2008 Woodie Awards
Iowa baseball swept by Michigan
Diane Hendrickson - The Daily Iowan
Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: Sports
Twenty-fifth ranked Michigan swept the Hawkeye baseball team in a four-game series to open Big Ten play this past weekend. The losses dropped Iowa to 7-13.
After a snowstorm on March 27, Iowa's game the following day was postponed, turning the series into two double-headers. In the first game, the Hawkeyes erased a three-run deficit in the seventh, taking advantage of three Wolverine errors to pull even.
Michigan starter Zach Putnam allowed three hits - all in the seventh frame - in his eight innings while striking out 12. He also went 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run and two RBIs. For Iowa, Michael Jacobs pitched 71?3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits.
The Wolverines (13-6) left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, but they pushed a run across in the next frame on a Putnam RBI double off Andrew Porter.
In the second game of the March 29 double-header, Iowa took a 1-0 lead in the first after a Kevin Hoef triple and a sacrifice. The Hawkeyes added two in the third.
Michgan broke through in the fifth with five runs - three of which were earned off Iowa starter Brock Alberts, who allowed five hits in his six innings - capped off by Putnam's second home run of the day to propel the Wolverines to a 5-3 win.
"It was one of those weekends where I felt our pitching was a lot better," said Iowa head coach Jack Dahm. "We just couldn't put our pitching and our hitting together."
Nick Erdman allowed five runs on 11 hits in five innings in the third game to pick up the loss for Iowa. Michigan scored in each of the first three innings to jump out to a 6-0 lead. Hoef doubled home Iowa's first two runs in a three-run fourth inning as the Hawkeyes got back into the game. But the Hawkeyes couldn't plate another in the 6-3 loss.
Iowa took a two-run lead in the bottom of the first in the finale on three hits. Michigan responded in the fourth with an Alan Oaks two-run homer to tie the contest, and the Wolverines pushed the winning run across in the seventh off Steve Turnbull, who gave up a hit and walked two in 2?3 of an inning. Trevor Willis walked to lead off the ninth, but he was stranded at third to end the game.
"We were right there in every game, we had a chance to win every game," Dahm said. "We just couldn't come up with the big hit when we needed to or shut them down when we needed to."
E-mail DI reporter Diane Hendrickson at:
diane-hendrickson@uiowa.edu
After a snowstorm on March 27, Iowa's game the following day was postponed, turning the series into two double-headers. In the first game, the Hawkeyes erased a three-run deficit in the seventh, taking advantage of three Wolverine errors to pull even.
Michigan starter Zach Putnam allowed three hits - all in the seventh frame - in his eight innings while striking out 12. He also went 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run and two RBIs. For Iowa, Michael Jacobs pitched 71?3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits.
The Wolverines (13-6) left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, but they pushed a run across in the next frame on a Putnam RBI double off Andrew Porter.
In the second game of the March 29 double-header, Iowa took a 1-0 lead in the first after a Kevin Hoef triple and a sacrifice. The Hawkeyes added two in the third.
Michgan broke through in the fifth with five runs - three of which were earned off Iowa starter Brock Alberts, who allowed five hits in his six innings - capped off by Putnam's second home run of the day to propel the Wolverines to a 5-3 win.
"It was one of those weekends where I felt our pitching was a lot better," said Iowa head coach Jack Dahm. "We just couldn't put our pitching and our hitting together."
Nick Erdman allowed five runs on 11 hits in five innings in the third game to pick up the loss for Iowa. Michigan scored in each of the first three innings to jump out to a 6-0 lead. Hoef doubled home Iowa's first two runs in a three-run fourth inning as the Hawkeyes got back into the game. But the Hawkeyes couldn't plate another in the 6-3 loss.
Iowa took a two-run lead in the bottom of the first in the finale on three hits. Michigan responded in the fourth with an Alan Oaks two-run homer to tie the contest, and the Wolverines pushed the winning run across in the seventh off Steve Turnbull, who gave up a hit and walked two in 2?3 of an inning. Trevor Willis walked to lead off the ninth, but he was stranded at third to end the game.
"We were right there in every game, we had a chance to win every game," Dahm said. "We just couldn't come up with the big hit when we needed to or shut them down when we needed to."
E-mail DI reporter Diane Hendrickson at:
diane-hendrickson@uiowa.edu
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