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CjwvZGl2PgoK The Nebraska baseball team (20-9) fell in game two of the three-game series against Rutgers (16-13) 6-5. The Huskers held a 5-0 lead, but the Scarlet Knights slowly chipped away and won the game. Once again, NU got out to an early lead in this game. In the first inning, Joe Acker hit a solo home run to lead off. In the next inning, Luke Roskam doubled the lead with a moon shot over the left field wall. An error, hit batter and a walk loaded the bases for the Big Red and Jaxon H...

anMiIGNoYXJzZXQ9InV0Zi04Ij48L3NjcmlwdD4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK The Nebraska baseball team (20-8) gave up seven runs in the final two innings to lose game one to Rutgers (15-13) 9-4. The Huskers will have to win the following two games in the series to keep the series win streak alive. The NU offense got out to a quick start in this game once again, but they didn’t do as much damage as they would have hoped. In the first inning, a leadoff walk followed by a bunt single and a throwing error put ...

KLKN-TV Huskers return home, host Rutgers Following a pair of road series wins at Penn State and Michigan State, the #22 Nebraska baseball team returns to Hawks Field for a three-game series against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. April 29, 2021 11:41 pm LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Following a pair of road series wins at Penn State and Michigan State, the #22 Nebraska baseball team (20-7) returns to Hawks Field for a three-game series against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (14-13). The series opene...

TV/Streaming: BTN+   Following a pair of road series wins at Penn State and Michigan State, the #22 Nebraska baseball team (20-7) returns to Hawks Field for a three-game series against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (14-13). The series opener is scheduled for 6:30 PM (CT) on Friday evening and will be the first game between the two teams in Lincoln since 2017. Saturday’s game is set for 4 PM and the series finale is scheduled for Noon on Sunday. Capacity at Hawks Field is now up to 6,105 an...

BTN+ Husker Sports Network East Lansing, Mich. – The Nebraska baseball team saw its five-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday with a 4-2 loss to the Michigan State Spartans. The series is now even at 1-1 and the teams will meet in the rubber match tomorrow at 11 AM (CT).   The Huskers managed just five hits, but did walk six times, on Saturday and stranded 10 base runners. Luke Roskam led the offense with a pair of hits, including a solo home run.     Michigan State prod...

BTN+ East Lansing, Mich. – Cade Povich tossed 7.0 shutout innings and improved to 4-1 on the year, as the Nebraska baseball team (19-6) reeled off its fifth consecutive win with a 4-0 series-opening victory over the Michigan State Spartans (11-16) on Friday at McLane Stadium. Nebraska’s offense made the most of its seven hits, scoring a pair of runs in both the fourth and fifth innings. Povich matched a career-high with 7.0 innings of work and allowed just four hits, while striking out ...

Pitching: RHP TV/Streaming: BTN+   The Nebraska baseball team (18-6) kept its hold on the top spot in the Big Ten standings with a three-game sweep at Penn State last weekend. The Huskers will look to continue their winning ways this weekend when they visit East Lansing, Mich., for a three-game series against the Michigan State Spartans (11-15). The series opener at McLane Stadium is scheduled for Friday at 4 PM (CT) and it will be carried nationally on the Big Ten Network. The series c...

Luke Roskam all drove in a pair of runs for Nebraska, which has won 12 of its last 14 and will remain in first place in the Big Ten heading into Sunday’s action. NU jumped on Penn State starter Conor Larkin early, scoring five runs in the top of the first. The Huskers jumped to a 2-0 lead three batters in as Joe Acker and Hallmark reached after back-to-back singles before coming home on Schwellenbach’s two-run double.  After a one-out double by Anderson put runners on second and third, Ro...

April 18, 2021 The Nebraska baseball team (18-6) completed a three-game sweep of Penn State (8-16) with a 5-3 win in the final game of the series. The Huskers kept a slim lead for most of the game and were able to hang on and close out the win. Shay Schanaman started for NU and hung up two zeros on the scoreboard in the first two innings. The junior struck out three batters in the first two innings, and gave up just one hit. The Big Red scored first in the third inning when Joe Acker led off w...

BTN State College, Pa. – Shay Schanaman and two relievers limited Penn State to three runs on seven hits, as Nebraska completed the weekend sweep of the Nittany Lions with a 5-3 victory Sunday morning. Schanaman (4-0) went the first six frames before Spencer Schwellenbach combined for three innings of perfect relief to preserve the win. Bunz, who earned the win on Friday, set the Nittany Lions down in order in the seventh before Schwellenbach retired all six batters he faced to record hi...