Game 2: #2 Iowa 3-2 over #7 Ohio State (Walk-off HR)

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First Pitch: 1:02pm

#7 OHIO STATE (35-18 overall, 13-11 conference)
CF Montgomery
3B Sergakis
RF Porter
LF Dawson
1B Ratcliff
C Gretz
DH Gantt
SS Nennig
2B Davis
P Lakins (4-4)

#2 IOWA (38-14 overall, 19-5 conference)
CF Toole
2B Mangler
P Peyton
LF Goodman
1B Klenovich
SS Roscetti
C Frankos
RF Booker
3B Day
P Peyton (6-4)

Iowa seems very businesslike in their pre-game approach, Ohio State players not near as focused (interacting with fans, not as crisp during infield practice).

Overcast weather, calm winds (right field flags moving out slightly, left field flags moving in slightly, but not very significant), cool but comfortable temps with a jacket.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Look at that crowd!!!

 

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Top 1: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Montgomery: Fly out to LF
Sergakis: Pop out to SS
Porter: Looping single to LF
- Porter picked off at 1st

0-0

 

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Bot 1: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State

Toole: Soft groundout to SS
Mangler: Chopper to 1B, 3-1
Peyton: Groundout to SS

0-0

Very fast half inning, only 6 pitches thrown.

 

[saluno22]

Look at that crowd!!!

I'm definitely not going to complain, less competition for the padded seats behind home plate

 

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Top 2: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Dawson: K looking
Ratcliff: Double short hop off the LF wall to the left of the 377 sign
Gretz: Solidly hit fielder's choice up the middle 6-3, Ratcliff to 3B
Gantt: Fouled out to 3B, jammed on an inside pitch

0-0

 

[k9_r]

Look at that crowd!!!

^^^points and laughs

 

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Bot 2: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State

Goodman: Walk
Klenovich: Single up the middle, Goodman to 2nd
Roscetti: Sac bunt 3-4, Klenovich to 2nd, Goodman to 3rd
***Frankos: Sharply-hit fielder's choice 3-1, Klenovich to 3rd, Goodman scores
Booker: K swinging

1-0 Iowa

Pitch counts now at 23 for both pitchers.

 

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Top 3: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Nennig: K swinging
Davis: Chopper to 3B, 5-3
Montgomery: Single thru right side past a diving 2B
Sergakis: Pop out to 3B (attempted a 2-out bunt on first pitch; Peyton threw to 1st 7-8 times trying to keep Montgomery close to the bag)

1-0 Iowa

Pretty taxing inning for Peyton, 19 pitches plus those pickoff throws to 1st.

Quite the contingent of Iowa fans here now, probably a couple hundred behind their dugout. Probably about 500 fans here currently.

 

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Bot 3: Ohio State

Lakins P for Ohio State

Day: K looking (great variety of pitches thrown, Day looked very confused on this AB)
Toole: 3-pitch K swinging
Mangler: Infield single, sharply hit right back to P, went between his leg and glove and dribbled off the mound
Peyton: Single thru left side, Mangler to 2nd
Goodman: Deep fly out to LF, caught in front of the 377 sign

1-0 Iowa

Sun is starting to peak out a bit, EDIT: gonna take my jacket off in a bit.

 

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Peyton just went Rick Vaughn and threw a pitch to the screen in T4 warmup throws.

 

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Top 4: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Porter: K swinging
Dawson: Single lined to RF over 2B
Ratcliff: High fly out to LF, almost lost in the sky, had to make frantic last second adjustment; Dawson holds at 1st
Gretz: Fielder's choice to SS, unassisted (Iowa LF Goodman almost went Alex Gordon tracking an 0-2 foul ball that went into the first few rows of seats)

1-0 Iowa

 

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Bot 4: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State

Klenovich: K swinging, ball in dirt, tagged by C
Roscetti: Looping single up the middle
Frankos: Chopper to 2B, tagged Roscetti passing by and threw to 1B to complete the double play

1-0 Iowa

 

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Top 5: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Gantt: Hard-hit groundout straight back to P, 1-3 (Peyton was really attacking inside before sending one straight down the pipe for the groundout)
Nennig: K swinging, ball in dirt, C to 1B (great variety of pitches, terrific location)
Davis: Fly out to CF, hardly had to move

1-0 Iowa

Very strong inning by Peyton. Game is moving at a fast pace.

