WEEK 8 | APRIL 3-5, 2015 | WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. 1 IOWA HAWKEYES BASEBALL ESTABLISHED 1890 | 7 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS | 1 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE 2015 SCHEDULE Games 26-28 ____________ April 3-5 Date Opponent Time Location ________ West Lafayette, Ind. Feb. 13 ! vs. Kansas State L, 4-5 Stadium ___________ Alexander Field Feb. 14 ! vs. Saint Louis W, 4-2 Live Stream ________________ N/A Feb. 15 ! vs. George Mason W, 4-1 Feb. 20 % vs. UALR W, 3-1 Live Audio _ AM-800 KXIC/AM 1360 KMJM/HAA Feb. 21 % vs. Missouri State W, 6-5 Live Stats ________ hawkeyesports.com Feb. 22 % vs. UALR Cancelled Twitter ______________@UIBaseball Feb. 27 @ vs. Cincinnati W, 6-2 Facebook ______ facebook/iowabaseball Feb. 28 @ vs. Cincinnati W, 5-1 March 1 @ vs. Cincinnati W, 5-0 (13) March 7 at Middle Tennessee State W, 2-1 #24 Iowa (18-7, 3-0) Purdue (10-18, 1-2) March 7 at Middle Tennessee State W, 6-1 March 8 at Middle Tennessee State L, 8-9 HAWKEYES BOILERMAKERS March 11 AIB W, 7-1 March 14 at Houston Baptist L, 1-7 LEADING OFF March 15 at Houston Baptist L, 1-5 March 16 at Houston Baptist W, 7-2 • Iowa is ranked No. 24 in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll, the program’s first ranking since 1990. March 17 at Houston Baptist W, 7-2 The Hawkeyes are also receiving votes in the NCBWA, D1Baseball.com, and USA Today Coaches’ Polls. March 20 at Kansas (ESPN3) L, 3-4 • The Hawkeyes are 3-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 1994. Iowa is one of two teams, along March 21 at Kansas (ESPN3) W, 6-4 March 22 at Kansas (ESPN3) W, 6-2 with Nebraska, to have not lost a conference game this season. March 25 Bradley L, 2-5 • Iowa swept a three-game series over No. 19 Indiana to open Big Ten play. It was the team’s first se- March 27 * #19 Indiana W, 2-0 March 28 * #19 Indiana (BTN Plus) W, 5-1 ries sweep over a ranked foe since 1990 -- a four-game sweep over No. 12 Illinois -- and the Hawkeyes’ March 29 * #19 Indiana (BTN Plus) W, 10-6 first win over a ranked foe since 2012. March 31 Grand View W, 9-2 • The Hawkeyes’ starting pitchers allowed four runs over 21 innings in the three-game series against April 1 at Western Illinois L, 5-16 (8) April 3 * at Purdue 4:30 p.m. the Hoosiers. Tyler Peyton and Blake Hickman combined for 16 shutout innings to start the weekend. April 4 * at Purdue 1 p.m. • All three Iowa starters rank in the top-13 in the Big Ten in ERA. Calvin Mathews is fifth (1.20), Tyler April 5 * at Purdue 12 p.m. April 8 Milwaukee (BTN Plus) 6:05 p.m. Peyton is 10th (2.39), and Blake Hickman is 13th (2.77). April 10 * at Maryland 5:30 p.m. • Senior Eric Toole had his career-best 15-game hitting streak snapped March 31 against Grand View April 11 * at Maryland (BTN Plus) 1 p.m. despite reaching base four times. The outfielder has a team-best 24 game reached base streak, tying April 12 * at Maryland (BTN Plus) 12 p.m. April 14 at Bradley 7 p.m. the longest streak of his career, heading into this weekend’s play. Senior Jake Mangler has reached April 15 Cornell College 6:05 p.m. safely in 21-straight contests. April 17 * Northwestern 6:05 p.m. April 18 * Northwestern 2 p.m. • Iowa is second in the Big Ten in fielding percentage (.980), fourth in ERA (2.81), and seventh in team April 19 * Northwestern (BTN Plus) 1 p.m. batting average (.273). April 22 Northern Illinois (BTN Plus) 6:05 p.m. • Iowa baseball fans can follow the Hawkeyes via social media at: facebook.com/iowabaseball and April 24 * Nebraska (BTN Plus) 6:05 p.m. April 25 * Nebraska (BTN Plus) 2 p.m. Twitter - @UIBaseball. April 26 * Nebraska 1 p.m. April 28 Sacramento State 1 p.m. April 28 Sacramento State 4:30 p.m. PLAYER TO WATCH PROJECTED IOWA STARTERS May 1 * at Michigan 3 p.m. May 2 * at Michigan (BTN) 3:30 p.m. TYLER PEYTON IN THE FIELD May 3 * at Michigan 12 p.m. 6-3, 180, Jr., RHP/1B C _____Daniel Aaron Moriel ____ .385, 4 R, 2 RBIs May 5 Western Illinois (BTN Plus) 6:35 p.m. Grimes, Iowa 1B ____Tyler Peyton ________ .350, 12 R, 12 RBIs May 8 * Minnesota (BTN Plus) 6:05 p.m. Iowa Central CC 2B ____Jake Mangler ___.320, 13 R, 18 RBIs, 13 BB May 9 * Minnesota (BTN Plus) 2 p.m. 3B ____Nick Day _______ .294, 13 R, 8 RBIs, 2 