Bloomington, Ind. – The Nebraska baseball team (35-19-1) left 14 runners stranded in a 2-0 loss to Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament at Bart Kaufman Field on Friday afternoon. The Huskers will face Maryland in an elimination game tonight.
Senior right-hander Derek Burkamper made his 14th start of the season, and went 5.0 innings. He gave up two runs, both of which were earned, while striking out three Hawkeye batters. Matt Waldron pitched 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out five Hawkeyes.
In the first inning, Scott Schreiber and Ben Miller had back-to-back singles, but were left on base to end the inning.