June 6, 2021
The Nebraska baseball team (33-13) took down NJIT (27-24) in dominant fashion 18-4 to advance to its first regional final since 2007. The Huskers will play Arkansas later today and a win will see them matchup once more on Monday, but a loss will send them home.
Shay Schanaman got the start on the mound for the Big Red and knew he would have to go deep to keep other arms fresh. The junior did just that going seven full innings giving up just four hits for two runs. Following him up was
Caleb Feekin who pitched one inning also giving up two runs.
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Nebraska Advances to First NCAA Regional Title Game Against Arkansas With 18-4 Rout of NJIT
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Jon Johnston
It was close early, but then it was not. The Nebraska Cornhuskers scored fourteen runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined and cruised to an 18-4 victory in an elimination contest on Sunday afternoon. Joe Acker went 4-5 for the Huskers and Shay Schanaman made possibly his best start of the season for a Nebraska pitching staff needing all the help it can get.
Schanaman worked around a two out error by Cam Chick at second to put up a zero on the scoreboard.