Iowa Baseball Sets Record: Huge Win 30-16 over Indiana
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf had a Big Ten record 12 RBIs and tied a league record with six hits to lead the University of Iowa baseball team to a 30-16 rout of Indiana on Thursday night in the series-opener at Duane Banks Field.
“This is going to be the day that I take with me until I die,” said Huckstorf. “It will be stories that live on forever and I’ll have fun with it.
“I came out here with the same goal in mind, trying to barrel up the ball, hit it hard and as you see today, good things happen. The wind was in my favor, which was a good thing.”
The win was the Hawkeyes’ 31st of the season, improving the team’s record to 31-17 overall, 15-7 in league play.
The game was about as bizarre as they come as Indiana led 13-2 through three innings after chasing Iowa ace Adam Mazur from the start after just two innings. The Hoosiers belted three home runs in the first two innings before a third-inning grand slam gave Indiana the 11-run lead.
“It was our time to pick Maz up because he has picked us up a lot,” said Huckstorf. “We needed him for that and we had his back today.”
Iowa began its comeback in the fourth, an inning where it sent 15 batters to the plate. Ironically enough, it was a Sam Petersen bunt single to leadoff the frame that gave the Hawkeyes a jolt.
Iowa hit three home runs in the inning — a three-run shot from Huckstorf that made it 13-5, a two-run blast from Keaton Anthony that cut the deficit to 13-7 and another three-run bomb from Huckstorf (over the batter’s eye in centerfield) that cut the deficit to 13-12. Sam Hojnar and Petersen also had RBIs in the inning.
After Indiana got one run back in the top of the fifth, Huckstorf was at it again, connecting on a grand slam, giving him three homers and 10 RBIs in a two-inning span. More importantly, it gave the Hawkeyes the 16-12 lead.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf had a Big Ten record 12 RBIs and tied a league record with six hits to lead the University of Iowa baseball team to a 30-16 rout of Indiana on Thursday night in the series-opener at Duane Banks Field.
“This is going to be the day that I take with me until I die,” said Huckstorf. “It will be stories that live on forever and I’ll have fun with it.
“I came out here with the same goal in mind, trying to barrel up the ball, hit it hard and as you see today, good things happen. The wind was in my favor, which was a good thing.”
The win was the Hawkeyes’ 31st of the season, improving the team’s record to 31-17 overall, 15-7 in league play.
The game was about as bizarre as they come as Indiana led 13-2 through three innings after chasing Iowa ace Adam Mazur from the start after just two innings. The Hoosiers belted three home runs in the first two innings before a third-inning grand slam gave Indiana the 11-run lead.
“It was our time to pick Maz up because he has picked us up a lot,” said Huckstorf. “We needed him for that and we had his back today.”
Iowa began its comeback in the fourth, an inning where it sent 15 batters to the plate. Ironically enough, it was a Sam Petersen bunt single to leadoff the frame that gave the Hawkeyes a jolt.
Iowa hit three home runs in the inning — a three-run shot from Huckstorf that made it 13-5, a two-run blast from Keaton Anthony that cut the deficit to 13-7 and another three-run bomb from Huckstorf (over the batter’s eye in centerfield) that cut the deficit to 13-12. Sam Hojnar and Petersen also had RBIs in the inning.
After Indiana got one run back in the top of the fifth, Huckstorf was at it again, connecting on a grand slam, giving him three homers and 10 RBIs in a two-inning span. More importantly, it gave the Hawkeyes the 16-12 lead.
Iowa’s offense was exceptional, scoring 30 runs – the program’s most in a Big Ten game all-time – on 23 hits. Ten different Hawkeyes had at least one hit and eight had at least one RBI.
“Right when we got here in BP, we said it was going to be a good day to hit,” said Huckstorf. “We said let’s go put up a bunch of runs… we put up 30.”
Redshirt junior Duncan Davitt stepped up for the Iowa pitching staff. The right-hander pitched the final 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and fanning four to earn his fourth victory.
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