Kansas University collected seven hits and eight walks but stranded 10 runners in a 6-4 baseball loss to Iowa on Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Iowa (13-5) bolted to a 3-0 lead in the first and never trailed, though the Jayhawks managed a 4-all tie in the fifth before surrendering single runs in the sixth and eighth.

Connor McKay and Joe Moroney each had two hits.

Kansas sophomore pitcher Sean Rackoski adjusts his cap as he heads back to the mound while Iowa players celebrate a run scored by Nick Day (9) during their game Saturday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.

The teams will conclude their series with a rubber game at 1 p.m. today at Hoglund Ballpark.

Iowa 300 101 010 — 6 13 0

Kansas 000 130 000 — 4 7 0

W — Luke Vandermaten, 1-0, L — Blake Weiman, 0-3. Sv — Nick Hibbing, 1.

2B — Connor McKay, KU.

Kansas highlights — McKay 2-for-5, R; Joe Moroney 2-for-3; Matt McLaughlih 1-for-3, 2 RBIs.