Nebraska baseball drops battle with Kansas 9-7
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Nebraska baseball (31-10) traveled down to Kansas (30-11) for the second and final clash of the season. The Huskers fell once again to the Jayhawks, suffering a 9-7 defeat.
Nebraska got the lead in the first third, going up 4-3 by the end of the third. Both teams grew quiet at the plate until the sixth. Kansas scored six straight, posting three runs in the sixth and seventh to take a 9-4 lead. The Huskers closed the deficit to two after scoring three runs in the eighth, but the Jayhawks shut them down in the ninth.
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Nebraska finished with 10 hits and one error, while Kansas totaled 12 hits. Drew Grego picked up two RBIs for the Huskers after batting 2-for-3 in the loss. Will Jesske, Mac Moyer, Dylan Carey and Jett Buck contributed one RBI each.
Jesske finished 2-for-3 with a double and scored twice. Moyer batted 2-for-5. Carey, Case Sanderson, Joshua Overbeek and Rhett Stokes all recorded one hit apiece.
Ty Horn (2-2) suffered the loss after Kansas scored three runs, two earned, in just the 0.2 innings he pitched. Tucker Timmerman started the game and recorded two strikeouts against three runs and five hits across 4.0 innings. Jalen Worthley pitched the fifth and allowed two hits and no runs. Caleb Clark and J’Shawn Unger recorded two outs each, carrying Nebraska into the eighth. Kevin Mannell then took the mound and allowed just one walk.
The Huskers remain on the road for their next series, visiting Illinois for a three-game bout. The series starts Friday at 6 p.m. CT on B1G+.
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