Manager Rocco Baldelli called Pablo López's seven-inning effort the highlight of Wednesday's game.
First lady Jill Biden's walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women's basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House didn't sit well with Tigers star Angel Reese.
Kirill Kaprizov, the team's leading scorer, is sidelined because of a lower-body injury but went through a cautious practice Wednesday.
