Huskers rally past Wildcats, 11-5
Joe Acker’s two-run, seventh-inning single broke a 5-5 tie, as Nebraska rallied to remain in first place in the Big Ten with an 11-5 win over Northwestern Saturday afternoon.
May 15, 2021 6:38 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics) – Joe Acker’s two-run, seventh-inning single broke a 5-5 tie, as Nebraska rallied to remain in first place in the Big Ten with an 11-5 win over Northwestern Saturday afternoon.
The Huskers (25-11) trailed 5-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but erupted for nine runs over the final two frames as part of a 16-hit attack against the Wildcats (12-18). Nebraska’s first four hitters reached to open the seventh, including a run-scoring single by Luke Roskam and a RBI double from Max Anderson to chase Wildcat reliever Jack Pagliarini and make it a one-run game. Logan Foster then tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
The Indiana Hoosiers entered the day in first place, but dropped its series opener at Michigan to fall to 23-11 on the year, while the Wolverines are also 0.5 game out of first place with a 24-12 record. Povich was dominant in his 7.0 innings on the mound, as the lefty allowed just two hits and didn’t walk a batter, while striking out five. The junior from Bellevue faced more than the minimum in an inning just once when he stranded a two out double in the fourth. Povich gave up a two-out single in the fifth, but then picked off the runner, and also erased a leadoff runner in the sixth with a pickoff after he reached on Nebraska’s lone error of the night.
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Everitt sent a ball over the left field wall to score two and
Sartori got a hit in his first collegiate at bat that brought in NU’s 12th run of the day.
Cade Povich ended his day after seven shutout innings and only allowing two hits. The junior struck out five Wildcats and walked zero.
Emmett Olson took the mound in the eighth inning and gave up just one hit for no runs. In the ninth inning
Braxton Bragg took over and struggled to put the game away. The sophomore gave up three hits and walked two batters which scored two runs.
Pitching: RHP TV/Streaming: BTN+ Following a 3-1 trip to Piscataway, N.J., for pod play against Rutgers and Indiana the Nebraska baseball team (23-11) returns home this weekend for a three-game series against the Northwestern Wildcats (12-16).
The series opener is set for 6:30 PM (CT) on Friday night at Hawks Field. The teams then meet at 2 PM on Saturday and the game will be broadcast statewide on NET. Sunday’s finale is scheduled for Noon.
The Huskers enter the weekend 0.5 game back of Indiana (23-10) for first place in the Big Ten, with the Hoosiers visiting Michigan this weekend for a three-game series. The Wolverines sit third in the league with a 23-12 record, 1.0 game out of first place and 0.5 game behind Nebraska for second place.