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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Joe Stewart went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and three runs to help Michigan beat Illinois 7-5 Thursday night in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. No. 5 seed Michigan (29-25) plays top-seeded Maryland in Friday's quarterfinals.

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  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...

th to beat Illinois 6-3 in the season-opener for both teams. Senior catcher Brent Todys, who was 0-for-5 at the time, broke the tie with a double down the left field line, scoring Zach Dezenzo all the way from first. That broke a stalemate that saw the Buckeye pitchers hold Illinois scoreless over the final five innings despite having the winning run in scoring position in four of those five innings. In his collegiate debut, freshman Kade Kern had a special day. The Archbold, Ohio native went 5...