Baseball Drops Game Two to Iowa

Saturday, April 17

Piscataway, N.J.

11:00 AM

Rutgers University

11-11, 11-11

Iowa

14-9, 14-9

Iowa

Rutgers

Photo by: Steve Hockstein

Apr 17 | Baseball

Box Score Statistics

Wereski deals seven-inning complete game

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Ben Wereski pitched a seven-inning complete game with only two earned runs allowed, but Iowa (14-9) surrendered just one run to take game two of the series, 3-1, over Rutgers baseball (11-11) Saturday at Bainton Field. It was the first end of a doubleheader.

Making his seventh start of the season, Wereski did not walk a batter for the fourth time. The left-hander permitted only five hits with 14 outs through the air.

Offensively, Ryan Lasko blasted a solo homer in the sixth, his fifth long ball in five games. The outfielder is up to eight homers overall as a freshman.

Drew Irvine earned the win for the Hawkeyes with five strikeouts over seven innings.

Boom!

Lasko lifts his fifth homer in the last five games & eighth on the season.

B6 | Iowa 3, Rutgers 1 pic.twitter.com/nZ329DI3qe
— Rutgers Baseball (@RutgersBaseball) April 17, 2021

SCORING

T1 | Dylan Nedved hit a sacrifice fly to plate an unearned run for Iowa.
T3 | The Hawkeyes took a 2-0 lead on a two-out RBI single from Peyton Williams.
T6 | Izaya Fullard connected for a solo homer for the visitors.
B6 | Lasko lifted a solo homer to left to make it a 3-1 game.

UP NEXT

Game two of the doubleheader followed.

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