Nebraska Takes Two from Penn State – 8-7 and 13-1

Carson Jasa had his best start in big win over Penn State | Nebraska Athletics Nebraska and Penn State faced off on a cool and windy day at Haymarket Park, playing a doubleheader due to last night’s game being postponed. With a stiff wind blowing from the north, it surprised not one that balls were leaving the park today and making every flyball an adventure. If you were to give a game ball to a player in each of these games, Rhett Stokes would certainly get it for Game 1.

In Game 2, you’d have to give two as both Carson Jasa and Jett Buck more than earned one. Stokes was three for three at the plate and most importantly, drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Nebraska has been playing complete baseball in all three phases of the game and today was no different.

They showed the ability to come from behind by getting runners on base and they also cranked it up with big innings. Game 1 With the sun peeking through the clouds, Mike Gambino’s boys got on the board first in an ugly way in the top of the second inning. With one out, Jack Porter hit a flare behind first base that got into the wind a bit and fell between Case Sanderson and Drew Grego for a double.

He got to second base on a deep fly to center and scored on a Ty Horn wild pitch. Jett Buck smoked a 1-0 pitch over the fence to the deepest part of the field to bring the Cornhuskers even at 1-1 in the bottom of the inning. Otherwise, Nittany Lion starter Colin Fitzgerald kept the Cornhuskers off the bases in the first two innings.