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When facing an offense as potent as Illinois, it doesn’t take much for things to go awry. On Sunday afternoon, a three home run third inning was all the Illini needed to get by the Hawkeyes for a 6-3 win the series finale. Iowa closes Big Ten play with a 14-10 record and could be anywhere from a 4 to a 6 at the Big Ten Tournament. Although Illinois is the Big Ten leader in home runs hit, it was the Hawkeyes that used that long ball to throw the first punch of the game. On the first pitch of the game, Andy Nelson took starter Payton Hutchings over the wall in right-center for a solo home run. T…

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