HR May 10 * Minnesota (BTN) 1 p.m. SS ____Nick Roscetti _________ .197, 5 R, 6 RBIs May 14 * at Rutgers (BTN Plus) 2 p.m. 2015 Season Stats: LF ____Kris Goodman ____ .233, 15 R, 9 RBIs, 2 HR May 15 * at Rutgers (BTN Plus) 12 p.m. 3-2, 2.39 ERA; .350, 12 RBIs CF ____Eric Toole _______.353, 21 R, 8 RBIs, 16 SB May 16 * at Rutgers (BTN Plus) 10 a.m. RF ____Joel Booker __________.309, 9 R, 17 RBIs May 20-24 # at Big Ten Tournament TBA Junior Tyler Peyton DH ____Dan Potempa ________ .224, 6 RBIs, 5 R May 29-31 NCAA Regionals TBA was named the Big Ten Player of the Week by Col- June 5-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBA STARTING PITCHING June 13-24 NCAA College World Series TBA lege Sports Madness after succeeding both ways in No. 1 __RHP Tyler Peyton ____ 3-2, 2.39 ERA, 35 K the series against No. 19 Indiana. The right-hander No. 2 __RHP Blake Hickman ___ 3-1, 2.77 ERA, 28 K All times Central and subject to change | ! Snowbird Baseball Classic (Port threw a complete game shutout in the series No. 3 __RHP Calvin Mathews __ 2-0, 1.20 ERA, 18 K Charlotte, Fla.) | % at Grand Prairie, Texas | @ at Emerson, Ga. | * Big Ten Conference contest | # played at Target Field in Minneapolis | Big Ten Plus opener and hit .417 with three RBIs and two runs (BTNP) | Big Ten Network (BTN) scored in the series. www.hawkeyesports.com Twitter: @UIBaseball Facebook: iowabaseball WEEK 8 | APRIL 3-5, 2015 | WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. 2 THIS WEEK • The Boilermakers are hitting .252 as a team and The 24th-ranked University of Iowa baseball team have 61 extra base hits. Kyle Wood is the only heads to West Lafayette, Indiana, for a three- regular hitting above .300, coming in at .367 with game Big Ten series at Purdue from April 3-5. All team-highs in hits (36) and RBIs (18). three games will be played at Alexander Field • Purdue has a 5.37 ERA in 28 games, and has with start times of 4:30 p.m. (CT) Friday, 1 p.m. given up 304 hits in 248 innings. The Boilermak- Saturday, and 12 p.m. Sunday. ers have 175 strikeouts against 100 walks and are allowing the opposition to a .308 average. GAME COVERAGE • Purdue will send freshman RHP Mike Kornacker Rick Heller is entering his second season as head coach of the University • The series will be broadcast on AM-800 KXIC and (1-2, 3.00 ERA) to the mound Friday, junior RHP of Iowa baseball program. Heller was tabbed as the 20th head coach AM-1360 KMJM on Friday and Saturday with Brent Shane Bryant (1-0, 4.20 ERA) on Saturday, and program history July 12, 2013, after serving as head coach at Indiana Balbinot and Ray Gilmore on the call. All three senior RHP Brett Haan (1-5, 7.59 ERA) on Sunday. State from 2010-13. games of the series will also be available via the subscription-based service Hawkeye All-Access on THE SERIES Heller, a native of Eldon, Iowa, has been head coach at four institutions hawkeyesports.com. • The Hawkeyes lead the all-time series over -- Iowa (2014-present), Indiana State (2009-13), Northern Iowa (1999- • Fans can also follow every game with live stats Purdue, 94-66-1, and Iowa has won three-straight 2009), and Upper Iowa (1987-99) -- leading his first three schools to NCAA postseason play. He led Indiana State to its first outright Missouri (GameTracker) on hawkeyesports.com and live up- and four of the last five series over the Boilermak- Valley Conference title in 2012. He led Northern Iowa to the 2001 MVC dates are also available on Twitter: @UIBaseball. ers. title and into the NCAA Tournament, the first regional appearance • Iowa has won the last two series at Alexander for the Panthers since becoming a Division I program in 1981. In 27 QUICK HITTERS Field in the final series of the regular season. The seasons as a head coach, Heller holds a career mark of 720-588-4. • Iowa is off to its best start since 1941. The Hawk- Hawkeyes won 2-of-3 games in 2014 and swept eyes opened that season 19-5 before finishing the the series in 2013. Iowa won 2-of-3 games in In his first season in Iowa City, Heller helped guide the Hawkeyes to a year 22-6. Iowa City in 2012 when Purdue was 13th in the 9-1 start -- the program’s best start since 1940 -- a Big Ten Tourna- • The Hawkeyes have a real-time RPI of 19 on national polls.