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Steranka blasts seventh homer of the season while Glantz hits his first of 2010. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Despite a game-tying two-run home run from sophomore Jordan Steranka (Pittsburgh, Pa.) in the bottom of the fifth inning, Iowa’s red-hot bats rattled off 10 runs over the sixth, seventh and eighth en route to a 13-9 [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer A ninth inning rally fell short as the Penn State baseball team (21-25, 8-10 Big Ten) dropped its second straight game to Iowa, 13-9. The Nittany Lions scored six runs in the final two innings, including four in the ninth, but couldn’t overcome the large deficit. Iowa (21-25, 8-10) [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Iowa pitcher Nick Brown quieted the Penn State baseball team’s bats Saturday as the Hawkeyes rolled to a 9-3 victory. The Nittany Lions (21-24, 8-9 Big Ten) scored first when Ben Heath had a run-scoring single in the first inning. Brown did not allow another Penn State run until [...]

Hawkeyes use strong pitching from Nick Brown to snap Penn State’s six-game Big Ten winning streak. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – After shutting out Iowa for the first three innings, the Hawkeyes came alive with five runs in the middle frames on their way to downing the Penn State baseball team, 9-3, on Saturday at a [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Mike Wanamaker pitched a career-high eight innings Friday to lead the Penn State baseball team (21-23, 8-8 Big Ten) to a 6-2 victory over Iowa (19-25, 6-10). Wanamaker allowed 11 hits, but he erased many of them with 10 strikeouts while allowing just two runs. The win improved Wanamaker's [...]

Reigning Big Ten Player of the Week Steve Snyder finishes 4-for-5, the third four-hit effort in his last six games. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Early-inning hitting coupled with strong pitching from redshirt senior Mike Wanamaker (Upper Nyack, N.Y.) led the Penn State baseball team over Iowa, 6-2, for its sixth consecutive Big Ten win on [...]

Nittany Lions look to continue their winning streak on national television this weekend. • Following a dominating series sweep over Michigan State last weekend, the Penn State baseball team looks to extend its Big Ten winning streak when it hosts Iowa in a trio of games to air live on the Big Ten Network. Gametimes [...]

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Baseball Hosts Iowa May 7-9 on BTN UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; – The Big Ten Network will televise five Penn State softball and baseball games during the first week of May. All five nine contests will air in HD. The Nittany Lion softball team visits Northwestern this weekend. The Big Ten Network will carry games live [...]

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