Play-by-play recap: Washington 3 Iowa 1

For the second straight night, Washington walked it off. A two-run home run from Colton Bower in the bottom of the ninth gave the Huskies a 3-1 win over the Hawkeyes at Husky Ballpark. Iowa will need a win in the series finale to avoid being swept in Big Ten play for the first time since 2019.

Aaron Savary, like he has been for the majority of the season, was fantastic on the mound, allowing just one run on three hits over 6.1 innings, including ten strikeouts to two walks. Offensively, the Hawkeyes missed on far too many chances, hitting just .050 (1/20) with runners on base, with the lone hit, a Reese Moore RBI double, giving Iowa their lone run in the third inning.

The Hawkeyes avoided trouble in the seventh and eighth. Ben DeTaeye got Blake Wilson to bounce into an inning ending 6-4-3 double play with two runners on base, while Chas Wheatley got a 4-6-3 double play and a strikeout to escape two on and no outs in the eighth. After a one out single from Malakhi Knight in the ninth, Colton Bower launched a two-run, walk off home run to left-center.

With the loss, the Hawkeyes fall to 31-15 on the season, 20-6 in Big Ten play and will enter Sunday looking to snap a three-game losing streak. It’s Iowa’s first conference series loss of the season.

Here is a play-by-play breakdown of how the Hawkeyes game went against the Huskies…

TOP 1 – Iowa 0 Washington 0

***RHP Jackson Thomas pitching for Washington***

Ben Wilmes 3-1 (I), Gable Mitchell 1-3 (II), Reese Moore 1B, Miles Risley HBP, Daniel Rogers 4-3 (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base

BOTTOM 1 – Iowa 0 Washington 0

***RHP Aaron Savary pitching for Iowa***

Casen Taggart K (I), AJ Guerrero K (II), Sam DeCarlo 4-3 (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base

TOP 2 – Iowa 0 Washington 0

Caleb Wulf 1B, Andy Nelson F-3 (I), Kellen Strohmeyer ꓘ (II), Jaixen Frost F-8 (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base

BOTTOM 2 – Iowa 0 Washington 0

Jackson Hotchkiss F-8 (I), Malakhi Knight 1B/E1, Colton Bower BB, Trevor Kole 3U (1-0) (II), Blake Wilson K (III)

1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base

TOP 3 – Washington 1 Iowa 0

Wilmes 1B, Mitchell F-7 (I), Moore 2B (1-1), Risley F-3 (II), Rogers F-8 (III)

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base

BOTTOM 3 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Cooper Whitton K (I), Taggart 6-3 (II), Guerrero ꓘ (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base

TOP 4 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Wulf 1B, Nelson F-8 (I), Strohmeyer BB, Frost F-9 (II), Wilmes F-7 (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base

BOTTOM 4 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

DeCarlo 5-3 (I), Hotchkiss K (II), Knight HBP/SB, Bower ꓘ (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base

TOP 5 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Mitchell BB/E1, Moore ꓘ (I), Risley 6-2 FC (II), Rogers BB, Wulf 4-3 (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base

BOTTOM 5 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Kole K (I), Wilson ꓘ (II), Whitton 1B, Taggart F-7 (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base

TOP 6 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

***RHP Gunnar Nichols pitching for Washington***

Nelson 1B, Strohmeyer F-8 (I), Frost K/INT (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base

BOTTOM 6 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Guerrero F-8 (I), DeCarlo 2-3 (II), Hotchkiss F-4 (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base

TOP 7 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Wilmes 2B, Mitchell 4-3 (I), Moore ꓘ (II), Risley F-9 (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base

BOTTOM 7 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Knight 1B/SB, Bower ꓘ (I), Kole BB

***LHP Ben DeTaeye pitching for Iowa***

Wilson 6-4-3 DP (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base

TOP 8 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Rogers K (I), Wulf K (II), Nelson BB/SB, Strohmeyer BB

***RHP Isaac Yeager pitching for Washington***

Tyler Guerin K (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base

BOTTOM 8 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Whitton BB, Taggart 1B

***RHP Chas Wheatley pitching for Iowa***

Guerrero 4-6-3 DP (II), DeCarlo K (III)

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base

TOP 9 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Wilmes F-8 (I), Mitchell ꓘ (II), Moore K (III)

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base

BOTTOM 9 – Iowa 1 Washington 1

Hotchkiss F-8 (I), Knight 1B, Bower 2HR (3-1)

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors

FINAL SCORE – WASHINGTON 3 IOWA 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	F	H	E
Iowa	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Washington	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1

Pitching Stat Lines

IOWA: Aaron Savary (6.1 INN, 1 R, 3 H, 10 K, 2 BB), Ben DeTaeye (0.2 INN, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB), Chas Wheatley (1.1 INN, 2 R, 2 H, 1 K)

WASHINGTON: Jackson Thomas (5.0 INN, 1 R, 5 H, 2 K, 3 BB), Gunnar Nichols (2.2 INN, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K, 2 BB), Isaac Yeager (1.1 INN, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K)