Nebraska baseball has been here before, right? The Huskers have built some momentum, only to see it diminish during a weekend Big Ten series, which is why they’re 5-10 in conference play and tied for 13th. Minnesota and Purdue also are 5-10. And remember, only the top...
Officially, Luke Broderick was credited with the save. But others were involved in saving the Nebraska baseball team’s 6-4 victory against Iowa in Iowa City Sunday. Riley Silva’s game-ending catch, for instance. Silva, who replaced Robby Bolin in center field after...
Nebraska is slated to play its fifth of 10 Big Ten series this weekend, when the Huskers travel to Iowa City to take on Iowa. The Hawkeyes, 21-10 overall, are 12-3 in conference play, second to UCLA (10-2). Nebraska is tied with Michigan State for 12th, both 4-8. The...
It’s day-to-day, of course. A win today doesn’t guarantee a win tomorrow. Or, in this case, wins Friday night and Saturday don’t guarantee a win Sunday, which was the story of Nebraska baseball's weekend at Haymarket Park. Nebraska defeated Rutgers Friday night 8-5...
Will the real Nebraska baseball team please step up? Is it the team that took two-out-of-three against then-fifth-ranked Oregon State over the weekend? Or the team that dropped games to Creighton (9-5 Tuesday at Haymarket Park) and Omaha (11-9 at Tal Anderson Field in...
Oregon State scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning Sunday at Haymarket Park to take a 7-6 lead. In the bottom of the seventh, the first two Huskers struck out. Was it here we go again for Nebraska baseball? The Huskers had opened the series with 7-3...
It’s home sweet home for the Nebraska baseball team, hopefully. It’s home for sure. Sweet remains to be seen. The Huskers are scheduled to play a three-game series against Oregon State at Haymarket Park this weekend. That’s assuming weather doesn’t intrude. The...
Rewind to Saturday, late afternoon at Great Park in Irvine, California. Nebraska trails USC in the top of the ninth inning 5-4. The Huskers have runners at second and third, with two outs. Devin Nunez is batting, with a 3-2 count. He singles up the middle, driving in...
Now that’s more like it. The Nebraska baseball team swept two games at Pepperdine, 9-6 and 11-4, in preparation for its third Big Ten series against USC at Great Park in Irvine, California, this weekend. The first game is slated for Friday at 8:30 p.m. CDT....
Coach Will Bolt’s post-game interview on Huskers.com Sunday was brief, barely a minute, understandably so. The Nebraska baseball team had just been swept by UCLA in Los Angeles. Sunday’s score was 5-3, Saturday’s 11-3, Friday’s 5-2 What more need be said? Nebraska led...
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