IOWA CITY — For all the weather misery Iowa baseball hitters must endure throughout the season’s first two months (and sometimes longer), there’s always belief the sweet swings will return when the calendar flips to May. If you can pair quality temps with the always intense Iowa wind, Duane Banks Field can morph into an offensive paradise rather quickly. Saturday afternoon produced that coveted combo. And the Hawkeyes’ offense didn’t miss their chance to pounce. Less than 24 hours after putting up a 16-spot against struggling Ohio State, Iowa hit the Buckeyes again with four massive homers to ignite another offensive outburst. With Marcus Morgan wiggling out of jams on the other end, Iowa mostly coasted to a 15-3 series-clinching victory on a flawless day for ball. The win marked Rick Heller’s 1,000 in his career. An overcast sky and whipping winds ominously hung over the pregame scene, but the…
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