Nebraska Baseball Can’t Overcome Early Big Inning at Illinois
Another Friday with multiple early runs given up was finally too much to handle in the 10-5 loss
The Friday night starts have been an issue for the Huskers of late. Really only the Indiana series opener has gone the way Nebraska wanted out of the last 6 Fridays. They’ve had some big time comebacks, but living that life will eventually get you burned by a less talented team.
“I didn’t have us in the right frame of mind to start,” said a frustrated coach Will Bolt in the post game. “Not even close to good enough to win on a Friday night. ” The Huskers went quietly to start the game against Illinois starter Regan Hall.
Hall needed only 9 pitches to turn the game over to his offense. Cooper Katskee toed the rubber for the second time as Nebraska’s Friday night starter. His rough start against USC overcome by some offensive heroics and Trojan blunders.
Tonight would start as most Katskee starts do, with an early home run, this time to Illinois center fielder Jack Zebig. Then Katskee usually settles down, not tonight, however. After another quick Husker top of the inning, Illinois got their first two batters aboard via a single and hit by pitch.
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