Nebraska (20-11-1, 6-2) is back at Hawks Field on this windy afternoon as they look to sweep Northwestern (5-24 3-5) after beating the Wildcats in the first two games of this three-game weekend series. Yesterday, Nebraska only needed one inning as the Husker offense went off in the second inning to plate nine runs on eight hits as NU had two singles, three doubles and a two-run home run by Gabe Swansen to cap it off. Jackson Brockett was equally as impressive on the mound, turning in a career-high six shutout innings scattering three hits with four strikeouts. Here's that recap from yesterday:
Nebraska's offense plated nine runs on eight hits in the second to lead the Huskers to a series win over Northwestern.
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It was the complete opposite on Friday as Northwestern hopped on top of Husker ace Emmett Olson 3-0 as he could only go 3.1 innings. The bullpen picked up the slack as Corbin Hawkins came in to fire 3.1 shutdown innings while Kyle Perry followed suit with 2.1 scoreless innings. The Husker offense kept on coming and went on to score eight unanswered runs to take the series opener. Here's that recap:
Led by 5.2 scoreless innings from the bullpen, Nebraska's offense scored eight unanswered to rally past Northwestern
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Today it'll Will Walsh (1-1, 3.86 ERA) on the mound to take on RHP Luke Benneche (0-3, 9.28 ERA). Nebraska has to feel good heading into today as they will have the full strength of the bullpen available beceause of yesterday's blowout win. That includes bullpen ace Shay Schanaman and impact lefty Jake Bunz. Here's the full series preview.
Nebraska will roll out a new-look rotation against Northwestern, which brings some program drama to Lincoln.
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