IOWA HAS FINAL ANSWER IN EIGHTH INNING

Friday, March 17

Parkville, Mo.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

4-10

Iowa

13-3

South Dakota State

Iowa

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

3/17/2023 11:59:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

PARKVILLE, Mo. — South Dakota State took nationally ranked Iowa down to the wire in Friday's series-opening baseball game at Creekside Baseball Park, but a three-run eighth inning proved to be the difference for the Hawkeyes in a 5-4 victory.

Iowa improved to 13-3 overall, while the Jackrabbits dropped to 4-10. Friday's game was moved to the Kansas City area due to inclement weather.

The Jackrabbits held a pair of two-run leads, but Iowa quickly answered both times. SDSU took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning as Jess Bellows scored the first run of the contest on a balk and Ryan McDonald came across later in the frame on a run-scoring single by Dawson Parry.

Iowa tied the game in the home half of the inning on an RBI single by Brennen Dorighi, who later scored on a double by Raider Tello.

The game remained deadlocked until the eighth inning. SDSU loaded the bases with nobody out when Cade Stuff walked, Parry was hit by a pitch and Nic Nelson singled to center field. Adam Benes then drew a walk to force in Stuff with the go-ahead run and Bellows plated pinch-runner Matthew Werk with his third hit of the game, an infield single.

SDSU's lead wouldn't stand, however, as Michael Seegers brought the Hawkeyes within a run with an RBI single and Kyle Huckstorf followed with a two-run double to left center off Dylan Driessen. It was Huckstorf's fourth hit of the game for a Hawkeye squad that held a 9-7 advantage in hits.

Luke Llewellyn notched the save with a scoreless ninth that featured a pair of strikeouts. Four Hawkeye hurlers combined for 15 strikeouts in the game, including seven by starter Brody Brecht over five innings.

Jackrabbit starter and Bettendorf native Alex Clemons struck out five batters over two shutout innings, while Reece Arbogast added 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.

UP NEXT
The series is expected to move to Iowa City for a doubleheader Sunday. First pitch is set for noon at Duane Banks Field.

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