Rick Heller explains Brody Brecht’s importance to Iowa’s late-season pitching rotation
The Iowa Hawkeyes entered the 2024 Big Ten Baseball tournament as the conference’s five-seed. Matched up with four-seeded Michigan in their opening game — starting pitcher Brody Brecht was the choice for Iowa to start on the mound on Wednesday. Coming into the tournament, Brecht (4-3, 3.55 ERA) started in 14 games for the Hawkeyes where he logged 71.0 innings pitched where he allowed 28 earned runs compared to 118 strikeouts over that stretch. According to head coach Rick Heller, Brecht’s effort was a major contributor to the Hawkeyes late-season success. “We tried to be consistent all year,” ...