Iowa scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and held on a 4-3 victory over South Dakota State in non-conference baseball action Tuesday afternoon in Iowa City.
The Hawkeyes, who ran their winning streak to seven games, improved to 18-9 overall. In having their four-game winning streak snapped, the Jackrabbits dropped to 13-11 on the season.
Senior first baseman Matt Johnson put the Jackrabbits out front with a solo home run with one out in the top of the fifth. It was Johnson’s team-leading fifth homer of the season and 19th of his career for the Ankeny, Iowa, native.
Iowa’s game-winning rally started with a leadoff walk to Mitchell Boe, which was followed two batters later by a double by Mason McCoy off Jackrabbit reliever Quinn Reimers, which placed runners at second and third. Boe came across with the tying run on a groundout by Adams. Robert Neustrom then won the lefty-lefty battle against SDSU pitcher Bryce Hanson by hitting an opposite-field double to left to score McCoy.
Wednesday’s scheduled game between SDSU and Iowa has been canceled due to impending inclement weather.