elimination game at 9 p.m. Friday against Michigan.
Friday's games were originally scheduled for 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. and have been adjusted to 5 and 9 p.m.
All games are televised on Big Ten Network.
Iowa's Robert Neustrom rounds throws to 2nd base after fielding the ball against Northwestern College in a college baseball game at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)