Iowa vs Kansas - Game Notes & Thread

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ssckelley

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MIDWEEK PREVIEW
• The University of Iowa baseball team will play a two-game midweek series against Kansas. Game times are set for 4:05 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday and 2:05 p.m. on Wednesday at Duane Banks Field.
• Coached by Ritch Price, who is in his 18th season at Kansas, the Jayhawks are 7-8 this season, dropping their last series to Indiana State at home. Kansas went 32-26 last season and 12-12 in the Big 12.
• Kansas leads the all-time series 18-12. The last matchup between the two schools came in 2015 with a three-game series. Iowa won two of three games in the road series.

You can watch these 2 games on BTN+

Hunter Lee will get the start today, so far he's only given up 1 run in 5 innings of work.

The full preview is here: https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2020/3/9/baseball-game-notes-kansas.aspx

GO HAWKS!!!
 
So far Iowa is leading the Big Ten in batting average as a team (.298) and they are 4th in team ERA. If Iowa keeps pitching this well along with their good defense (they are tied for the lead in fielding %) they could be the sleeper team in the Big Ten.
 
I have to admit I'm not big on batting average but the fact that it's supported with 105 runs in just 14 games is impressive.

Big Ten team batting leaders:

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ERA is also not the best way to judge pitchers or teams either but when you factor in they've only allowed 57 runs (3rd fewest in the Big Ten) and they've given up the 2nd lowest batting average the pitching looks outstanding.

The Big Ten pitching leaders:

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Last but not least defense, solid pitching and defense can a lot of games. So far the defense has been solid, the Hawks are tied in fielding percentage and fewest errors committed.

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