Rick Heller recaps Iowa Baseball's win over Mississauga Academy
Iowa Baseball is back. The Hawkeyes took on Mississauga Academy on Friday evening to kickoff of the fall season and picked up a 20-0, shutout win over the Tigers in 14 innings. Up next, the Hawkeyes will host Nebraska-Omaha on October 4th at Duane Banks Field.
The Iowa offense totaled 16 hits against Mississauga pitchers, including seven extra base hits. Northern Kentucky transfer Mitch Wood went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a three-run home run in the 8th inning to put the Hawkeyes up 7-0. Merrick Mathews added an RBI single in the 10th, while a seven-run 11th inning made it 16-0 Iowa.
On the mound, Hawkeye pitchers dominated. Eleven different arms saw the mound, combining for 24 strikeouts to just one walk, while the Tigers managed just three hits. Nearly 70% of the 185 pitches thrown by Iowa arms went for strikes.
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Cade Obermueller struck out five over two innings as the starter, while Reece Beuter retired all six batters he faced over two innings. Sam Hart and Justin Hackett each had dominate scoreless innings in relief. Freshman Jaron Bleeker, Tyler Guerin and Liam Roche combined to retire all nine batters they faced, including four strikeouts.
HawkeyeReport caught up with head coach Rick Heller after the game to get his thoughts on the win, the pitching staff, and how things have been going with new pitching coach Sean Kenny.
