IOWA CITY, Iowa – Back-to-back RBI singles from Izaya Fullard and Ben Tallman in the fifth inning propelled the University of Iowa baseball team to a 2-1 come-from-behind series-clinching victory over Minnesota on Saturday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

The win moves the Hawkeyes’ record to 19-12 overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play heading into Sunday’s series finale.

Sophomore Michael Seegers started the fifth with a one-out single to right field.  After Seegers stole second, Fullard bounced a two-out single up the middle and the ball caromed off Brady Counsell’s glove into shallow left field.  Seegers scored on the play and Fullard moved to second on the throw.

The heady base running paid off as Tallman followed with a hit to nearly the same spot, singling home Fullard to give the Hawkeyes a 2-1 lead.

“There was a big two-out hit by Izaya to get us back to even and I knew I needed to follow up with that,” said Tallman. “I struck out on two off-speed pitches earlier in the game, so I got up in the count and was looking for a fastball I could handle.  That was my approach and I got it done.”

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The Hawkeyes will go for the weekend sweep Sunday, hosting the Gophers in the series finale at 1:05 p.m. (CT).