IOWA CITY – Cornell's baseball team gave up five runs early and then settled in against the Big Ten's Iowa Hawkeyes in an 8-0 exhibition loss Wednesday at Duane Banks Field.
The NCAA Division I Hawkeyes (5-3) built a 5-0 lead on six hits through two innings. They managed only three runs and four hits over the final six frames against five Cornell pitchers.
Cornell's
Jake Schope,
Carter Kriegel and
Preston Wright each tossed one scoreless inning in relief. Wright bailed the Rams out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth.
The Rams (0-3) were limited to two hits in the game, singles by
Colin Konicek and
Seth Beals. Iowa's pitching staff recorded 19 strikeouts.
Cornell stranded seven runners on base, Iowa eight.
The Rams open their Spring Break trip Saturday with an 8:30 a.m. (Iowa time) game against Concordia (Ill.) in Auburndale, Fla.
