Huskers Homer Twice, Fall in Series Finale – University of Nebraska

Nebraska dropped its sequence finale towards BYU on Saturday afternoon, falling 4-3 to the Cougars at Hawks Area.

Nebraska (13-21) had three runs on eight hits and two errors, whereas BYU (20-13) tallied 4 runs on eight hits.

Jackson Brockett pitched a career-high 5.1 innings whereas making his first collegiate begin. Brockett allowed two runs on 4 hits and struck out two Cougars. Corbin Hawkins fell to 0-1 after permitting two runs, none earned, on one hit in a single inning. Tyler Martin tossed the ultimate 2.2 innings, surrendering solely three hits and tying his season-high with 4 strikeouts.

Cam Chick had this second three-hit recreation of the season, going 3-for-4 with a solo homer, his fifth of the season. Leighton Banjoff went 2-for-2 on the plate with a double and a stroll. Jack Steil was 1-for-3 with a house run and two RBI, whereas Garrett Anglim and Core Jackson had one hit apiece.

Chick led off the underside of the primary by blasting the 2-0 pitch to the parking zone in proper for a 455-foot solo dwelling run to offer Nebraska the fast lead.

The Huskers doubled the lead when Steil lifted a first-pitch solo homer that carried over the wall in proper to make it a 2-0 recreation within the third.

BYU had the leadoff batter attain on a success by pitch within the sixth, earlier than Brock Watkins smacked the primary pitch to proper middle for a two-run homer to tie the sport at two.

Nebraska responded shortly, manufacturing one run within the backside of the sixth with out posting a success to retake the lead at 3-2. Banjoff was plunked on a 2-1 pitch to start the inning, whereas reaching third after consecutive sacrifice bunts by Efry Cervantes and Jackson. Following a BYU pitching change, the Huskers dialed up a suicide squeeze play with an 0-1 rely that resulted in Steil laying down a profitable sacrifice bunt with Banjoff sprinting dwelling.

Hawkins began the seventh placing out Joshua Cowden, however Cowden reached first safely on a wild throw to first on the dropped third strike. Cowden superior to 3rd after a single by Mason Robust, earlier than Ozzie Pratt ripped a two-out two-RBI single up the center to offer the Cougars a 4-3 lead.

Again-to-back singles and a throwing error loaded the bases for BYU within the eighth with one out. Martin escaped the inning with no harm accomplished after getting a fielder’s alternative and strike out with the bases loaded to finish prime of the eighth.

Banjoff reached on a one-out double down the left discipline line within the backside of the eighth and superior to 3rd on a wild pitch with two outs, however the Huskers could not carry Banjoff dwelling to plate the tying run.

Chick notched his third hit of the day with a one-out single to left middle within the backside of the ninth. Chick stole second to place the tying run at second with one out, earlier than BYU’s Reid McLaughlin retired the following two Huskers to publish the series-clinching 4-3 win for the Cougars.

Nebraska wraps up its nine-game homestand with a midweek recreation towards North Dakota State on Wednesday, April 20. First pitch between the Huskers and Bison is about for six:35 p.m. at Hawks Area.