The Hawkeyes out hit the Wolverines 13-7 and held Michigan scoreless in the final five innings.

“We had to tough one out tonight,” said head coach Rick Heller. “Little bit different of a Friday night than we have been used to. Cade didn’t have his good command, and we had to fight through some defensive miscues and some plays that probably should have been made that weren’t errors.”

Cade Obermueller got the start for Iowa. He threw four innings and struck out three while walking four and allowed five runs (three earned).

Daniel Wright earned the win throwing 2 1/3 innings allowing two hits and no runs. Anthony Watts threw two innings striking out one and allowing one hit.

Brant Hogue earned the save throwing the final 2/3 innings of the game punching out two.

Ben Wilmes and Miles Risley led the Hawkeyes on the offensive side of things both going 3-for-5 with two RBIs.

Gable Mitchell and Daniel Rogers each had two hits and Rogers plated two runs with both of his hits being doubles.

“Offensively, at least for the first six innings we were outstanding,” said Heller. “We just kept coming at them and grinding out good at bat after good at bat. Scoring multiple runs in multiple innings. Survived the big inning in the fourth where we gave up the lead, fought back and tied it up and gave it up to the bullpen. They were outstanding. Wright, Watts and Hogue were lights out for us tonight.”

Iowa raced out to a 3-0 lead before Michigan got on the board. A big fourth inning gave the Michigan a 5-4 lead before Iowa’s bullpen shut the Wolverines down the rest of the way and Iowa was able to scrape across a run in the fifth and one in the sixth which would prove the difference.

“That was a hard-fought Friday night,” said Heller. “Not traditional, but I thought we showed a lot of toughness and found a way to get it done.

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The Hawkeyes and Wolverines face off tomorrow for game two of the series with first pitch slated for 1 p.m. (CT).