Take your pick. Pitching or hitting? Either would be an appropriate beginning for a recap of Nebraska baseball’s third victory in the MLB Desert Invitational Sunday in Mesa, Ariz. This time the Huskers defeated Grand Canyon 9-1. So let’s begin with pitching,...
Statistically, Nebraska baseball dominated Northeastern in the second game of the MLB Desert Invitational Saturday night in Mesa, Ariz. But the final score, 7-4, doesn’t necessarily reflect that. Plus, there was drama at the end. Mississippi State transfer Kevin...
It was a Friday the 13th result for Connecticut in the opening game of the MLB Desert Invitational in Scottsdale, Arizona. Compliments, though that’s probably not an appropriate word, of Nebraska baseball. The Huskers ended the game on the run rule, with a four-run...
No, Nebraska baseball coach Will Bolt wasn’t referring to the Tom Wolfe book “The Right Stuff.” He was talking about the 2026 Huskers Monday at Haymarket Park. “They’re about the right stuff,” Bolt said. In the fall and now, the Huskers have “really meshed...
Nebraska baseball’s Dylan Carey has a lot that he wants to accomplish in 2026 after going undrafted in the 2025 Major League baseball draft. The senior shortstop is returning for one final season with the Huskers looking to make his mark in 2026. “I want...
Coming off a Big Ten championship in 2025, the Nebraska baseball team has high hopes in 2026, according to junior first baseman Case Sanderson. “Our team goals are to make it to Omaha and host the regional,” Sanderson said Monday afternoon....
Adams Central right-handed pitcher Kowen Rader is no stranger to performing on big stages, playing in the Little League World Series in 2021. A team from Hastings featuring Rader represented Nebraska in the Series, winning the Midwest Region to advance to the Hank...
Former Husker and Kansas City Royals legend Alex Gordon was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame on Friday. The Royals selected Gordon in the first round with the second overall pick in the 2005 MLB draft. Gordon’s career spanned 15 years, all with the Kansas...
Some big names from the Nebraska baseball team have entered the transfer portal following the Huskers’ season-ending loss at the Chapel Hill Regional. Outfielder Robby Bolin and second basemen Cayden Brumbaugh headline a group of Huskers looking for new homes....
And so it comes to an end, the Nebraska baseball season. The Huskers didn’t show their late-inning-comeback grit. They couldn’t, really, because they didn’t score until the sixth — one run, on a Dylan Carey RBI single. Oklahoma had plated five runs in the top of the...
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