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Maryland Rallies for 10-7 Win The Nebraska baseball team jumped out to a 5-1 lead after four innings but could not hold on, as Maryland evened the weekend series with a 10-7 victory Saturday afternoon. April 10, 2021 6:42 pm LINCOLN, Neb. ( Nebraska Athletics) – The Nebraska baseball team jumped out to a 5-1 lead after four innings but could not hold on, as Maryland evened the weekend series with a 10-7 victory Saturday afternoon at Hawks Field. Nebraska (14-6) led 6-5 after Max Anderson’s ...

April 9, 2021 The Nebraska baseball team (14-5) took game one of the three-game series against Maryland (9-11) 6-2. The Huskers have now won nine of their last ten games and are undefeated in five games at home. The regular Friday starter, Cade Povich got the start again for NU and came out dealing early on. The junior gave up no hits in the first three innings and only allowed two base runners. Following that, Povich got into a bit of a jam in the fourth inning when he gave up a base hit, th...

NET/BTN+ Husker Sports Network Lincoln – The Nebraska baseball team (14-5) picked up its ninth win over its last 10 games with a 6-2 victory against the Maryland Terrapins (9-11) in Friday’s series opener at Hawks Field.   The Huskers were led at the plate by leadoff hitter Joe Acker, who went 3-for-5 with three doubles and two runs scored. Freshman Bryce Matthews delivered from the bottom of the lineup, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and two stolen bases. Spencer Schwelle...

TV/Streaming: BTN+   The Nebraska baseball team (13-5) returns to Hawks Field this weekend for its second home series of the 2021 season, as the Huskers welcome the Maryland Terrapins (9-10) to Lincoln. The Huskers are 4-0 at home this season, while the Terrapins are 4-7 away from Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, including a 3-2 record in true road games. The series is scheduled to open on Friday night at 6:30 PM. The game was originally scheduled for 2 PM, but once it was announced that fan...

Huskers Take Series at Illinois with 12-7 Win The Nebraska baseball team (13-5) trailed 5-0 to the Illinois Fighting Illini (8-10) after three innings, but scored 12 of the game’s final 14 runs to win the rubber match on Sunday April 4, 2021 6:14 pm CHAMPAIGN, Il. (Nebraska Athletics) – The Nebraska baseball team (13-5) trailed 5-0 to the Illinois Fighting Illini (8-10) after three innings, but scored 12 of the game’s final 14 runs to win the rubber match on Sunday at Illinois Field, 12-...

  Cade Povich made his fifth start for Nebraska and was opposed by Nathan Lavender, who was making his first start of the season. Povich departed after 5.1 innings and was tagged with four runs (three earned) while striking out four. Lavender allowed one run on five hits and one walk over 4.0 innings, while striking out six.   Povich sat down six straight to start the game and then got a lead in the top of the third when Griffin Everitt hit his first home run of the season to start the in...

Cam Chick as part of a five-run outburst to take a 6-5 lead. The Huskers got the first two runners on after Steil singled and Efry Cervantes was hit by a pitch. Acker’s sacrifice bunt moved both runners to scoring position before Jaxon Hallmark walked to load the bases. Schwellenbach deposited Ty Rybarczyk’s 0-1 pitch over the fence in left for his second homer of the season. Chick gave the Huskers their first lead of the day moments later with his fifth homer of the season, a blast over...

The Husker baseball (5-1) team picked up their fifth straight win of the season with a hard fought 4-0 win over Iowa (2-4). Chance Hroch was the starter for Nebraska and picked up his second win of the season. In his first start against Purdue, Hroch threw for six innings and gave up nine hits […]

th and 11   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 qu...

After a tough loss in the season opener, the Nebraska baseball team (1-1) bounced back to beat Purdue (1-1) 7-2 in the seven inning Game 2 of the four-game series. Graduate transfer Chance Hroch started off his Husker career strong. The senior pitched his first five innings without giving up a run and only gave […]