Huskers Sweep Wildcats

Huskers Sweep Wildcats
Nebraska infielder Gabe Swansen #44 Baseball vs Northwestern G3, Photo Courtesy Huskers.com
April 17th, 2023 | Huskers.com

Nebraska belted a ballpark-record seven home runs and clinched the series sweep with an 18-5 win against Northwestern on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. The seven home runs are the most by the Huskers in a single-game since crushing six in game one of a doubleheader against Southern Utah on March 6, 2001 in Cedar City, Utah. The Huskers’ 14 extra-base hits on Sunday afternoon are the most in a game by the Big Red since tallying 14 against Creighton on May 18, 2010.

Nebraska (21-11-1, 7-2 Big Ten) scored 18 runs on 20 hits and an error, while Northwestern (5-26, 3-6 Big Ten) had five runs on eight hits.

With 35 runs on the weekend, the Huskers scored 30-plus runs in a three-game Big Ten series for the seventh time. Nebraska scored its second-most total, falling four runs short of the 39 scored vs. Purdue in the 2019 campaign.

Will Walsh improved to 2-1 after throwing five scoreless innings in his third start of the season. Walsh held the Wildcats hitless through the first four innings and gave up both hits in the fifth while recording five strikeouts and a walk. Jake Bunz, Brett Sears, Caleb Clark and Will Rizzo pitched one inning apiece to combine for four innings of relief for the NU bullpen. Nebraska welcomes Creighton to Hawks Field at Haymarket Park on Tuesday, April 18. First pitch between the Huskers and Bluejays is set for 7:02 p.m. on BTN.

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