Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller says they are still waiting to find out how severe the injury to starting pitcher Cole McDonald is but they know he won’t be pitching in this weekend’s series against 17th ranked Oklahoma State. McDonald was lifted in the fourth inning on Sunday’s win against seventh ranked Michigan with elbow discomfort and sophomore Grant Judkins may be the one to replace him in the rotation.

It may be a non-conference series but Heller says with the Hawkeyes being considered a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament it carries added weight.

Heller says it is the Hawkeye’s final chance of the regular season to build their tournament resume.

The series opens with a single game tonight (Friday night).

(Learfield Sports)