Nebraska Baseball at Michigan State Friday Game Thread

Nebraska Cornhuskers (33-18) at Michigan State Spartans (23-26)

Location: McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, East Lansing, MI

Date/Time: May 17th at 4pm CDT

Head Coaches: Jake Boss Jr. (16th season, 432-393) & Will Bolt (5th season, 130-93-1)

TV/Stream: BTN

Radio: Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com, Huskers App

Probable Pitchers: RHP Mason McConnaughey (6-3, 3.09 ERA) vs. LHP Nick Powers (6-4, 5.69 ERA)

Nebraska has achieved objective #1 on the weekend and clinched a top 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, which means they will play on Tuesday. That gives them an extra day of rest for the bullpen and potentially a lot of rest if they win their first game or 2.

Now for the primary objective. They sit 1 game back of Illinois still, but hold all tiebreakers. So any combination of 3 Purdue or Husker wins gives NU not only a tie for the championship, but the top seed in Omaha.

Michigan State has one consistently good pitcher on their staff, and he started yesterday’s game. They often have to win Saturday games 12-10 or in that neighborhood, and almost never win on Sundays. So Nebraska should feel good having McConnaughey and a hot Brockett in waiting.