IOWA CITY — For all the offensive absurdity Iowa delivered to kick off another pivotal weekend, baseball normalcy was bound to return to Duane Banks Field Sunday afternoon. No more insane run totals; just tense scenarios that required full focus from everyone on the diamond. Iowa came up one executed situation short of a Buckeyes sweep. The Hawkeyes couldn’t hold a pair of one-run leads, then watched as Ohio State ran through four Iowa pitchers in a momentum-grabbing seventh inning. The Buckeyes’ three-run frame propelled Ohio State to a 5-2 win that snapped the Hawkeyes’ 10-game home winning streak. Locked in a 2-2 affair that begged for late-inning drama, Iowa (35-11, 11-6 Big Ten Conference) needed to close strong to make Ty Langenberg’s strong start hold up. The Urbandale product started the seventh, only to exit after a line drive ricochetted off his foot that still resulted in an out.…
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