HUSKERS SOFTBALL Recap – A No-Hitter Foiled & One Big Inning: #5 NEBRASKA 6 – Wisconsin 0
Jordy Frahm lost a no-hitter to bad luck, but the Huskers 6-run 4th inning was more than enough.
With two down in the bottom of the 7th and one batter standing between Jordy Frahm and a no-hitter, most in attendance were waiting for the strikeout. It wasn’t overconfidence on the part of Husker fans or doom and gloom from the Badger faithful. It’s just that, especially recently, Frahm has simply made a habit of striking out that last batter.
Done and done, yes? Well, maybe not. Alivia Bark took her swing, made contact and sent a two-hopper down the line where Husker 3rd baseman Sammie Bland moved to backhand it, fire over to first and end things.
And then the second bounce hit the bag and blooped by Bland for a bad-hop single and the end of Frahm’s no-hitter bid. But no one was complaining about a complete game 2-hit shutout in which Frahm faced only two batters over the minimum and struck out 5, walking no one while grabbing her 11th win of the campaign in a 6-0 victory. She also managed to move through those 7 complete innings while throwing only 79 pitches, a feat which had some folks bringing up the name Greg Maddux, no small compliment.
View Link And let’s talk about those 6 runs. After struggling for awhile to score Friday night, the Huskers were slow to get started through three innings today, but they burst into the fourth like Southwest passengers bounding into coach in the days of open seating. Former Badger Ava Kuszak lit the match on the inning with a double down the left field line which kickstarted 4 straight Nebraska hits including a Jesse Farrell RBI single and a 2-run Alexis Jensen opposite field home run.