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Sunday’s Big Ten Baseball Roundup

The University of Iowa baseball team beat Penn State, 4-2, Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Duane Banks Field. The Hawkeyes scored three first-inning runs and never looked back en route to snapping a three-game losing streak. Iowa starter Sasha Kuebel was terrific, earning his fourth win of the year to remain perfect (4-0). The rookie threw seven and a third solid innings, yielding just two runs, striking out two while scattering seven hits. Read the full recap at HawkeyeSports.com and get our Sunday baseball roundup in this post.

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Sunday’s Big Ten Baseball Roundup

It was a historic day on Big Ten baseball diamonds Sunday afternoon. In Columbus, Nebraska swept a doubleheader from Ohio State to card its first conference road series win since taking 2-of-3 from Baylor in Waco, Texas, in 2008. Meanwhile, in West Lafayette and University Park, respectively, Purdue coach Doug Schrieber became the program’s all-time wins leader and Penn State coach Robbie Wine won his 200th game. Watch the highlights from Nebraska’s rare road feat now and get our Sunday Big Ten roundup in this post.Nebraska sweeps Ohio State for rare conference road series win With Ohio State riding a seven-game winning streak going into Sunday, Nebraska swept a doubleheader from the Buckeyes to win its first conference road series since taking 2-of-3 from Baylor in Waco, Texas, during the 2008 season. Nebraska used three home runs to win game one, 5-4, and dominated the Buckeyes in game two, 17-9, to take the three-game series after dropping the opener on Friday night. Read full recap at Huskers.com.Penn State beats Michigan, sends Wine to 200th win***Sean Deegan hit a go-ahead two-run home run and Jordan Steranka blasted an insurance homer to send Penn State to a 6-4 victory over Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The win marked Penn State coach Robbie Wine’s 200th career victory, making him the fifth Penn State skipper to reach the 200-win plateau. Read full recap at GoPSUSports.com.Purdue sweeps Illinois; Schreiber breaks program wins record Starting pitchers Lance Breedlove and Connor Podkul teamed up to allow only one earned run over 14 innings Sunday, leading No. 18 Purdue to a doubleheader and series sweep of Illinois at Lambert Field. Head coach Doug Schreiber won his 408th career game in the nightcap to become the program’s all-time leader. Schreiber eclipsed the program wins record held by Dave Alexander, who Schreiber played for from 1983-86. Read full recap at PurdueSports.com.Lubinsky, Minnesota sweep Northwestern Minnesota completed its sweep of Northwestern behind some early offense and a solid pitching performance from Austin Lubinsky on Sunday. Minnesota (20-17, 6-3) got RBIs from five different players en route to the 6-0 victory over the Wildcats (10-22, 3-9). The Gophers allowed only two runs all weekend, as they won, 2-1, Friday and Saturday. Read full recap at GopherSports.com.Michigan State downs Indiana twice, plates 20 in nightcapMichigan State swept a doubleheader from Indiana on Sunday, winning the first game 6-0 before erupting for a 20-10 win in the nightcap. The 20-run outburst was one to remember, as the Spartans scored in seven of the nine innings and plated at least four runs in three different frames. The doubleheader sweep gave Michigan State the series win, this after Indiana took the first game of the series.Iowa downs South Dakota State, 6-1 The University of Iowa baseball team defeated South Dakota State on Saturday on a neutral field at TD Ameritrade Park, 6-1. Iowa (15-16, 4-5) has won five of its last seven contests overall and its last four nonconference games. The game was the first of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game of the doubleheader at Creighton was cancelled due to inclement weather. Read full recap at HawkeyeSports.com.Get the latest Big Ten baseball standings and Big Ten baseball statistics at BigTen.org.

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Saturday’s Big Ten Baseball Roundup

Big Ten spring football games weren’t the only events affected by the inclement weather across Big Ten country Saturday. A fair share of baseball and softball games were postponed, as well. See Saturday’s baseball roundup, courtesy of BigTen.org in this post.

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April 8 Big Ten Baseball Roundup

It was another busy Sunday of action on Big Ten baseball diamonds. Perhaps the most exciting of the six games, Michigan State outlasted archrival Michigan, 10-8, in a 13-inning marathon. Illinois, Ohio State and Purdue also were victorious, as was Penn State, which went out of conference and nipped Canisius. Purdue’s win over Northwestern gave it a two-game cushion atop the Big Ten standings.

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April 7 Big Ten Baseball Roundup

Michigan scored a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings and Trent Szkutnik and Alex Lakatos allowed two earned runs in a 4-3 victory over Michigan State on Saturday at McLane Stadium. With the victory, the Wolverines, winners of three consecutive games, clinched the series. Szkutnik picked up the win, scattering nine hits and allowing two earned runs, while Lakatos earned his second save of the season. Read full recap at MGoBlue.com. Also, watch our video from East Lansing, Mich, now and get all the Big Ten results in this post.

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