Nebraska Baseball Run-Rules #12 USC 12-2 to Win Series
The Husker offense flexed its muscles, while Jasa shut down anything of consequence from the Trojans.
RrgWhat a day in Lincoln! Two of the top teams in the Big Ten to the field in front of the second biggest crowd in the Big Ten era for Haymarket Park of over 7600 people clad in red. Fresh off a walk off thriller on Friday night, Nebraska was looking to pounce on the potentially reeling Trojans early, while USC wanted to bounce back behind the 2nd of their pair of aces that lead their weekend rotation, in Grant Govel.
After a shaky Friday night start by Cooper Katskee, and a rough start in Oregon last week from Carson Jasa, the sea of red was eager to see how Jasa would come out of the gate. It turns out, coming home was just what Jasa needed. A 95 mph first pitch right down the middle started a very quick first inning that was punctuated by the first of his 7 strikeouts on the day.
The Husker offense got off to just as quick a start in the bottom of the inning. Mac Moyer hammered a Govel pitch down the left field line, for a long single. He advanced to second on a wild pitch, and advanced to third on a Jeter Worthley fly ball to deep left.
Case Sanderson grounded out to second base, bringing in Moyer to score the first run of the game. Nebraska had gotten to Govel early, and they weren’t done. Short stop Dylan Carey worked a full count and then sent a rocket into the left center gap for a single.
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