 

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Bot 5: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State

Booker: Sharp groundout down the 3B line, 5-3
Day: Seeing-eye single thru the right side past the outstretched glove of 2B
Toole: Infield single on a pitch hit hard into the ground to the pitcher, funny hop caused the pitcher to have the ball careen off his glove; Day to 2nd (initially ruled a hit, then changed to E-1)
Mangler: Pop up to P, jammed near the knuckles
Peyton: Soft fielder's choice to SS, 6-4

1-0 Iowa

 

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Top 6: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Montgomery: K looking
Sergakis: K swinging
Porter: Single lined thru left side
Dawson: K swinging

1-0 Iowa

Peyton sharp that inning, up to 95 pitches now.

Sun is beaming right now, t-shirts abound!

 

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Bot 6: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State

Goodman: Pop out to P
Klenovich: K swinings
Roscetti: HBP in the ankle
Frankos: Groundout to P, 1-3

1-0 Iowa

 

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Top 7: Ohio State

Peyton P for Iowa

Ratcliff: Stand-up double, one-hop off the 411 sign
- PINCH RUNNER: Brobst
Gretz: Seeing-eye single thru the right side past a diving 2B, Brobst to 3rd and held there, throw from RF over C's head but backstopped by P. Runners on the corners, 0 out.
***Gantt: Sac fly to RF, Brobst tags from 3rd to score, Gretz holds at 1st
Nennig: Looping single to RF, Gretz to 2nd
- PITCHING CHANGE: Hibbing (Peyton threw 108 pitches, 78/30 Balls/Strikes)
Davis: Fielder's choice, Nennig out at 2nd 4-6 on a diving effort by 2B; Gretz to 3rd (10-pitch at bat)
Montgomery: K swinging

1-1

 

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Bot 7: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State (has thrown 84 pitches prior to this inning)
- DEFENSIVE SUBSTITUTION: Leffel to 1B

Booker: Single thru the right side
Day: Sac bunt 1-3, Booker to 2nd
Toole: Pop out to SS
Mangler: Fly out to CF

1-1

Lakins at 100 pitches (37/63 Balls/Strikes)

 

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Top 8: Ohio State

Hibbing P for Iowa

Sergakis: Slow-rolling groundout to 3B, almost able to beat it out
***Porter: Solo HR just over the high wall in RF
Dawson: Fly out to RF, hard-hit looper down the RF line, diving catch
Leffel: Fly out to LF

2-1 Ohio State

 

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Bot 8: Iowa

Lakins P for Ohio State (100 pitches so far)

Peyton (DH): Groundout to SS (heavy shift to the left side of the infield was on, SS was about 30 feet from 3B bag, and 3B was standing right behind the 3B bag)
Goodman: Deep fly out to CF (left-center)
Klenovich: K swinging

2-1 Ohio State

Lakins at 114 pitches (42/72 Balls/Strikes).

 

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Top 9: Ohio State

Hibbing P for Iowa

Gretz: Groundout to P (nearly took it to the face), 1-3
Gantt: 3-pitch K swinging
Nennig: Groundout to 2B, jammed off the knuckles

2-1 Ohio State

 

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Bot 9: Iowa

- PITCHING CHANGE: Dempsey P for Ohio State

Roscetti: 3-pitch K swinging
Frankos: Fly out to RF (right-center)
- PINCH HITTER: Schenk-Joblinske
Schenk-Joblinske: Walk
***Day: Walk-off 2-run HR to LF

FINAL: 3-2 Iowa

Ohio State (35-19) plays in tomorrow's 9am elimination game against Indiana (32-21).
Iowa (39-14) plays in tomorrow's 5pm winners' bracket game against Michigan (34-23).

 

[saluno22]

Well that was an exciting end to that game.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Wow, poor Buckeyes seem to get all of the disappointing endings in this tourney every year.

 

[saluno22]

Wow, poor Buckeyes seem to get all of the disappointing endings in this tourney every year.

I liked last year's better

 

[huskerbux]

Well that was an exciting end to that game.

Thanks for the updates! That sounded like a helluva game....especially the last few innings.

 

[RobsterMobster]

In a way i was selfishly hoping the game would go into extras so that Nebraska's game would get pushed back a tad so I wouldn't miss the first couple innings driving home from work

 

[saluno22]

Thanks for the updates! That sounded like a helluva game....especially the last few innings.

No problem! Helps keep me engaged in games I don't completely care about.

Both starting pitchers went deep and performed very well.