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Iowa head coach Rick Heller wanted Cade Obermueller to settle in and not get rattled after giving up a run in the fourth inning. Illinois had a bases loaded opportunity and Obermueller only walked in a run and nothing more. NBut in an elimination game in the Big Ten Tournament, every pitch counts offensively and defensively. Heller said as long as his starting pitcher remained composed, they’d have a chance. “Well, he needs to focus on the things he can control,” Heller said on the BTN broadcast during the top of the fifth inning. “He let some edge pitches that he didn’t get affect the last in…

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