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Nebraska Baseball Beats Northeastern, Now 2-0

Nebraska Baseball Beats Northeastern, Now 2-0

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...

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Nebraska Baseball Opens 2026 With 10-Run Victory over UConn

Nebraska Baseball Opens 2026 With 10-Run Victory over UConn

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...

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Nebraska Baseball Opens 2026 in MLB Desert Invitational

Nebraska Baseball Opens 2026 in MLB Desert Invitational

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 well...

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2027 Adams Central Pitcher Kowen Rader Commits to Nebraska

2027 Adams Central Pitcher Kowen Rader Commits to Nebraska

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...

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Former Husker Alex Gordon Inducted Into Royals Hall of Fame

Former Husker Alex Gordon Inducted Into Royals Hall of Fame

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 City...

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Lopsided Loss to Oklahoma Ends Nebraska Baseball’s Season

Lopsided Loss to Oklahoma Ends Nebraska Baseball’s Season

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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Nebraska Baseball Stays Alive in Chapel Hill Regional

Nebraska Baseball Stays Alive in Chapel Hill Regional

Once again Ty Horn was up to the challenge for Nebraska baseball. The sophomore right-hander pitched 7 1/3 innings against Holy Cross Saturday in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, giving up five hits and one run, on a fifth-inning home run, in the Huskers’ 4-1 victory....

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Nebraska Baseball Drops Regional Opener to Oklahoma

Nebraska Baseball Drops Regional Opener to Oklahoma

By the time you read this, if you’re so inclined, Nebraska baseball might be trying to stay alive in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional in a losers’ bracket game against fourth-seed Holy Cross Saturday. That game was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. CDT, “was” because the...

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Nebraska Baseball’s Veteran Roster Begins Regional Play

Nebraska Baseball’s Veteran Roster Begins Regional Play

Nebraska goes to the North Carolina Regional, in Chapel Hill, with 22 players from last season’s team, which went to the Oklahoma State Regional. A 23rd, pitcher Mason McConnaughey, has been lost for the season. “It speaks to the veteran presence in the clubhouse, and...

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Husker Baseball Wins Big Ten Tourney, Advances to Regional

Husker Baseball Wins Big Ten Tourney, Advances to Regional

​Do you believe in magic? Or more likely it was grit, not magic. ​But either way, the Nebraska baseball team won its third game in two days, its second against a nationally-ranked opponent, defeating second-seed and 13th-ranked UCLA 5-0 in the championship game of the...

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