Huskers Stumble at Indiana on Saturday

Nebraska fell 8-1 at Indiana on Saturday afternoon at Bart Kaufman Area in Bloomington, Ind.

The Huskers (14-23, 4-7 Large Ten) had one run on 5 hits and two errors, whereas the Hoosiers (16-22, 4-7 Large Ten) totaled eight runs on 13 hits.

Emmett Olson fell to 1-3 on the 12 months after permitting six runs, one earned, on 9 hits and 5 strikeouts in six innings. Corbin Hawkins gave up two runs on three hits in 1.2 innings, whereas Chandler Benson took the mound for the ultimate out for Nebraska.

Griffin Everitt had a team-high two hits, going 2-for-3 with a double and a stroll. Cam Chick went 1-for-4 with a double, whereas Core Jackson was 1-for-3 with a double and Brice Matthews went 1-for-3 on the day.

The Hoosiers had a pair of singles to first and third base within the first, however the Huskers acquired out of the inning with no harm after a 6-4-3 double play.

Nebraska plated the sport’s first run within the second after Jackson’s RBI double to left heart. Leighton Banjoff drew a two-out stroll, earlier than Jackson laced a 2-2 pitch into the hole in left heart for an RBI double to attain Banjoff.

Indiana responded with 5 runs on three hits and a Husker error to take a 5-1 lead after two innings. Following a one-out fielding error by the Large Crimson, the Hoosiers loaded the bases with a stroll and an infield single to the shortstop with two outs. Bobby Whalen’s two-RBI single gave Indiana a one-run lead and Josh Pyne’s three-RBI double to proper heart prolonged the result in 5-1 for the Hoosiers.

The Hoosiers tacked on to the lead with Carter Mathison’s solo dwelling run to left within the third.

Everitt started the seventh with a first-pitch ground-rule double to left heart and walks to Matthews and Banjoff loaded the bases for the Huskers with two outs, earlier than Indiana’s Reese Sharp took the mound and acquired a two-out punchout to maintain Nebraska from chopping into the Hoosier lead.

Whalen ripped an RBI triple to proper heart and later stole dwelling so as to add two runs for the Hoosiers within the eighth, extending Indiana’s result in 8-1.

Nebraska and Indiana wrap up the sequence tomorrow at 11 a.m. CT at Bart Kaufman Area in Bloomington, Ind. Tomorrow’s sport can be broadcast dwell on BTN, with Kevin Kugler and Danan Hughes on the decision. Followers can even take heed to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin name the motion on the Huskers Radio Community.