Hroch retired six straight to start the game before Ben Norman led off the third with a double. Dylan Nedved later added a one-out single and the Hawkeyes had runners on the corners, but Hroch responded with a strikeout and a ground out to end the threat. Iowa started a two-out rally in the fourth with consecutive singles, but Hroch responded again with a strikeout to end the frame, his fifth of the game.
Irvine shutout the Huskers through the first four innings, but that quickly ended in the bottom of the fifth when Matthews led off and put the second pitch of the frame into the right field seats for his first home run as a Husker. Irvine bounced right back and retired three straight Huskers to keep the game at 1-0.