Hawkeyes rallied from 4-0 9th-inning deficit The Gazette May 27, 2016 at 4:25 pm | Print View OMAHA, Neb. – Mason McCoy’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th capped an Iowa rally and sent the Hawkeyes to Saturday’s Big Ten baseball tournament semifinals with a 5-4 victory Friday at TD Ameritrade Park. It’s the second straight postseason the Hawkeyes scored a walk-off win against the Buckeyes after Nick Day’s 9th-inning homer in last year’s first round. “My first walk-off ever,” McCoy said on BTN. “It’s an incredible feeling.” No. 8 seed Iowa scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it, with senior Devin Pickett’s first career RBI scoring Austin Guzzo from second to send it to extras. McCoy hit the fourth straight single to begin the inning, scoring Tyler Peyton. Nick Roscetti scored when Daniel Aaron Moriel grounded into a double play, but the Hawkeyes continued the rally with two outs. Guzzo’s RBI single scored Joel Booker, pinch-hitter Jimmy Frankos was hit by a pitch, then Pickett, a .175 hitter this season, delivered before Robert Neustrom struck out. One word: AMAZING. @UIBaseball’s Devin Pickett gets his first RBI of the year, tying the game after trailing 4-0! …
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