(Omaha) Third-seed Iowa continues Big Ten Baseball Tournament play against No. 6 seed Michigan today at 9 a.m. at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. The game will be televised live on BTN.
The Hawkeyes are 41-13 and 15-8 in Big Ten. This is the fifth time in program history that Iowa has reached the 40-win mark. Forty-one wins is tied for the most in Rick Heller’s tenure at Iowa and the second most in program history.
The Hawks enter today’s semifinal, winning 17 of its last 21 and averaging nine runs in their last ten outings.
The Iowa defense leads the conference and ranks 14th in the nation with a .980 fielding percentage, and the Hawkeyes have a .301 batting
average. If the season ended today, Iowa’s batting average would be its highest since 2008 (.316).
Iowa is 4-7 against Michigan all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, with the most recent meeting coming in the first round of the 2023 tournament. The Hawkeyes beat the Wolverines 13-3 (8).
